FERENC PUSKAS Born: 02 April 1927 in Kispest. Nicknames: Öcsi, Pancho Puskas, Canoncito Pum, Galloping Major Position: half left First League match: 6th December 1943 Caps: Hungary 84 (1945-1956) / 83 goals Spain 4 (1961-1962) / 0 goals League Games: Hungary 354 (1943-1956) / 357 goals Spain 179 (1958-1966) / 154 goals European Cup Games: 41 (1958-1966) / 35 goals European Footballer of the Year: 1956 (4th), 1959 (7th), 1960 (2nd), 1961 (5th) Trophies: World Cup: 1954 (2nd), 1962 Olympic Tournament: 1952 (winner) World Club Cup: 1960 (winner) European Champions Cup: 1959* (winner), 1960 (winner), 1962 (2nd), 1964 (2nd), 1966* (winner) Hungarian Champion: 1949/50, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956 Hungarian runner-up: 1946/47, 1951, 1953 Hungarian Cup winner: never Hungarian Cup finalist: 1955 Spanish Champion: 1960/61, 1961/62, 1962/63, 1963/64, 1964/65 Spanish runner-up: 1958/59, 1959/60, 1965/66 Spanish Cup winner: 1961/62 Spanish Cup finalist: 1957/58, 1959/60, 1960/61* Top League Goal Scorer: 1947/48, 1949/50, 1950, 1953, 1959/60, 1960/61, 1962/63, 1963/64 * did not participate in final Season - Club - Games – Goals – [Caps / Goals] 1943/44 Kispesti AC ........18 / 07 1944.... Kispesti AC ........14 / 07 1945.... Kispesti AC ........20 / 10 1945/46 Kispesti AC ........33 / 35 [ 3 / 3 ] 1946/47 Kispesti AC ........30 / 32 [ 5 / 6 ] 1947/48 Kispesti AC ........32 / 50 [ 5 / 6 ] 1948/49 Kispesti AC ........30 / 46 [ 5 / 7 ] 1949/50 Honved Budapest 30 / 31 [ 4 / 7 ] 1950.... Honved Budapest 15 / 25 [ 6 / 12] 1951.... Honved Budapest 21 / 21 [ 3 / 4 ] 1952.... Honved Budapest 26 / 22 [ 9 / 9 ] 1953.... Honved Budapest 26 / 27 [ 7 / 6 ] 1954.... Honved Budapest 20 / 21 [12 / 8 ] 1955.... Honved Budapest 26 / 18 [12 / 10] 1956.... Honved Budapest 13 / 05 [ 9 / 3 ] 1956/57 Real Madrid ........00 / 00 1957/58 Real Madrid ........00 / 00 1958/59 Real Madrid ........24 / 21 1959/60 Real Madrid ........24 / 25 1960/61 Real Madrid ........28 / 27 1961/62 Real Madrid ........23 / 20 [ 4 / 0 ] 1962/63 Real Madrid ........30 / 26 1963/64 Real Madrid ........24 / 20 1964/65 Real Madrid ........18 / 11 1965/66 Real Madrid ........08 / 04 1966/67 Real Madrid ........00 / 00
Thanks... for the memories. Ahh, Puskas was one of the all time greats, who frequently gets overlooked when we talk about the all-time greats. What a career.
Because he fled the Hungarian revolution is 1956. He didn't play any football until 1958/9 and I would have thought it took a while to decide to play for Spain. As far as I'm concerned Puskas was the second greatest player ever behind Pele. His longevity is unbelievable, especially when you consider all the hurdles in his path.
Written by comme from the thread below. https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/show...495#post3193495 Ferenc Puskas (The Galloping Major) Position: Midfield/Attack (Inside Left) Nation Hungary and Spain Career span 1940s, 50s and 60s Clubs Kispest Honved, Real Madrid Major honours: 1952 Olympic Champions, 1954 World Cup finalist, 1959,1960,1966 European Cup winner, 1962,1964 European Cup finalist Hungarian titles 5, Spanish titles 5 International caps Hungary 85 goals Hungary 84 caps Spain 4 goals Spain 0 Puskas was the inspiration behind the Honved and Hungary teams of the 1950s. A wonderful inside left he had perhaps the greatest left foot the game has ever seen. Although he was short, squat and fat, puskas managed to become a true great. Following the Hungarian revolution of 1956 Puskas fled initially to Italy and then Spain where despite being initially written off he became a major force with the great Real Madrid. Puskas is the second highest goalscorer in international football and the third highest in top flight club football.
I have a question: in which position did he play until 1950 in Kispest/Honved?? In many newspapers of the time, I read that Hungary and Kispest played with WM.
I have a five-volume book on the history of Hungarian football. Between 1947 and 1950 Hungary and Kispest played in the 2-3-5 formation and Puskás was either a (left) inside forward or a left winger.