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The biggest football player Ferenc Puskás
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His nickname:Öcsi
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The greatest player He was a Hungarian a football player and a Manager,widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time.
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The Galopping Major He scored 84 goals in 85 international matches for Hungary and 514 goals in 529 matches in the Hungarian and Spanish leagues
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He was successful He became Olympic champion in 1952 He was a World Cup finalist in 1954. He won three European Cups (1959, 1960, 1966), 10 national championships 8 top individual scoring honors He was the top goal scorer in Europe He was recognized as a top scorer of the 20th century
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The Great Hungarian Team He was both a prominent member and captain of the Hungarian national team, known as the Mighty Magyars.
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Early life He was born in Budapest 1 April 1927 He began his career as a junior with Kispest FC, where his father, who had previously played for the club, was a coach. Together with Zoltán Czibor, Sándor Kocsis, József Bozsik, and Nándor Hidegkuti, he formed the nucleus of the Golden Team that was to remain unbeaten for 32 consecutive games
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The biggest hit They defeated England twice, first with a 6-3 win at Wembley Stadium and then 7-1 in Budapest. Puskás scored two goals in each game against England.
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Real Madrid When the Hungarian Revolution broke out the Football team was in Spain and because of the ambiguous situation in Hungary they went on a South-American tour. After refusing to return to Hungary he started to play for Real Madrid He became the top goal scorer four times in Spain.
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Spanish succes
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After playing football After retiring as a player, Puskás became a coach and managed teams in Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia. In 1971 he guided Greek team to the European Cup final, the only time a Greek club has reached a European final to date.
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The coach
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1967-Hercules Alicante, Spain 1967– San Francisco Gales, USA 1968– Vancouver Royals Canada 1970-1974 – Panathinaikósz, GörögországPanathinaikószGörögország 1974–1975 – FCL Murcia, Spanyolország 19741975FCL MurciaSpanyolország 1975–1976 – Colo-Colo, Chile 19751976Colo-ColoChile 1976–1977 – a Szaúd-arábiai labdarúgó- válogatott edzője, Szaúd-Arábia 19761977Szaúd-arábiai labdarúgó- válogatottSzaúd-Arábia 1978–1979 – AÉK, Görögország 19781979AÉKGörögország 1979–1984 – Al Masri, Egyiptom 19791984Al MasriEgyiptom 1985–1986 – Sol de América, Paraguay 19851986Sol de AméricaParaguay 1986 –Cerro Porteno, Paraguay 1990-1991– South Melbourne Hellas, Australia
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Time goes by
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Last years Puskás was diagnosed with Alzheimer’ disease in 2000. He was admitted to a Budapest hospital in September 2006 ] and died on 17 November 2006.
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His funeral He was buried under the dome of the St Stephen’s Basilica in Budapest on 9 December 2006.
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Puskás Stadium
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The memory of Puskás
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Then and now
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