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Flórián Albert

1941 - 2011

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Flórián György Albert (15 September 1941 – 31 October 2011) was a Hungarian professional football player, manager and sports official, who was named European Footballer of the Year in 1967. Nicknamed "The Emperor", he played as a forward, and has been described as one of the most elegant footballers of all time. A club legend of Ferencvárosi TC, Albert joined the team as a schoolboy and spent his whole playing career at Fradi. He also starred for Hungary, winning 75 international caps and scoring 31 goals. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Flórián Albert is the 64th most popular soccer player (down from 56th in 2019), the 63rd most popular biography from Hungary (down from 48th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Hungarian Soccer Player.

Flórián Albert was a Hungarian politician and the only person to have served as both Prime Minister and President of Hungary. He was also the only person to have been elected twice in row as Prime Minister, serving from 1931 to 1932 and from 1939 to 1940.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Flórián Albert ranks 64 out of 21,273. Before him are Vavá, Djalma Santos, Roger Milla, Mario Kempes, David Beckham, and Oliver Kahn. After him are Francesco Totti, Silvio Piola, Alan Ball Jr., Uwe Seeler, Béla Guttmann, and Gianni Rivera.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Flórián Albert ranks 37. Before him are Laura Antonelli, Jon Brower Minnoch, Franco Nero, Nick Nolte, Jon Lord, and Tadao Ando. After him are Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, Ahmet Necdet Sezer, Christopher Hogwood, Ivan Gašparovič, Jules A. Hoffmann, and Michael D. Higgins. Among people deceased in 2011, Flórián Albert ranks 25. Before him are Ágota Kristóf, Joe Frazier, Herbert A. Hauptman, Jack LaLanne, William Lipscomb, and Annie Girardot. After him are John McCarthy, Ramiz Alia, Ralph M. Steinman, Dennis Ritchie, Gary Moore, and Sidney Lumet.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Flórián Albert ranks 63 out of 1,077. Before him are Avram Hershko (1937), Albert Szent-Györgyi (1893), Stephen V of Hungary (1239), George Andrew Olah (1927), Emeric, King of Hungary (1174), and Imre Lakatos (1922). After him are Paul Erdős (1913), Béla Guttmann (1899), Georg von Békésy (1899), Ladislaus IV of Hungary (1262), Arthur Koestler (1905), and Marcel Breuer (1902).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Hungary

Among soccer players born in Hungary, Flórián Albert ranks 4. Before him are Ferenc Puskás (1927), Sándor Kocsis (1929), and László Kubala (1927). After him are Béla Guttmann (1899), Nándor Hidegkuti (1922), Zoltán Czibor (1929), József Bozsik (1925), Gyula Grosics (1926), György Sárosi (1912), Gusztáv Sebes (1906), and Lajos Tichy (1935).

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