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Gusztáv Sebes

1906 - 1986

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Gusztáv Sebes (born Gusztáv Scharenpeck; 22 January 1906 – 30 January 1986) was a Hungarian footballer, who played as a midfielder, and became a well-known coach later. With the title of Deputy Minister of Sport, he coached the Hungarian team known as the Mighty Magyars in the 1950s. Among the players in the team were Ferenc Puskás, Zoltán Czibor, Sándor Kocsis, József Bozsik, and Nándor Hidegkuti. Together with Béla Guttmann and Márton Bukovi, he formed a triumvirate of radical Hungarian coaches who pioneered the 4–2–4 formation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gusztáv Sebes is the 410th most popular soccer player (down from 278th in 2019), the 155th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 136th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Hungarian Soccer Player.

Gusztáv Sebes is most famous for being the architect of the Hungarian national football team that won the 1954 World Cup.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Gusztáv Sebes ranks 410 out of 21,273. Before him are Helmut Haller, Sakae Takahashi, Branko Zebec, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Giovanni Ferrari, and Rafael Moreno Aranzadi. After him are Akira Matsunaga, Alf-Inge Håland, Telê Santana, Michel Preud'homme, Koji Sasaki, and Shizuo Miyama.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Gusztáv Sebes ranks 78. Before him are George Wald, Hans Aumeier, Yasuo Haruyama, Douglas McGregor, James E. Webb, and Nelson Goodman. After him are Zhou Youguang, Fredric Brown, Brigitte Helm, Shigemaru Takenokoshi, Janet Gaynor, and Jacques Becker. Among people deceased in 1986, Gusztáv Sebes ranks 58. Before him are Michel de Certeau, Theodor Busse, Minoru Yamasaki, Erik Bruhn, Adolfo Celi, and Otto Preminger. After him are Ferdinand Daučík, Marcel Dassault, Raymond Loewy, Lilli Palmer, Elio de Angelis, and Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Gusztáv Sebes ranks 155 out of 1,077. Before him are Brassaï (1899), Ephraim Kishon (1924), Marcel Grossmann (1878), Yolanda of Poland (1235), György Sárosi (1912), and Béla Miklós (1890). After him are Hans Richter (1843), Susan Polgár (1969), Gyula Gömbös (1886), László Papp (1926), Ferenc Mádl (1931), and Michael Polanyi (1891).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Hungary

Among soccer players born in Hungary, Gusztáv Sebes ranks 11. Before him are Béla Guttmann (1899), Nándor Hidegkuti (1922), Zoltán Czibor (1929), József Bozsik (1925), Gyula Grosics (1926), and György Sárosi (1912). After him are Lajos Tichy (1935), Ferenc Bene (1944), Gyula Lóránt (1923), Gyula Zsengellér (1915), Ferenc Deák (1922), and Imre Schlosser (1889).

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