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Nándor Hidegkuti

1922 - 2002

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Nándor Hidegkuti (3 March 1922 – 14 February 2002) was a Hungarian football player and manager. He played as a forward or attacking midfielder and spent the majority of his playing career at MTK Hungária FC. During the 1950s he was also a key member of the Hungary national team known as the Golden Team. Other members of the team included Ferenc Puskás, Zoltán Czibor, Sándor Kocsis and József Bozsik. In 1953, playing as a deep-lying centre-forward, a position which has retroactively been compared to the modern false 9 role, he scored a hat-trick for Hungary when they beat England 6–3 at Wembley Stadium. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nándor Hidegkuti is the 106th most popular soccer player (down from 103rd in 2019), the 86th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 75th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Hungarian Soccer Player.

Nándor Hidegkuti is most famous for being a Hungarian footballer. He played as a forward for MTK Budapest, Hungary, and the Hungarian national team.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Nándor Hidegkuti ranks 106 out of 21,273. Before him are Fabio Cannavaro, Roberto Mancini, Neymar, Luka Modrić, Cha Bum-kun, and Andriy Shevchenko. After him are Rudi Völler, Cafu, Gordon Banks, Bebeto, Miguel Muñoz, and Kaká.

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Among people born in 1922, Nándor Hidegkuti ranks 40. Before him are Clair Cameron Patterson, Vittorio Gassman, Jason Robards, Ahmed Sékou Touré, Stanley Cohen, and Otto Carius. After him are Julius Nyerere, Nikolay Basov, Miguel Muñoz, Liliane Bettencourt, Arthur Ashkin, and Jacques Piccard. Among people deceased in 2002, Nándor Hidegkuti ranks 29. Before him are Ivan Illich, Rod Steiger, Linda Lovelace, Alexander Prokhorov, Max Perutz, and Victor Weisskopf. After him are Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Ruth Handler, Edsger W. Dijkstra, Geraldine of Albania, Choi Hong Hi, and Robert Nozick.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Nándor Hidegkuti ranks 86 out of 1,077. Before him are Péter Erdő (1952), Solomon, King of Hungary (1053), Ferenc Molnár (1878), Kinga of Poland (1224), István Sándorfi (1948), and Stephen III of Hungary (1147). After him are Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians (940), Irene of Hungary (1088), Michael Curtiz (1886), Marie Henriette of Austria (1836), Ladislaus III of Hungary (1199), and Geraldine of Albania (1915).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Hungary

Among soccer players born in Hungary, Nándor Hidegkuti ranks 6. Before him are Ferenc Puskás (1927), Sándor Kocsis (1929), László Kubala (1927), Flórián Albert (1941), and Béla Guttmann (1899). After him are Zoltán Czibor (1929), József Bozsik (1925), Gyula Grosics (1926), György Sárosi (1912), Gusztáv Sebes (1906), and Lajos Tichy (1935).

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