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Zoltán Czibor

1929 - 1997

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Zoltán Czibor (23 August 1929 – 1 September 1997) was a Hungarian footballer who played for several Hungarian clubs, including Ferencváros and Budapest Honvéd, and the Hungary national team before joining CF Barcelona. Czibor played as a left-winger or striker and was notable for having a powerful shot, good pace and excellent ball control. During the 1950s he was part of the Magical Magyars, reaching the World Cup final with them in 1954. After the 1956 Hungarian Revolution he moved to Spain where he became a prominent member of the successful FC Barcelona team of the late 1950s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zoltán Czibor is the 160th most popular soccer player (down from 134th in 2019), the 100th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 85th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Hungarian Soccer Player.

Zoltán Czibor is most famous for his football career. He played for Hungary in the 1954 and 1958 World Cups, and was a member of the team that won the gold medal at the 1952 Olympics.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Zoltán Czibor ranks 160 out of 21,273. Before him are Hiroaki Sato, Andy Cole, Alessandro Del Piero, Jean-Marie Pfaff, Oldřich Nejedlý, and Hernán Crespo. After him are Luigi Riva, Juan Alberto Schiaffino, Héctor Scarone, Vahid Halilhodžić, John Barnes, and Dennis Bergkamp.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Zoltán Czibor ranks 61. Before him are Milorad Pavić, Bruno Cremer, John Cassavetes, James Last, Jean Simmons, and Bill Evans. After him are Günter Schabowski, Gudrun Burwitz, Gerald Edelman, Paul Lauterbur, Alfred Moisiu, and Bernard Haitink. Among people deceased in 1997, Zoltán Czibor ranks 42. Before him are John Eccles, Chaim Herzog, Dora Maar, Chien-Shiung Wu, Eugene Merle Shoemaker, and Dodi Fayed. After him are Otto Ernst Remer, Colonel Tom Parker, Willem de Kooning, Teiichi Matsumaru, Cornelius Castoriadis, and Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Zoltán Czibor ranks 100 out of 1,077. Before him are Ladislaus II of Hungary (1131), Sándor Ferenczi (1873), Felix Salten (1869), József Mindszenty (1892), Theodore von Kármán (1881), and Zsa Zsa Gabor (1917). After him are John G. Kemeny (1926), Samuel Aba (990), George Pólya (1887), Pál Teleki (1879), Loránd Eötvös (1848), and Peter Lax (1926).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Hungary

Among soccer players born in Hungary, Zoltán Czibor ranks 7. Before him are Ferenc Puskás (1927), Sándor Kocsis (1929), László Kubala (1927), Flórián Albert (1941), Béla Guttmann (1899), and Nándor Hidegkuti (1922). After him are József Bozsik (1925), Gyula Grosics (1926), György Sárosi (1912), Gusztáv Sebes (1906), Lajos Tichy (1935), and Ferenc Bene (1944).

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