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Ștefan Kovács

1920 - 1995

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Ștefan Kovács (Romanian: Ștefan Covaci; Hungarian: Kovács István; 2 October 1920 – 12 May 1995) was a Romanian football player and coach. Having won two European Cup titles, he is one of the most successful association football coaches in the history of the game. Various football magazines listed him among their best coaches: in 2013, World Soccer placed him 36th; in 2019, France Football ranked him 43rd; and in 2023, FourFourTwo positioned him 62nd. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ștefan Kovács is the 245th most popular soccer player (down from 232nd in 2019), the 69th most popular biography from Romania (up from 73rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Romanian Soccer Player.

Ștefan Kovács is most famous for his work in the field of fluid dynamics, specifically in the study of turbulence. He is also well known for his contributions to the theory of dynamical systems and, in particular, for his work on bifurcation theory.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ștefan Kovács ranks 245 out of 21,273. Before him are Francisco Varallo, Samuel Eto'o, Kevin Keegan, Waichiro Omura, Andrés Iniesta, and Bert Trautmann. After him are Stjepan Bobek, Takashi Kano, Megumu Tamura, Dani Alves, Kim Sung-gan, and David James.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Ștefan Kovács ranks 61. Before him are Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Gunnar Gren, Michèle Morgan, Alberto Sordi, E. Donnall Thomas, and Jack Elam. After him are Takashi Kano, Shelley Winters, Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington, César Rodríguez Álvarez, Isaac Stern, and Walter Nowotny. Among people deceased in 1995, Ștefan Kovács ranks 51. Before him are Pierre Schaeffer, Aziz Nesin, Ernest Walton, Don Cherry, Alonzo Church, and Miklós Rózsa. After him are Ko Takamoro, César Rodríguez Álvarez, James Meade, Roger Zelazny, Mária Telkes, and Rory Gallagher.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Ștefan Kovács ranks 69 out of 844. Before him are Zoia Ceaușescu (1949), Ion Ivanovici (1845), Ana Pauker (1893), Clara Haskil (1895), Sigismund Báthory (1572), and Ion Țiriac (1939). After him are György Dózsa (1470), Iolanda Balaș (1936), György Kurtág (1926), Jean Negulesco (1900), Edward G. Robinson (1893), and Petre Dumitrescu (1882).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Romania

Among soccer players born in Romania, Ștefan Kovács ranks 3. Before him are Mircea Lucescu (1945), and Gheorghe Hagi (1965). After him are Anghel Iordănescu (1950), László Bölöni (1953), Adalbert Deșu (1909), Emerich Jenei (1937), Dudu Georgescu (1950), Nicolae Kovács (1911), Helmuth Duckadam (1959), Gheorghe Popescu (1967), and Cristian Chivu (1980).

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