Nándor Hidegkuti
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Nándor Hidegkuti | ||
| Date of birth | 3 March 1922 | ||
| Place of birth | Budapest, Hungary | ||
| Date of death | 14 February 2002 (aged 79) | ||
| Place of death | Budapest, Hungary | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1942–1945 | Elektromos FC | 53 | (27) |
| 1945–1946 | Herminamezei AC | ? | (?) |
| 1947–1949 | MTK Hungária | 110 | (73) |
| 1949–1950 | → Budapesti Textiles SE | 30 | (23) |
| 1950–1952 | → Budapesti Bástya SE | 51 | (49) |
| 1952–1956 | → Vörös Lobogó SE | 92 | (65) |
| 1956–1958 | MTK Hungária | 31 | (16) |
| Total | 381 | (265) | |
| National team | |||
| 1945–1958 | Hungary | 69 | (39) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1959–1960 | MTK Hungária FC | ||
| 1960–1962 | ACF Fiorentina | ||
| 1962–1963 | A.C. Mantova | ||
| 1963–1965 | Győri ETO FC | ||
| 1966 | FC Tatabánya | ||
| 1967–1968 | MTK Hungária FC | ||
| 1968–1971 | Budapest Spartacus | ||
| 1972 | Stal Rzeszów | ||
| 1973 | Egri Dózsa | ||
| 1973–1980 | Al-Ahly | ||
| 1983–1985 | Al-Ahli | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Representing  Hungary
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1952 Helsinki | Team competition |
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 Hungarian National Team 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, he scored a hat-trick for Hungary when they beat England 6-3 at Wembley Stadium. Playing from deep, Hidegkuti was able to distribute the ball to the other attackers and cause considerable confusion to defenses. This was an innovation at the time and revolutionised the way the game was played.
Hidegkuti died on 14 February 2002 after suffering from heart and lung problems for some time before his death. MTK Hungária FC renamed their stadium, Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium in his honour.
Hidegkuti started his career in Elektromos FC and Herminamezei AC.
Hidegkuti began playing for MTK in 1947. In 1949 when Hungary became a communist state, MTK were taken over by the secret police, the ÁVH and subsequently the club changed their name several times. Initially they became Textiles SE, then Bástya SE, then Vörös Lobogó SE and then finally back to MTK. Despite this turmoil, the 1950s proved a successful era for club and it was while at MTK that Hidegkuti, together with Péter Palotás and coach Márton Bukovi, pioneered the deep lying centre-forward position. With a team that also included Mihály Lantos and József Zakariás, MTK and Hidegkuti won three Hungarian League titles, a Hungarian Cup and a Mitropa Cup. In 1955, as Vörös Lobogó SE, they also played in the first ever European Cup. Hidegkuti scored twice as they beat RSC Anderlecht 10-4 on aggregate in the first round. After retiring as a player, Hidegkuti also had two spells as a coach at MTK.
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