Ferenc Purczfeld Biró, known as Puskás, was an hungarian football player who was born in April 2nd 1927 in Budapest and died in November 17th 2006 also in Budapest. He played as a striker and is considered the topscorer in football history with 512 goals in 528 matches. He was also a coach.
Puskás started his career in 1943 playing for Kispest. In 1949 he joined Honved where he won the league title 5 times, being the topscorer in 3 times. In 1956 he left Hungary due to the Hungarian Revolution, and UEFA sanctioned him with 2 years without playing at professional level. In 1958 he returned joining Real Madrid, where he won 5 league titles, a Spanish Supercup, an Intercontinental Cup and 3 European Cups. He was the topscorer of the spanish league 4 times.
He also played for his national team, where he won the gold medal in 1952 Olympic Games, won England in Wembley, was subchampion in 1954 World Cup.
In his training career he trained teams like San FranciscoGolden Gate Gales, Vancouver Royals, Deportivo Alavés, Panathinaikos, Real Murcia, Colo-Colo, the Saudi Arabia national team, AEK Athens, Al-Masry, Sol de América, Cerro Porteño, South Melbourne Hellas, and his country national team.
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