Ferenc Puskás

**Ferenc Puskás** (2 April 1927 – 17 November 2006) was a Hungarian football striker, regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time. He played for Hungary national team and Spain national team. He died of pneumonia at the age of 79.

There is an award named after him. The award is called the FIFA Puskás Award. It is awarded to the player who scored the best goal in each year.

### Club

Source:
|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="17"|Kispest/Budapesti Honvéd SE|1943–44|Nemzeti Bajnokság I|18|7|—|—|—|18|7||||
|1944–45|Nemzeti Bajnokság I|2|1|—|—|—|2|1||||||
|1944|Nemzeti Bajnokság I|11|6|—|—|—|11|6||||||
|1945|Nemzeti Bajnokság I|20|10|—|—|—|20|10||||||
|1945–46|Nemzeti Bajnokság I|34|36|—|—|—|34|36||||||
|1946–47|Nemzeti Bajnokság I|29|32|—|—|—|29|32||||||
|1947–48|Nemzeti Bajnokság I|31|50|—|—|—|31|50||||||
|1948–49|Nemzeti Bajnokság I|28|46|—|—|—|28|46||||||
|1949–50|Nemzeti Bajnokság I|30|31|—|—|—|30|31||||||
|1950|Nemzeti Bajnokság I|15|25|—|—|—|15|25||||||
|1951|Nemzeti Bajnokság I|21|21|2|4|—|—|23|25|||||
|1952|Nemzeti Bajnokság I|26|22|—|—|—|26|22||||||
|1953|Nemzeti Bajnokság I|26|27|3|12|—|—|29|39|||||
|1954|Nemzeti Bajnokság I|20|21|—|—|—|20|21||||||
|1955|Nemzeti Bajnokság I|26|18|6|4|4|3|—|36|25||||
|1956|Nemzeti Bajnokság I|13|5|—|2|1|—|15|6|||||
|rowspan="9"|Real Madrid|1958–59|La Liga|24|21|5|2|5|2|—|34|25||
|1959–60|La Liga|24|25|5|10|7|12|—|36|47||||
|1960–61|La Liga|28|28|9|14|2|0|2|2|41|44|||
|1961–62|La Liga|23|20|8|13|9|7|—|40|40||||
|1962–63|La Liga|30|26|7|5|2|0|—|39|31||||
|1963–64|La Liga|25|21|0|0|8|7|—|33|28||||
|1964–65|La Liga|18|11|4|4|3|2|—|25|17||||
|1965–66|La Liga|8|4|3|1|3|5|—|14|10||||

### International

**Appearances and goals by national team and year**
|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="13"|Hungary|1945|2|3|
|1946|3|3|||
|1947|5|5|||
|1948|6|7|||
|1949|8|11|||
|1950|6|12|||
|1951|3|4|||
|1952|12|10|||
|1953|7|6|||
|1954|11|8|||
|1955|12|10|||
|1956|9|4|||
|rowspan="3"|Spain|1961|1|0|
|1962|3|0|||
|rowspan="2"|Madrid|1963|1|2|

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|Nat|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan="8"|Record|rowspan=2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Hércules||align=left|23 July 1966|align=left|28 June 1967||||||
|align=left|Alavés||align=left|1 July 1968|align=left|26 June 1969||||||
|align=left|Panathinaikos||align=left|1 July 1970|align=left|4 September 1974||||||
|align=left|Real Murcia||align=left|6 December 1974|align=left|16 June 1975||||||
|align=left|Colo-Colo||align=left|17 June 1975|align=left|19 August 1976||||||
|align=left|AEK||align=left|11 June 1978|align=left|17 March 1979||||||
|align=left|Hungary||align=left|9 April 1993|align=left|22 June 1993||||||

### Player

**Budapest Honvéd**
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I: 1949–50, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955

**Real Madrid**
- La Liga: 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65
- Copa del Generalísimo: 1961–62
- European Cup: 1958–59, 1959–60, 1965–66
- Intercontinental Cup: 1960

**Hungary**
- Summer Olympics: 1952
- Central European International Cup: 1948–53; runner-up: 1955–60
- Balkan Cup: 1947
- FIFA World Cup runner-up: 1954

**Individual**
- Ballon d'Or Silver Award: 1960
- Hungarian Football Federation Player of the Year: 1950
- Central European International Cup top scorer: 1948-53
- Hungarian top scorer: 1947–48, 1949–50, 1950, 1953
- Spanish League top scorer (Pichichi Trophy): 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1963–64
- European Cup top scorer : 1959–60, 1963–64
- Golden Boot of the World: 1948
- World Soccer World XI: 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963
- 1954 FIFA World Cup: Golden Ball
- 1954 FIFA World Cup: All-Star Team
- European Player of the 20th century – L'Equipe
- Hungarian Player of the 20th century – IFFHS
- Football's Top Scorer of the 20th century – IFFHS
- Member of the FIFA 100
- UEFA Golden Player: Greatest Hungarian Footballer of the last 50 Years
- Inaugural Inductee into Goal Hall of Fame 2014
- Top 10 Greatest Players of the 20th century (#7) – World Soccer Magazine
- Top 10 World's Best Players of the 20th century (#6) – IFFHS
- Top 10 Europe's Best Players of the 20th century (#4) – IFFHS
- Golden Foot: 2006 (as a legend)
- IFFHS Legends
- IFFHS Men Team of the Century (1901–2000)

### Manager

**Panathinaikos**
- Alpha Ethniki: 1971–72
- European Cup runner-up: 1970–71
- Intercontinental Cup runner–up: 1971
- Football Cup of Greater Greece: 1970

**Sol de América**
- Paraguayan Primera División: 1986

**South Melbourne Hellas**
- National Soccer League: 1990–91
- NSL Cup: 1989–90
- NSL League Cup: 1990
- Dockerty Cup: 1989, 1991

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Ferenc Puskás
- **image**: Ferenc Puskas en 1965.jpg
- **caption**: Puskás playing for Real Madrid in 1965
- **birth name**: Ferenc Purczeld
- **birth place**: Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946), Kingdom of Hungary
- **death place**: Budapest, Hungary
- **position**: forward (association football), Forward, attacking midfielder
- **height**: 1.72 m
- **youthyears1**: 1940–1943
- **youthclubs1**: Budapest Honvéd FC, Kispest Honvéd
- **years1**: 1943–1956
- **clubs1**: Budapest Honvéd FC, Budapest Honvéd
- **caps1**: 350
- **goals1**: 358
- **years2**: 1958–1966
- **clubs2**: Real Madrid
- **caps2**: 180
- **goals2**: 156
- **totalcaps**: 530
- **totalgoals**: 514
- **nationalyears1**: 1945–1956
- **nationalteam1**: Hungary national football team, Hungary
- **nationalcaps1**: 85
- **nationalgoals1**: List of international goals scored by Ferenc Puskás, 84
- **nationalyears2**: 1961–1962
- **nationalteam2**: Spain men's national football team, Spain
- **nationalcaps2**: 4
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 1963
- **nationalteam3**: Madrid autonomous football team, Castile
- **nationalcaps3**: 1
- **nationalgoals3**: 2
- **manageryears1**: 1966–1967
- **managerclubs1**: Hércules CF, Hércules
- **manageryears2**: 1967
- **managerclubs2**: San Francisco Golden Gate Gales
- **manageryears3**: 1968
- **managerclubs3**: Vancouver Royals
- **manageryears4**: 1968–1969
- **managerclubs4**: Deportivo Alavés, Alavés
- **manageryears5**: 1970–1974
- **managerclubs5**: Panathinaikos F.C., Panathinaikos
- **manageryears6**: 1974–1975
- **managerclubs6**: Real Murcia
- **manageryears7**: 1975–1976
- **managerclubs7**: Colo-Colo
- **manageryears8**: 1975–1976
- **managerclubs8**: Saudi Arabia national football team, Saudi Arabia
- **manageryears9**: 1978–1979
- **managerclubs9**: AEK Athens F.C., AEK Athens
- **manageryears10**: 1979–1982
- **managerclubs10**: Al Masry SC, Al Masry
- **manageryears11**: 1985–1986
- **managerclubs11**: Club Sol de América, Sol de América
- **manageryears12**: 1986–1989
- **managerclubs12**: Cerro Porteño
- **manageryears13**: 1989–1992
- **managerclubs13**: South Melbourne FC, South Melbourne
- **manageryears14**: 1993
- **managerclubs14**: Hungary national football team, Hungary
- **full name**: Ferenc Puskás