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Nicolae Kovács

Nicolae Kovács

Romanian-Hungarian footballer (1911–1977)

"Miklós Kovács (footballer)" redirects here. For the Hungarian footballer who used this as a pseudonym, see Ferenc Puskás.
The native form of this personal name is Kovács Miklós. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Nicolae Kovács (Hungarian: Kovács Miklós, sometimes rendered as Nicolae Covaci, 29 December 1911 – 7 July 1977)[2] was a Romanian-Hungarian football player and coach. He was a dual international football player and played both for Romania and Hungary.[3]

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For the Romania national football team, he won 37 caps and participated in the 1930, 1934 and 1938 World Cups, being one of five players to have appeared in all three of the pre-war World Cups. The other players were Edmond Delfour, Étienne Mattler, Bernard Voorhoof and Rudolf Bürger, according to official FIFA match reports. He represented the Hungary national football team only once, in 1941, also scoring a goal in that game.[4][5]

He was the older brother of Ștefan Kovács, the famous coach who led AFC Ajax to two European Cups in 1972 and 1973.[6]

International goals

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Honours

Player

Ripensia Timișoara

Coach

CA Oradea
Politehnica Timișoara

References and notes

  1. [1]
    "Nicolae Kovács - International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  2. [2]
    Nicolae Kovacs at fifa.com, www.weltfussball.de Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  3. [3]
    Ion Văduva-Poenaru Enciclopedia marilor personalități: A-I Contemporanii 1999 - p. 496 "H. a egalat recordul deţinut timp de 60 de ani, de fotbalistul român Nicolae Kovacs, cu 3 participări consecutive la tumeele finale ale CM (1990 -Italia, 1994- SUA şi 1998- Franţa), evoluând în 12 meciuri din faza finală a competiţiei mondiale."
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    Players Appearing for Two or More Countries
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    ""Doar bunicul și alți 4 fotbaliști din lume au fost la primele 3 Mondiale". Povestea celui mai tânăr român prezent la un turneu final" ["Only my grandfather and 4 other footballers in the world have been to the first 3 World Cups". The story of the youngest Romanian present at a final tournament] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
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    "Ștefan Kovács, antrenorul timișorean care a cucerit de două ori Cupa Campionilor. Cum a scris istorie la cârma marelui Ajax" [Ștefan Kovács, the coach from Timisoara who won the Champions Cup twice. How he wrote history at the helm of the great Ajax] (in Romanian). Pressalert.ro. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
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