Nándor Hidegkuti

Nándor Hidegkuti (1960 )

Nándor Hidegkuti [ na ː ː ndor hidɛk uti ] ( born March 3, 1922 in Budapest, Hungary, † February 14, 2002 ) was a Hungarian football player and coach.

Career

Hidegkuti came from a German family, whose name was Magyarised. His father was with the last name still Kaltenbrunner. Nándor Hidegkuti was a member of the Golden Team (Hungarian Aranycsapat ) of the Hungarian national football team, also known as the Magical Magyars, who was defeated after four years without a loss calculated in the final of the football World Cup in 1954 the German selection. Two years earlier, in 1952, he became Olympic champion with Hungary. Since he was a regular place in the national team with only 30, he was therefore called the old man.

Hidegkuti was the coach of the German national team known as the most important figure of the Hungarian team, although Hungary at that time had more famous and spectacular active players like captain Ferenc Puskás, Sándor Kocsis, or head specialist. International went Hidegkutis star in the sensational 6-3 away victory of the Hungarians against the English national team, to which he contributed three goals ( hat trick ). The Hungarian team at that time was the first team from the continent, which the English had to admit defeat in a home game.

Hidegkuti was also known by the fact that he created a new type of center forward, " the gates themselves submit ". Hidegkuti was 179 cm tall and weighed 74 kg, so it was rather small for a center forward. Of his 69 international appearances, he won 53, scored 39 goals and was often fall back into midfield during the game. This had caused the result that the opponent (usually a center half ) remained on him off and so gaps in opposing defenses. As a major exception in addition to the numerous players of Honved Budapest Hidegkuti belonged to the MTK Budapest, with whom he was Hungarian Champion in 1951, 1953 and 1958 and Cup Winners' Cup in 1952. He later became a coach, first in 1960 by MTK. 1961 Hidegkuti went to Italy and brought in the same year with Fiorentina the European Cup Winners' Cup. In 1962 he stood again with Fiorentina in the European Cup Winners' Cup, but what they lost. After a further station at AC Mantua in 1963, he returned back to Hungary and became a coach at Gyori ETO FC, ​​with whom he was Hungarian champion and a semifinalist in the European Champions Cup. Hidegkuti died shortly before his 80th birthday, of a heart attack. The MTK Hungaria Budapest called Hidegkuti honor its stadium in Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium has to offer.

Achievements

As a player

Hungarian national team:

  • Olympic champion: 1952
  • Central European champion 1948-1953
  • Vice World Champion: 1954

MTK / Textiles / Bástya / Vörös Lobogo

  • Hungarian Champion: 1950/51, 1952/53, 1957/58
  • Hungarian Cup Winners: 1951/52,
  • Mitropapokalsieger: 1955

As a coach

  • Fiorentina European Cup Winners' Cup: 1960/61,
  • Gyori ETO FC Hungarian Champion: 1962/63
Mantova FC Hungarian language 1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup 1961–62 European Cup Winners' Cup 1964–65 European Cup
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