Nándor Hidegkuti
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Hidegkuti in 1965 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward, attacking midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1942–1945 | Elektromos FC | 53 | (27) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1945–1946 | Herminamezei AC | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1946–1958 | MTK Hungária | 314 | (226) | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 367 | (253) | ||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1945–1958 | Hungary | 69 | (39) | |||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | Shabab Al Ahli | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 Hungary national 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, a position which has retroactively been compared to the modern false 9 role, 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 defences. 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. MTK Hungária FC renamed their stadium, Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium, in his honour.