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Ferenc Puskás - Hungary's Field Magician

Ferenc Puskás :

Hungary's Field Magician :

One of the greatest players of all time:

Born: 2 April, 1927. Budapest, Hungary   

Died: 17 November 2006(2006-11-17) (aged 79)       

International Caps			Hungary 84, Spain 4
International Goals			Hungary 83
Teams			Kispest Honved, Real Madrid
Team Honours			European Cup: 1959, 60, 66. World Club Championship: 1960 Spanish Championships: 1961, 62, 63, 64, 65. Spanish Cup: 1962 Hungarian Championship: 1950, 52, 54, 55. Olympic Gold Medal: 1952
In 1995			Recognized as the top scorer of the 20th century by the IFFHS In 39 European matches for Real, he scored an amazing 35 goals. Led his nation to the final of the 1954 World Cup where he was named the tournament's best player.
Height			1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position			Inside-left
	Senior career*
	Years	Team		Apps†	(Gls)†
	1943–1956	Budapest Honvéd[2]		341	(352)
	1958–1966	Real Madrid		180	(156)
	1943–1966	Total		521	(508)
	National team
	1945–1956	Hungary		85	(84)
	1961–1962	Spain		4	(0)
	Teams managed (1967-1993) San Francisco Golden Gate Gales, Vancouver Royals, Alavés, Panathinaikos, Murcia, Colo-Colo, Saudi Arabia, AEK Athens, Al-Masry, Sol de América, Cerro Porteño,  South Melbourne Hellas, Hungary

Debut

He was an odd looking footballer. He was short, stocky, barrel-chested, overweight, couldn't head and only used one foot. Puskás made his debut for Hungary team on 20 August 1945 and scored in a 5–2 win over Austria.

 His international goal record included two hat tricks against Austria, one against Luxembourg and four goals in a 12–0 win over Albania.

For Hungary as captain with remarkable players ("Magnificent Magyars")  Gyula Grosics  in goal, Zoltán Czibor at left winger, József Bozsik at half-back, and forwards Nándor Hidegkuti, Sándor Kocsis formed the nucleus of the Golden Team that was unbeaten for 32 consecutive games (a remarkable record of 46 victories, 6 ties, and no defeats from 14 May 1950 until they lost 3–1 to Turkey on 19 February 1956) they began a revolutionary development in attack. While inside forwards Kocsis and Puskas were the main thrust of the attack, centre-forward Hidegkuti played deep. They became Olympic Champions in 1952, beating Yugoslavia 2–0 in the final in Helsinki. Puskás scored four times at the Olympic tournament, including the opening goal in the final.

They also defeated England twice, first with a 6–3 win at Wembley Stadium "The Match of the Century", and then 7–1 in Budapest. Puskás scored two goals in each game against England. The English team were unbeaten for 90 years at home. They were the first foreign team to inflict defeat on England at Wembley. And what a defeat. It wasn't just the score. The style of football played by the Magnificent Magyars might as well have come from another planet. England, self-styled masters of the game, were humiliated. Yet no one in Britain had seen ball skills like his as he inspired a performance that completely demolished England's reputation as a world football power.

In 1953, they also became Central European Champions. Puskás finished the tournament as top scorer with 10 goals and scored twice as Hungary claimed the trophy with a 3–0 win over Italy at the Stadio Olimpico in 1953.

World Cup 1954 as hot favourites AND unbeaten for 4 years

Puskás scored three goals in the two first-round matches Hungary played at the 1954 FIFA World Cup. They defeated South Korea 9–0 and then West Germany 8–3. In the latter game, he suffered a hairline fracture of the ankle after a tackle by Werner Liebrich, and did not return until the final. Puskás played the entire 1954 World Cup final against West Germany with the hairline fracture and missed the quarter-final against Brazil, a shameful match that became known as the  “Battle of Berne” (apart from the ferocity of the tackling, the Brazilians invaded the Hungarian dressing room after the match claiming that Puskas, a spectator on the touchline, had attacked and wounded their centre-half Pinheiro. Fighting broke out, bottles were thrown and players hit each other with football boots. Mayhem apart, Hungary were 4-2 winners and Puskas's damaged ankle kept him from the semi-final against Uruguay, which Hungary won 4-2 in extra time and Uruguay were beaten for 1^st time in World Cup).  Despite this, he scored his fourth goal of the tournament to put Hungary ahead after six minutes, and with Czibor adding another goal two minutes later, it seemed that the pre-tournament favorites would take the title. However, the West Germans pulled back two goals before half time, with six minutes left the West Germans scored the winner  "The Miracle of Bern". Two minutes from the end of the match, Puskás appeared to score an equalizer but the goal was disallowed due to an offside call. In 2010 Erik Eggers, professor at the Humboldt University of Berlin, revealed in a study that the Germany team may have used drugs to beat the Hungarian team, which were considered invincible at that time.

Hungary, having conquered all before them, had lost the one that really mattered - the World Cup Final.

Changes in Eastern Europe, however, were soon to see the break-up of that great Hungarian side. They were on a par with the magnificent Brazilians who succeeded them as the world's best team. But by the next World Cup, Hungary had disintegrated and were never to achieve their rightful status as World Champions. The cause was the Hungarian uprising of 1956, when the rebels revolted against their Soviet masters. There was bitter fighting, with tanks and bloodshed on the streets.

Puskas was with the rest of his Honved team-mates in Spain when the revolution took place. They had been playing a European Cup tie against Bilbao and Puskas, along with Kocsis and Czibor, defected to the West.

After refusing to return to Hungary, Puskás initially played a few unofficial games for RCD Espanyol. At the same time, both AC Milan and Juventus attempted to sign him, but then he received a two-year ban from UEFA (for refusing to return to Budapest) which prevented him from playing in Europe. He moved to Austria and then Italy. After his ban, Puskás tried to play in Italy but was not able to find a top-flight club willing to sign him, as Italian managers were concerned about his age and weight. He was considered by Manchester United to strengthen a squad ravaged by the Munich Air Disaster in 1958, but because of FA rules regarding foreigners and Puskás' not knowing the English language, stand-in manager Jimmy Murphy could not fulfill his wish of signing the Hungarian.

For Real Madrid at the age of 31

However, a few months later, Puskás joined Real Madrid  in 1958, 31-year-old Puskas joined them, receiving a £10,000 signing-on fee. and at the age of 31 embarked on the second phase of his career. Overweight? Maybe. A has-been? Hardly. He was rescued by his old Honved manager Emil Oestreicher, now in charge at Real Madrid. The famous "royals" in their all-white strip had been turned into a club that dominated Europe by the vision of their president, Santiago Bernabeu.

They had won the first European Cup in 1956 and had retained it the following year. Among their star players were centre-forward Alfredo Di Stefano, a naturalised Argentinian, and Francisco Gento, the flying winger.

The player rejected by the Italians struck up a sensational partnership with Di Stefano and was four times the leading scorer in the Spanish Championship. The climax of this outstanding Real side was the 1960 European Cup Final played before 135,000 at Hampden Park.

In one of the truly memorable matches, Real beat Eintracht Frankfurt 7-3. Di Stefano scored a hat-trick. Puskas went one better, getting four goals. Real had won the European Cup five times in a row.

Their period of supremacy was coming to an end, however. In November that year they eventually lost their first European Cup tie - going down 4-3 to deadly rivals Barcelona. It was the beginning of the end of a remarkable era.

Puskas was to play in one more European Cup Final, for Real Madrid against Benfica in 1962. Benfica won 5-3 . . . Puskas, aged 35, scored all three goals for Real! In 39 European matches for Real, he scored an amazing 35 goals.

The same year he was picked to play for Spain in the World Cup Finals in Chile. The team was packed with talent. Apart from Gento, there was Luis del Sol and Luis Suarez. It made little difference, Spain won just one of their three matches and finished bottom of their qualifying group.

Puskas continued to play for Real until 1966 when he retired to concentrate on coaching.

As Coach

He had only mediocre success until 1971 when he took the Greek Champions Panathinaikos to the European Cup Final where they lost 2-0 to Ajax at Wembley.

But perhaps the sweetest moment was in 1993 when Puskas, the star who had defected to flee the uprising, was allowed back home to became caretaker manager of the Hungarian side during the World Cup qualifiers.

The Hungarians didn't make it to the finals in America, but a great national hero had been forgiven.

In 1998, he became one of the first ever FIFA/SOS Charity ambassadors. In 2002, the Népstadion in Budapest was renamed the Puskás Ferenc Stadion in his honor. He was also declared the best Hungarian player of the last 50 years by the Hungarian Football Federation in the UEFA Jubilee Awards in November 2003. In October 2009, FIFA announced the introduction of the FIFA Puskás Award, awarded to the player who has scored the "most beautiful goal" over the past year. He was also listed in Pelé's FIFA 100.

 

Sándor Kocsis - The Prolific Goal Scorer - Not Mentioned Hero in International Football

Sándor Kocsis

Sándor Péter Kocsis (21 September 1929 – 22 July 1979) was a Hungarian footballer who played for Ferencváros TC, Budapest Honvéd, Young Fellows Zürich, FC Barcelona and Hungary. During the 1950s, along with Ferenc Puskás, Zoltán Czibor, József Bozsik and Nándor Hidegkuti, he was a member of the Mighty Magyars. After the 1956 Hungarian Revolution he moved to Spain where he became a member of the FC Barcelona team of the late 1950s.
Kocsis was a prolific goalscorer for both Budapest Honvéd and Hungary. While playing for Honvéd, he was the top goal scorer in any European league in both 1952 and 1954. He also scored 75 goals in 68 appearances for Hungary – a 1.10 goal/game average at the game's highest level. Kocsis was the top goal scorer in the 1954 World Cup with 11 goals, being the first player to score two hat tricks in a World Cup. His record 2.2 goal/game average in a single World Cup finals competition is still unbeaten as of 2010, and only Just Fontaine has scored more goals in a single World Cup.
His 1.103 goals/game average is ranked No.1 for players past 43 caps FIFA in class-A competition, closely followed by Gerd Mueller with 1.097 goals/game (68 scores in 62 games), and are the only two players in history above a +1.0 goals/game average encompassing more than 43 internationals. Ferenc Puskás with .99 goals/game (84 goals in 85 matches) is currently ranked 3rd.
Sándor Kocsis registered 7 hat tricks for Hungary.

Sándor Kocsis

Personal information
Full name	Sándor Péter Kocsis
Date of birth	(1929-09-21)21 September 1929
Place of birth	Budapest, Hungary
Date of death	22 July 1979(1979-07-22) (aged 49)
Place of death	Barcelona, Spain
Playing position	Inside-Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1943–1944	Kobanyai TC	5	(0)
1945–1950	Ferencváros	59	(40)
1950	ÉDOSZ	30	(30)
1950–1957	Honvéd	145	(153)
1957–1958	Young Fellows Zürich	11	(7)
1958–1965	Barcelona	75	(42)
1961	→ Valencia (guest)
National team
1948–1956	Hungary	68	(75)
Teams managed
1970–1971	Hércules
??	Alicante
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Later life and death

Kocsis retired as a player in 1966 and opened a restaurant in Barcelona called Tete D’ Or. He also worked as a coach with FC Barcelona and managed Hércules CF between 1972 and 1974. However his coaching career was cut short when he was diagnosed with leukemia and then stomach cancer. On 22 July 1979, aged 49, he fell to his death from the fourth floor of a hospital in Barcelona. It has been alleged that he committed suicide, though it may have been only an accident.^[

Top international goal scorers

Top international goal scorers

Pos.	Player	Nation	Goals Scored	Games Played	Years Active
1.	Ali Daei	Iran	109 goals	149 internationals	1993–2006
2.	Ferenc Puskás	Hungary	84 goals	85 internationals	1945–1956
3.	Pelé	Brazil	77 goals	92 internationals	1957–1971
4.	Sándor Kocsis	Hungary	75 goals	68 internationals	1948–1956
4.	Bashar Abdullah	Kuwait	75 goals	134 internationals	1996–2007
5.	Hossam Hassan	Egypt	69 goals	169 internationals	1985–2006
5.	Stern John	Trinidad & Tobago	69 goals	109 internationals	1995–2009
5.	Miroslav Klose	Germany	71 goals	137 internationals	2001–
6.	Gerd Müller	West Germany	68 goals	62 internationals	1966–1974
7.	Majeed Abdullah	Saudi Arabia	67 goals	139 internationals	1978–1994

 

 

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• The brain operates on the same amount of power as 10-watt light bulb

The cartoon image of a light bulb over your head when a great thought occurs isn’t too far off the mark. Your brain generates as much energy as a small light bulb even when you’re sleeping.

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Amazing Facts About India

Amazing Facts About India   

• India is the world's largest, oldest, continuous civilization.
• India is the world's Largest democracy.
• India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of history.
• India invented the number system. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
• When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilization)
• There are 300,000 active mosques in India , more than in any other country, including the Muslim world
• Sanskrit is the mother of all the European Languages . Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software - a report in Forbes magzine July 1987.
• Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India.
• India has the second largest pool of Scientist and Engineers in the World.
• India is the largest English speaking nation in the world.
• India is the only country other than US and Japan, to have built a super computer indeigenously.
• India has the largest number of Post Offices in the world
• One of the largest employer in the world is the Indian Railways , employing over a million people
• India was one of the richest countries till the time of British rule in the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus, attracted by India's wealth, had come looking for a sea route to India when he discovered America by mistake.
• The Baily Bridge is the highest bridge in the world. It is located in the Ladakh valley between the Dras and Suru rivers in the Himalayan mountains. It was built by the Indian Army in August 1982
• The Vishnu Temple in the city of Tirupathi built in the 10th century, is the world's largest religious pilgrimage destination. Larger than either Rome or Mecca, an average of 30,000 visitors donate $6 million (US) to the temple everyday.
• Varanasi, also known as Benaras, was called "the Ancient City" when Lord Buddha visited it in 500 B.C., and is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today.
• Martial Arts were first created in India, and later spread to Asia by Buddhist missionaries.
• Yoga has its origins in India and has existed for over 5,000 years.