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Lajos Tichy
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Hungary · 1953–1971

Lajos Tichy

Legend ST
Rating
89
Caps
72
Goals
51
Life
1935–1999
Clubs
Budapest Honvéd
#10
Editorial rank of 33 for Hungary
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They called him a nemzet bombázója, the nation's bomber, and on 31 May 1962 in Rancagua he proved it, hammering one in from twenty metres to open the scoring as Hungary beat England 2-1. Fifty-one goals in 72 internationals, five times the Hungarian league's top scorer, bronze at the 1964 European Nations' Cup, two championships with Honvéd in 1954 and 1955, and the Magyar Kupa in 1964. Career record: 72 caps and 51 goals for Hungary; club career at Budapest Honvéd.

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Career record

1953–1971Budapest Honvéd
Hungary72 caps, 51 goals

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Around Tichy in the almanac

One rank above: Zoltán Czibor at #9.

One rank below: Tibor Nyilasi at #11.

Hungary's editorial top five: Ferenc Puskás · Sándor Kocsis · Nándor Hidegkuti · Flórián Albert · József Bozsik.