Imre Kovács

Imre Kovács
Personal information
Date of birth (1921-11-26)26 November 1921
Place of birth Budapest, Hungary
Date of death 9 March 1996(1996-03-09) (aged 74)
Place of death Budapest, Hungary
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1945–1959 MTK Budapest FC 363 (37)
International career
1948–1952 Hungary 8 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1952 Helsinki
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 1954 Switzerland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Imre Kovács (26 November 1921 – 9 March 1996) was a Hungarian football midfielder who played for Hungary in the 1954 FIFA World Cup.[1] He also played for MTK Budapest FC. He won a gold medal in football at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[2][3]

His brother, József, was also a footballer.[4]

References

  1. ^ 1954 FIFA World Cup Switzerland Archived 4 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Imre Kovács, Sports-Reference / Olympic Sports. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Imre Kovács". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  4. ^ "92 éve született Kovács II József". mtk.hu (in Hungarian). 29 July 2015. Archived from the original on 24 November 2015.


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