Ferenc Nyers (also known as ''Étienne Nyers''; born 3 March 1927) is a retired French professional

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who played as a

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. He was active in France, Italy, Hungary and Colombia.

Early life

Nyers was born in

Freyming-Merlebach Freyming-Merlebach (; german: Freimingen-Merlenbach) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is part of the agglomeration of Saarbrücken and Forbach.Moselle The Moselle ( , ; german: Mosel ; lb, Musel ) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany. It is a bank (geography), left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it jo ...

, France on 3 March 1927 to Hungarian immigrant parents. His older brother is fellow footballer

István Nyers István Nyers (; 25 May 1924 – 9 March 2005), also known as Stefano Nyers, was a Hungarian footballer who played as a forward or as a winger. Although he played in only two international matches for Hungary, he is considered one of the gre ...

Career

Nyers played club football with

Strasbourg Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...

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and

Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne (; frp, Sant-Etiève; oc, Sant Estève, ) is a city and the prefecture of the Loire department in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Saint-Étienne is the t ...

External links

RSSSF – "Apolides" in ItalyRC Strasbourg profile
1927 births Possibly living people People from Freyming-Merlebach French people of Hungarian descent French expatriate sportspeople in Colombia French footballers RC Strasbourg Alsace players AS Saint-Étienne players French expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Italy Serie A players Ligue 1 players Atlético Junior footballers S.S. Lazio players Association football forwards Sportspeople from Moselle (department) Footballers from Grand Est French expatriate sportspeople in Italy French expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate footballers in Hungary Expatriate footballers in Colombia {{Hungary-footy-forward-stub