Imre Kovács (26 November 1921 – 9 March 1996) was a
Hungarian football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
midfielder who played for
Hungary in the
1954 FIFA World Cup
The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the fifth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament for senior men's national teams of the nations affiliated to FIFA. It was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzerla ...
. He also played for
MTK Budapest FC. He won a gold medal in
football at the 1952 Summer Olympics
The Football tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics was won by Hungary.
The games signalled the arrival (to Western Europeans at least) of the Hungarian national football team – the "Magical Magyars". Ferenc Puskás later said of the 1952 com ...
.
His brother,
József, was also a footballer.
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1921 births
1996 deaths
Footballers from Budapest
Hungarian footballers
Hungary international footballers
Association football midfielders
MTK Budapest FC players
1954 FIFA World Cup players
Olympic footballers of Hungary
Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Hungary
Hungarian football managers
Fehérvár FC managers
MTK Budapest FC managers
Újpest FC managers
Győri ETO FC managers
Pécsi MFC managers
Nemzeti Bajnokság I managers
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