Tibor Nyilasi (born 18 January 1955) is a retired Hungarian

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player and manager. He signed with

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in 1972 and played there until transferring to

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in 1983. He made 70 appearances for the Hungary national team from 1975 to 1985, scoring 32 goals. He played in the

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(where he was sent off against

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) and the

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/ref> After he retired as a player he was manager of Ferencváros. He has more recently also worked for the

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and is regularly appearing as a pundit on the Hungarian sports channel 'Sport TV'.

Honours

Club

Ferencvárosi * Nemzeti Bajnokság I: 1975–76, 1980–81, *

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: 1973–74, 1975–76, 1977–78 *

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: Runner-up 1974–75 Austria Wien *

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: 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86 *

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: 1985–86

Individual

* Hungarian Top Scorer: 1980–81 * European Silver Boot: 1980–81 * UEFA Cup Top Scorer: 1983–84 * Austrian Top Scorer: 1983–84

Manager

Ferencvárosi * Nemzeti Bajnokság I: 1991–92 *

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, 1993–94

Sources

* Ki kicsoda a magyar sportéletben?, II. kötet (I–R). Szekszárd, Babits Kiadó, 1995, p. 395., * Nagy Béla: Fradisták (Sportpropaganda, 1981) * Nagy Béla: Fradi futballkönyv (Sportpropaganda, 1985) * Rejtő László–Lukács László–Szepesi György: Felejthetetlen 90 percek (Sportkiadó, 1977) * Hoppe Pál – Szabó Ferenc: A Nyíl (Budapest, 1984) * Nagy Béla: Nyilasi album (Budapest, 2003)
His stats at Austria Wien

References

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