László Nagy (born 21 October 1949) is a retired Hungarian

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player who played for Újpesti Dózsa. Nagy is most famous for his participation in the gold medal-winning Hungarian team on the

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, and for playing at the

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. He played 25 games and scored 7 goals for the Hungarian national team. He also played a season for

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. After finishing his career, Nagy became a coach, managing

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from 1996 to 1997.

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Sources

* MTI Ki Kicsoda 2006, Magyar Távirati Iroda, Budapest, 2005, p. 1233. * Ki kicsoda a magyar sportéletben?, II. kötet (I–R). Szekszárd, Babits Kiadó, 1995, p. 358., * Rejtő László–Lukács László–Szepesi György: Felejthetetlen 90 percek (Sportkiadó, 1977)
Stats at MOB (p. 10.)
1949 births Living people 1978 FIFA World Cup players Hungarian men's footballers Hungarian expatriate men's footballers Hungary men's international footballers Hungarian football managers Olympic footballers for Hungary Olympic gold medalists for Hungary Footballers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Men's association football forwards Újpest FC players Újpest FC managers FC Locarno players Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Footballers from Somogy County BFC Siófok managers Kecskeméti TE managers Nemzeti Bajnokság I managers {{Hungary-footy-forward-stub