Kálmán Kovács (born 11 September 1965) is a retired
Hungarian football player.
He made his debut for the
Hungary national team in 1982, and got 56 caps and 19 goals until 1995.
He was a participant at the
1986 FIFA World Cup
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in
Mexico
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, where Hungary failed to progress from the group stage.
Following the end of his active career, he served as technical director at Honvéd and has lately been showing up as co-commentator and expert on several Hungarian TV channels, including during the 2006 World Cup.
Honours
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Budapest Honvéd
**
Hungarian League: 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989
**
Hungarian Cup: 1985, 1989
*
APOEL
**
Cypriot Championship: 1996
**
Cypriot Cup
The Cypriot Cup, formally known as the Cypriot Coca-Cola Cup of First and Second Division () for sponsorship purposes, is a Cypriot knockout football club competition, hosted annually by the Cyprus Football Association.
First held in 1934, it i ...
: 1996
**
Cyprus FA Shield: 1996
References
1965 births
Living people
Hungarian men's footballers
Hungarian expatriate men's footballers
Hungary men's international footballers
Hungary men's youth international footballers
Budapest Honvéd FC players
1986 FIFA World Cup players
Royal Antwerp F.C. players
APOEL FC players
AJ Auxerre players
Valenciennes FC players
SR Delémont players
Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
Ligue 1 players
Belgian Pro League players
Cypriot First Division players
Footballers from Budapest
Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
Expatriate men's footballers in France
Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in France
Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Men's association football forwards
20th-century Hungarian sportsmen
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