Nicolae Kovács
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "redirect hatnote". Template:Hungarian name Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography
Nicolae Kovács (Template:Langx, 29 December 1911 – 7 July 1977)Template:Efn[1] was a Romanian-Hungarian football player and coach. He was a dual international football player and played both for Romania and Hungary.[2] He played in 116 matches and scored 43 goals for Club Atletic Oradea.[3]
For the Romania national football team, he won 37 caps and participated in the 1930, 1934 and 1938 World Cups, being one of five players to have appeared in all three of the pre-war World Cups. The other players were Edmond Delfour, Étienne Mattler, Bernard Voorhoof and Rudolf Bürger, according to official FIFA match reports. He represented the Hungary national football team only once, in 1941, also scoring a goal in that game.[4][5]
He was the older brother of Ștefan Kovács, the famous coach who led AFC Ajax to two European Cups in 1972 and 1973.[6]
International goals
Romania's goal tally first
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 15 September 1929 | Levski Field, Sofia, Bulgaria | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Bulgaria | flag alias = Flag of Bulgaria.svg | flag alias-digital = Flag of Bulgaria (digital).svg | flag alias-1878 = Flag of Bulgaria.svg | flag alias-1947 = Flag of Bulgaria (1946–1948).svg | flag alias-1948 = Flag of Bulgaria (1948–1967).svg | flag alias-1968 = Flag of Bulgaria (1967-1971).svg | flag alias-1971 = Flag of Bulgaria (1971–1990).svg | flag alias-naval-1879 = Naval Ensign of Bulgaria (1878-1944).svg | flag alias-naval-1949 = Naval Ensign of Bulgaria (1949-1955).svg | flag alias-naval-1955 = Naval Ensign of Bulgaria (1955-1990).svg | flag alias-naval-1991 = Naval Ensign of Bulgaria 1991-2005.svg | flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Bulgaria.svg | link alias-naval = Bulgarian Navy | flag alias-army = War flag of Bulgaria.svg | link alias-army = Bulgarian Land Forces | link alias-air force = Bulgarian Air Force | flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Bulgaria.svg | link alias-navy = Bulgarian Navy | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} ||align=center| 2–2 || align=center| 3–2 || Friendly | ||||||||||
| 2. | 14 July 1930 | Estadio Pocitos, Montevideo, Uruguay | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Peru | flag alias = Flag of Peru.svg | flag alias-spain = Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg | flag alias-1820 = Flag of Tacna Regiment (1820 proposal).svg | flag alias-1821 = Flag of Peru (1821-1822).svg | flag alias-1822 = Flag of Peru (1822).svg | flag alias-1822a = Flag of Peru (1822–1825).svg | flag alias-1825 = Flag of Peru (1825–1884).svg | flag alias-confederation = Flag of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation.svg | flag alias-north = Flag of Peru (1825–1884).svg | link alias-north = North Peru | flag alias-south = Flag of South Peru.svg | link alias-south = South Peru | flag alias-1884 = Flag of Peru (1884–1950).svg | flag alias-state = Flag of Peru (state).svg | flag alias-football = Flag of Peru.svg | flag alias-army = Flag of the Peruvian Army.svg | link alias-army = Peruvian Army | flag alias-naval= Flag of the Peruvian Navy.svg | link alias-naval = Peruvian Navy | flag alias-air force= Flag of the Peruvian Air Force.svg | link alias-air force = Peruvian Air Force | flag alias-military=Flag of Peru (war).svg | link alias-military=Peruvian Armed Forces | flag alias-marines = Flag of the Peruvian Navy.svg | link alias-marines = Peruvian Naval Infantry | flag alias-navy = Flag of Peru (state).svg | link alias-navy = Peruvian Navy | size = | name = | altvar = football | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} ||align=center| 3–1 || align=center| 3–1 || 1930 FIFA World Cup |
| 3. | 28 June 1931 | Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Yugoslavia | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Kingdom of Yugoslavia | shortname alias = Yugoslavia | flag alias = Flag of Yugoslavia (1918–1943).svg | flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg | link alias-naval = Royal Yugoslav Navy | flag alias-army = Zastava Triglavskog puka.svg | link alias-army = Royal Yugoslav Army | link alias-air force = Royal Yugoslav Air Force | flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg | link alias-navy = Royal Yugoslav Navy | size = | name = | variant = | altlink = national football team
}} ||align=center| 3–1 || align=center| 4–2 || 1931 Balkan Cup | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4. | 8 May 1932 | Stadionul ONEF, Bucharest, Romania | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Austria | flag alias = Flag of Austria.svg | flag alias-empire = Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg | flag alias-state = Flag of Austria (state).svg | flag alias-1230 = Flag of Austria (1230–1934).svg | flag alias-war = Austria-Hungary-flag-1869-1914-naval-1786-1869-merchant.svg | flag alias-1934 = State flag of Austria (1934–1938).svg | flag alias-1938 = Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg
|
flag alias-army = Flag of Austria (state).svg | flag alias-air force = Flag of Austria (state).svg | link alias-army = Austrian Land Forces | flag alias-naval = Flag of Austria (state).svg | link alias-naval = Austrian Navy | link alias-air force = Austrian Air Force | flag alias-navy = Flag of Austria (state).svg | link alias-navy = Austrian Navy | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} ||align=center| 1–1 || align=center| 4–1 || 1932 Central European Cup | |||||||||||||
| 5. | 3 July 1932 | Avala, Belgrade, Yugoslavia | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Kingdom of Yugoslavia | shortname alias = Yugoslavia | flag alias = Flag of Yugoslavia (1918–1943).svg | flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg | link alias-naval = Royal Yugoslav Navy | flag alias-army = Zastava Triglavskog puka.svg | link alias-army = Royal Yugoslav Army | link alias-air force = Royal Yugoslav Air Force | flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg | link alias-navy = Royal Yugoslav Navy | size = | name = | variant = | altlink = national football team
}} ||align=center| 1–2 || align=center| 1–3 || 1932 Balkan Cup |
Honours
Player
- Ripensia Timișoara
- Liga I (1): 1935–36
- Cupa României (1): 1935–36
Coach
- CA Oradea
- Politehnica Timișoara
References and notes
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ Nicolae Kovacs at fifa.com, www.weltfussball.de Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Ion Văduva-Poenaru Enciclopedia marilor personalități: A-I Contemporanii 1999 - p. 496 "H. a egalat recordul deţinut timp de 60 de ani, de fotbalistul român Nicolae Kovacs, cu 3 participări consecutive la tumeele finale ale CM (1990 -Italia, 1994- SUA şi 1998- Franţa), evoluând în 12 meciuri din faza finală a competiţiei mondiale."
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Players Appearing for Two or More Countries
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
External links
Script error: No such module "navboxes". Template:Romania Squad 1930 World Cup Template:Romania Squad 1934 World Cup Template:Romania Squad 1938 World CupScript error: No such module "navboxes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "navboxes". Template:CA Oradea managers Template:CS Gaz Metan Mediaș managers Template:CSM Jiul Petroșani managers Template:FC Politehnica Timișoara managers Template:FC Universitatea Cluj managersScript error: No such module "navboxes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Pages with script errors
- 1911 births
- 1977 deaths
- Footballers from Caraș-Severin County
- People from the Kingdom of Hungary
- Romanian men's footballers
- Romania men's international footballers
- Romanian expatriate men's footballers
- Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent
- Hungary men's international footballers
- Hungarian men's footballers
- 1930 FIFA World Cup players
- 1934 FIFA World Cup players
- 1938 FIFA World Cup players
- Dual internationalists (men's football)
- Liga I players
- Chinezul Timișoara players
- Banatul Timișoara players
- FC Ripensia Timișoara players
- Valenciennes FC players
- Club Atletic Oradea players
- Tricolor Ploiești players
- Crișana Oradea players
- FC Universitatea Cluj managers
- CS Gaz Metan Mediaș managers
- Club Atletic Oradea managers
- CSM Jiul Petroșani managers
- Men's association football forwards
- Romanian football managers
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in France
- 20th-century Romanian sportsmen
- 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen