Miklós Kovács (footballer)

Miklós Kovács (footballer)
Nicolae Kovács
Personal information
Date of birth 29 December 1911(1911-12-29)
Place of birth Mehádia, Austria–Hungary
Date of death 7 July 1977(1977-07-07) (aged 65)
Place of death Timişoara, Romania
Playing position Forward
Youth career
1924–1928 Chinezul Timişoara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1928–1930 Banatul Timişoara - (-)
1930–1931 Ripensia Timişoara - (-)
1931–1935 CA Oradea - (-)
1935 Ripensia Timişoara - (-)
1935–1936 Valenciennes - (-)
1936–1938 CA Oradea - (-)
1938–1940 Tricolor Ploieşti - (-)
1941–1942 Nagyváradi AC - (-)
1943–1945 Gamma Budapest - (-)
1945–1947 Ferar Cluj - (-)
1947 Crişana Oradea - (-)
National team
1929–1938 Romania 37 (6)
1941 Hungary 1 (1)
Teams managed
1946–1947 Universitatea Cluj
1947 Ferar Cluj
1948–1949 ICO Oradea
1950–1953 Politehnica Timişoara
1953–1954 CSM Mediaş
1954 Flacara Petroşani
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Nicolae Covaci (Hungarian: Miklós Kovács) (29 December 1911 – 7 July 1977)[1] was a Romanian-Hungarian football player and coach. He was a dual international footballer and played both for Romania and Hungary.

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. Later he also represented the Hungary national football team once.[2]

He was the older brother of Stefan Kovács, the famous coach who led AFC Ajax to two European Cups in 1972 and 1973.

References and notes

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