Imre Kovács

Imre Kovács

Personal information
Date of birth	(1921-11-26)26 November 1921
Place of birth	Budapest, Hungary
Date of death	9 March 1996(1996-03-09) (aged 74)
Place of death	Budapest, Hungary
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1945–1959	MTK Budapest FC	363	(37)
International career
1948–1952	Hungary	8	(0)
Medal record Representing  Hungary Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki FIFA World Cup Runner-up 1954 Switzerland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Imre Kovács (26 November 1921 – 9 March 1996) was a Hungarian footballer who played as a midfielder for Hungary in the 1954 FIFA World Cup.^[1] He also played for MTK Budapest FC. He won a gold medal in football at the 1952 Summer Olympics.^[2][3]

His brother, József, was also a footballer.^[4]

References

1. 1954 FIFA World Cup Switzerland Archived 4 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
2. Imre Kovács, Sports-Reference / Olympic Sports. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
3. "Imre Kovács". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
4. "92 éve született Kovács II József". mtk.hu (in Hungarian). 29 July 2015. Archived from the original on 24 November 2015.

External links

• Imre Kovács – FIFA competition record (archived)