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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | István Nyers | ||
| Date of birth | (1924-05-25)25 May 1924 | ||
| Place of birth | Freyming-Merlebach,France | ||
| Date of death | 9 March 2005(2005-03-09) (aged 80) | ||
| Place of death | Subotica,Serbia and Montenegro | ||
| Position(s) | Winger,Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1941–1942 | III. Kerületi TVE | ||
| 1942–1943 | Kábelgyári SC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1943–1944 | Szabadkai VAC | ||
| 1944–1945 | Ganz | 9 | (3) |
| 1945 | ŽAK Subotica | 0 | (0) |
| 1945–1946 | Újpest | 22 | (20) |
| 1946 | Viktoria Žižkov | 3 | (1) |
| 1946–1948 | Stade Français | 62 | (34) |
| 1948–1954 | Inter Milan | 182 | (133) |
| 1954–1956 | Roma | 54 | (20) |
| 1956–1957 | Barcelona | 0 | (0) |
| 1957 | Terrassa | 11 | (5) |
| 1958 | Sabadell | 0 | (0) |
| 1959–1960 | Lecco | 36 | (11) |
| 1960–1961 | Marzotto | 12 | (2) |
| International career | |||
| 1945–1946 | Hungary | 2 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
István Nyers (Hungarian pronunciation:[ˈiʃtvaːnˈɲɛrʃ]; 25 March 1924 – 9 March 2005), also known asStefano Nyers, was a Hungarianfootballer who played as aforward or as awinger. Although he played in only two international matches forHungary, he is considered one of the greatest football legends of his country, reaching the peak of his career in the 1940s and 1950s.
Nyers was born inFreyming-Merlebach,Moselle,France into an immigrant Hungarian mining family; his younger brother wasFerenc Nyers. When he was 14 he moved with his family toBudapest where he started playing withIII. Kerületi TVE. He will have his first official debut aged 17 and playing withSzabadkai VAC[1] which was a Yugoslav club fromSubotica that played in the Hungarian league system after the Hungarian annexation ofBačka duringWorld War II (1941–1944). When Yugoslavs retook Subotica, Nyers moved to Budapest where he had a short spell withGanz-MÁVAG SE where he played alongLászló Kubala.[2] In March 1945, Nyers played some friendlies forŽAK Subotica (formerly Szabadkai VAC), before the club got disbanded by new Yugoslav authorities. Its players stayed together and went on a tour throughout Serbia as a representing team of Subotica.[3] Nyers scored several goals on this tour.[3] Later that year, Nyers left Yugoslavia and returned to Budapest, where he joined 1945Újpest FC, winning two league titles.[4] In 1946, he transferred briefly to theCzechoslovakian teamFK Viktoria Žižkov and then to the French club Stade Français.
After two years in Paris he was recruited by Italian sideInter Milan. Here he developed to one of the strongest forwards in the history ofSerie A. With 26 goals in his first season he became the top scorer of the league. In 182 games for Inter he scored a total of 133 goals. Twice, in 1953 and 1954, he became Italian champion with Inter.He still holds the record for best foreign goalscorer in Serie A in Inter's history, and third overall behind onlyBenito Lorenzi andGiuseppe Meazza.
After winning the championship for the second time Nyers left Milan forAS Roma, where he remained for two years. A season with theCatalan sidesCF Barcelona,Terrassa FC andCD Sabadell followed before he played out the remainder of his career with minor league Italian clubs.
Nyers retired from the professional game in 1961. During his retirement he lived for several years inMilan before settling inSubotica,Serbia until his death in 2005 at the age of 80.[5]
Újpest[4]
Internazionale[6]
Barcelona
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