Key facts
- Date of birth
- ( 1935-03-21 ) 21 March 1935
- Place of birth
- Budapest , Hungary
- Date of death
- 6 January 1999 (1999-01-06) (aged 63)
- Place of death
- Budapest, Hungary
- Position
- Striker
- 1947 1950
- MÉMOSZ SE
- 1950 1953
- Budapest Lokomotiv
- Years
- Team
- 1952 1953
- Budapest Lokomotiv
- 1953 1971
- Budapest Honvéd
- 1954 1971
- Hungary
- 1976 1982
- Budapest Honvéd
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lajos
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Hungary
- Place of birth
- Budapest
- Place of death
- Budapest
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- Hungarian
- Participant in
- 1964 European Challenge Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Hungary men's national football team
- Position played
- forward
- Country for sport
- Hungary
- Image
- Tichy Lajos Fortepan 261534.jpg
- Residence
- Budapest
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- date of death
- 1999-01-06
- Commons category
- Lajos Tichy
- date of birth
- 1935-03-21
- place of burial
- Farkasréti Cemetery
- end of work period
- 1971-00-00
- start of work period
- 1953-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
Lajos Tichy (21 March 1935 – 6 January 1999), nicknamed "The Nation's Bomber", was a Hungarian footballer who played as a forward. He is the most prolific goalscorer in total matches in recorded history according to RSSSF with over 1,917 goals scored in more than 1,307 matches and the most prolific goalscorer in total matches in one season in recorded history according to RSSSF with 201 goals scored in 85 matches. He played for the club Budapest Honvéd FC, scoring 247 goals in 320 league games. He also scored 51 goals in 72 internationals for the Hungary national football team, including four in the 1958 FIFA World Cup and three in the 1962 FIFA World Cup. He later became coach of the Honvéd youth team and from 1976 to 1982 he coached the first team, helping them win their first Hungarian championship in 25 years in 1980.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lajos Tichy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.