Tibor Nyilasi

Tibor Nyilasi
Personal information
Date of birth18 January 1955
Place of birthVárpalota, Hungary
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 12 in)
Playing positionStriker
Youth career
–1972Úttörőstadion SC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1972–1983Ferencvárosi TC243(132)
1983–1988Austria Wien120(81)
Total363(213)
National team
1975–1985Hungary70(32)
Teams managed
1990–1994Ferencvárosi TC
1997–1999Ferencvárosi TC
2014–Hungary (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Tibor Nyilasi (born 18 January 1955 in Várpalota, Hungary) is a retired Hungarian football player and manager. He signed with Ferencvaros in 1972 and played there until transferring to Austria Vienna in 1983. For the Hungarian National Football Team he made 70 appearances from 1975 to 1985, scoring 32 goals.[1] He played in the 1978 FIFA World Cup (where he was sent off against Argentina) and the 1982 FIFA World Cup.[2] After he retired as a player he was manager of Ferencvaros. He has more recently also worked for the Hungarian Football Federation and is regularly appearing as a pundit on the Hungarian sports channel 'Sport TV'.

Honours

Club

Hungary Ferencvárosi TC

Austria Austria Wien

Individual

Manager

Hungary Ferencvárosi TC

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