SOCCER PLAYER

Gusztáv Sebes

1906 - 1986

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Gusztáv Sebes (born Gusztáv Scharenpeck; 22 January 1906 – 30 January 1986) was a Hungarian footballer, who played as a midfielder, and became a well-known coach later. With the title of Deputy Minister of Sport, he coached the Hungarian team known as the Mighty Magyars in the 1950s. Among the players in the team were Ferenc Puskás, Zoltán Czibor, Sándor Kocsis, József Bozsik, and Nándor Hidegkuti. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gusztáv Sebes has received more than 101,974 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Gusztáv Sebes is the 278th most popular soccer player (down from 235th in 2019), the 136th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 137th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Hungarian Soccer Player.

Gusztáv Sebes is most famous for being the architect of the Hungarian national football team that won the 1954 World Cup.

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  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 1.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Gusztáv Sebes ranks 278 out of 21,273. Before him are Takashi Kano, Rajko Mitić, Lee Yoo-hyung, Antoni Ramallets, Duncan Edwards, and Raúl. After him are Alessandro Nesta, Elías Figueroa, Marcelo, Míchel, Amarildo Tavares da Silveira, and Deco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Gusztáv Sebes ranks 71. Before him are Nelson Goodman, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Luis Federico Leloir, Douglas McGregor, Zhou Youguang, and Carol Reed. After him are Missak Manouchian, Walter Rauff, Jacques Becker, George Wald, Louise Brooks, and Primo Carnera. Among people deceased in 1986, Gusztáv Sebes ranks 54. Before him are Adolfo Celi, Vincente Minnelli, Juan Rulfo, Michel de Certeau, Serge Lifar, and Theodor Busse. After him are Lilli Palmer, Marcel Dassault, Raymond Loewy, Ferdinand Daučík, Donna Reed, and Sterling Hayden.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Gusztáv Sebes ranks 136 out of 1,077. Before him are Ephraim Kishon (1924), Miklós Rózsa (1907), Max Nordau (1849), André Kertész (1894), Peter Delyan (1009), and Imi Lichtenfeld (1910). After him are Georg Solti (1912), Mária Telkes (1900), Katalin Novák (1977), Arthur Nikisch (1855), Ferenc Deák (1803), and Béla Tarr (1955).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Hungary

Among soccer players born in Hungary, Gusztáv Sebes ranks 10. Before him are Flórián Albert (1941), Béla Guttmann (1899), Nándor Hidegkuti (1922), Zoltán Czibor (1929), József Bozsik (1925), and Gyula Grosics (1926). After him are György Sárosi (1912), Gyula Lóránt (1923), Ferenc Bene (1944), Lajos Tichy (1935), Gyula Zsengellér (1915), and Ferenc Deák (1922).

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