SOCCER PLAYER

Lajos Tichy

1935 - 1999

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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 1917 goals scored in over 1307 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lajos Tichy has received more than 132,315 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Lajos Tichy is the 384th most popular soccer player (up from 434th in 2019), the 158th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 191st in 2019) and the 14th most popular Hungarian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Lajos Tichy ranks 384 out of 21,273. Before him are László Bölöni, Zvonimir Boban, Giuseppe Bergomi, Juninho Pernambucano, Ryan Giggs, and Hans Krankl. After him are Guti, Jupp Derwall, Usaburo Hidaka, Émerson Leão, Ian Rush, and Takeshi Inoue.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Lajos Tichy ranks 77. Before him are Abdou Diouf, Sonny Bono, Dharmendra, Maj Sjöwall, Marina Doria, and Khalil al-Wazir. After him are Toni Sailer, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Charles Duke, Floyd Patterson, Bent Larsen, and Prince Edward, Duke of Kent. Among people deceased in 1999, Lajos Tichy ranks 57. Before him are Barış Manço, João Figueiredo, Alfredo Kraus, Charlotte Perriand, Dirk Bogarde, and Rafael Alberti. After him are Daniel Nathans, Brion James, Gyula Zsengellér, Igor Netto, Sebastian Haffner, and Momčilo Đujić.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Lajos Tichy ranks 158 out of 1,077. Before him are Magda Szabó (1917), Béla Balázs (1884), Ferenc Bene (1944), Gyula Gömbös (1886), László Papp (1926), and Edgar Ætheling (1051). After him are Miklós Zrínyi (1620), Árpád Göncz (1922), Coloman of Galicia (1208), Yolanda of Poland (1235), Hans Richter (1843), and Ferenc Krausz (1962).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Hungary

Among soccer players born in Hungary, Lajos Tichy ranks 14. Before him are József Bozsik (1925), Gyula Grosics (1926), Gusztáv Sebes (1906), György Sárosi (1912), Gyula Lóránt (1923), and Ferenc Bene (1944). After him are Gyula Zsengellér (1915), Ferenc Deák (1922), Jenő Buzánszky (1925), Miklós Fehér (1979), Mihály Lantos (1928), and Imre Schlosser (1889).

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