Ferenc Puskás

Ferenc Puskás (April 2, 1927–November 17, 2006), also referred to as Puskás Ferenc (surname first in Hungarian) or Puskás Öcsi (Hungarian), or Ferenc Puskas Biro (Spanish), was a Hungarian football forward and coach. He is considered one of the best footballers ever, and is one of the most effective goal scorers of all time in terms of goals to matches played ratio, having scored 83 goals in 84 career international matches for the Hungarian national team, and 511 goals in 533 matches in the Hungarian and Spanish leagues.

Puskás played for Honvéd and Hungary before joining Real Madrid and going on to play for Spain. During the 1950s, he was captain of the legendary Hungarian team known as the Mighty Magyars. After the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, he moved to Spain where he became part of the legendary Real Madrid team that also included Alfredo Di Stéfano, Francisco Gento, Raymond Kopa and José Santamaria.

Puskás, with a powerful left-foot shot, was a prolific goalscorer throughout his career; he was top scorer in the Hungarian League on four occasions and in 1948 he was the top goal scorer in any European league. While playing with Real Madrid he won four Pichichis and scored seven goals in two European Cup finals. In 1995 he was recognized as the top scorer of the 20th century by the IFFHS .3[5]

On November 17, 2006, Ferenc Puskás died at the age of 79, leaving his wife, Erzsébet, and his daughter Anikó.