Lajos Tichy

Lajos Tichy

Personal information
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(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1953–1971	Budapest Honvéd FC	320	(244)
International career
1955–1971	Hungary	72	(51)
Managerial career
1976–1982	Budapest Honvéd FC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lajos Tichy (21 March 1935 – 6 January 1999) was a Hungarian footballer. 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 Honved youth team and from 1976 to 1982 he coached the first team, helping them win their first Hungarian championship in 25 years in 1980. The "Nation's Bomber" died in 1999 aged 63.

Career statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hungary			League		Hungarian Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
1956	Honved Budapest	National Championship I	15	12
1957			0	0
1957-58			0	0
1958-59			22	15
1959-60			25	26
1960-61			25	21
1961-62			23	23
1962-63			20	20
1963			12	13
1964			25	28
1965			20	20
1966			15	8
1967			12	7
1968			7	0
1969			16	3
1970			0	0
1970-71			21	11
Total	Hungary		258	207
Career total			258	207

External links

• Obituary
• Scoring Record