István Nyers
Personal information | |||
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Full name | István Nyers or Stefano Nyers | ||
Date of birth | 25 May 1924 | ||
Place of birth | Freyming-Merlebach, France | ||
Date of death | 9 March 2005 | (aged 80)||
Place of death | Subotica, Serbia and Montenegro | ||
Position(s) | Winger, Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
1938–1941 | III. Kerületi TUE | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1941–1944 | Szabadkai Vasutas | ||
1944 | Ganz-MÁVAG | 9 | (3) |
1944–1945 | ŽAK/Spartak Subotica | 3 | (0) |
1945–1946 | Újpest | 22 | (20) |
1946 | Viktoria Žižkov | 3 | (1) |
1946–1948 | Stade Français | 62 | (34) |
1948–1954 | Internazionale | 182 | (133) |
1954 | Servette | 0 | (0) |
1954–1956 | Roma | 54 | (20) |
1956–1957 | Barcelona | 0 | (0) |
1957 | Terrassa | 11 | (5) |
1958 | Sabadell | 0 | (0) |
1958–1960 | Lecco | 36 | (11) |
1960–1961 | Marzotto Valdagno | 11 | (0) |
International career | |||
1945–1946 | Hungary | 2 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
István Nyers (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈiʃtvaːn ˈɲɛrʃ]; 25 May 1924 – 9 March 2005), also known as Stefano Nyers, was a Hungarian footballer who played as a forward or as a winger. Although he played in only two international matches for Hungary, he is considered one of the greatest football legends of his country, reaching the peak of his career in the 1940s and 1950s.
Career
Nyers was born in Freyming-Merlebach, Moselle, France into an immigrant Hungarian mining family; his younger brother was Ferenc Nyers. When he was 14 he moved with his family to Budapest where he started playing with III. Kerületi TUE. He will have his first official debut aged 17 and playing with Szabadkai VAC[1] which was a Yugoslav club from Subotica that played in the Hungarian league system after the Hungarian annexation of Bačka during World War II (1941–1944). When Yugoslavs retook Subotica, Nyers moved to Budapest where he had a short spell with Ganz-MÁVAG SE where he played along László Kubala.[2] Still that year, he returns Szabadkai VAC, known as ŽAK Subotica in Serbo-Croatian. In April 1945, ŽAK is disbanded by new Yugoslav authorities, but players stay together and they make a tour throughout Serbia as a representing team of Subotica.[3] In this tour they archive many large-margin wins. By scoring in all important games, Nyers confirms himself as prolific goalscorer. Upon their return to Subotica, the new authorities merge the team with some minor clubs, and the team becomes Spartak Subotica.[3] However, later that year, Nyers leaves Yugoslavia and returns to Budapest, where he joins 1945 Újpest FC, winning two league titles.[4] In 1946, he transferred briefly to the Czechoslovakian team FK Viktoria Žižkov and then to the French club Stade Français.
After two years in Paris he was recruited by the Italian side Inter. Here he developed to one of the strongest forwards in the history of Serie A. With 26 goals in his first season he became the top scorer of the league. In 182 games for Inter he scored a total of 133 goals. Twice, in 1953 and 1954, he became Italian champion with Inter.
After winning the championship for the second time Nyers left Milan and changed via Servette FC of Geneva to A.S. Roma, where he remained for two years. A season with the Catalan sides CF Barcelona, Terrassa FC and CD Sabadell followed before he played out the remainder of his career with minor league Italian clubs.
Nyers retired from the professional game in 1961. During his retirement he lived for several years in Milan before settling in Subotica, Serbia until his death in 2005 at the age of 80.[5]
Honours
Club
Újpest[4]
Internazionale[6]
Barcelona
Notes
- ^ Nyers István Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine at internazionale.hu, Retrieved 5-10-2012 (in Hungarian)
- ^ GANZ 1944–45 sezn at nela.hu
- ^ a b Istorija FK Spartak at FK Spartak Subotica official website, retrieved 21-8-2018 (in Serbian) (indicated as Njerš in Serbian)
- ^ a b "István Nyers". Nemzeti Labdarúgó Archívum (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 9 June 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
- ^ Addio Nyers at gradsubotica.co.rs, 22-3-2010, retrieved 16-10-2013 (in Serbian)
- ^ "Istvan Nyers". FC Internazionale - Inter Milan. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
External links
- István Nyers at magyarfutball.hu
- A biography page (in Hungarian)
- István Nyers at BDFutbol
- 1924 births
- 2005 deaths
- People from Freyming-Merlebach
- French people of Hungarian descent
- Hungarian men's footballers
- Hungary men's international footballers
- Hungarian expatriate men's footballers
- Stade Français (association football) players
- Ligue 1 players
- Inter Milan players
- Servette FC players
- AS Roma players
- Calcio Lecco 1912 players
- Budapest Honvéd FC players
- Újpest FC players
- La Liga players
- FC Barcelona players
- CE Sabadell FC footballers
- Terrassa FC footballers
- FK Viktoria Žižkov players
- ŽAK Subotica players
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Yugoslavia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Czechoslovakia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
- Men's association football forwards
- Footballers from Moselle (department)
- French expatriate men's footballers
- Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Yugoslavia
- French expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- French expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- French expatriate sportspeople in Yugoslavia