About István Nyers
Lived 1924 – 2005 (aged 80). István Nyers was a French association football player.
István Nyers (; 25 March 1924 – 9 March 2005), also known as Stefano Nyers, was a footballer who played as a forward or as a winger. Born in France, he represented Hungary internationally. 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 TVE. He will have his first official debut aged 17 and playing with Szabadkai VAC 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. In March 1945, Nyers played some friendlies for ŽAK Subotica (formerly Szabadkai VAC), before the club got disbanded by new Yugoslav authorities. Its players stayed together and went on a tour throughout Serbia as a representing team of Subotica. Nyers scored several goals on this tour.
Honours Újpest Nemzeti Bajnokság I: 1945, 1945–46
Internazionale Serie A: 1952–53, 1953–54
Barcelona Copa del Rey: 1957
Individual Serie A Team of The Year: 1951, 1952
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Who was István Nyers?
Hungarian association football player
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István Nyers was born on 25 May 1924 in Merlebach.
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István Nyers died on 9 March 2005 in Subotica.
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István Nyers was an association football player.
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István Nyers was French.
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