Tibor Nyilasi
Hungarian footballer and manager
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Tibor Nyilasi (born 18 January 1955) is a Hungarian retired football player and manager. A midfielder, he signed with Ferencváros in 1972 and played there until transferring to Austria Wien in 1983. He made 70 appearances for the Hungary national team from 1975 to 1985, scoring 32 goals.[1] He played in the 1978 FIFA World Cup (where he was sent off against Argentina) and the 1982 FIFA World Cup.[2] After he retired as a player he was manager of Ferencváros. He has more recently also worked for the Hungarian Football Federation and is regularly appearing as a pundit on the Hungarian sports channel 'Sport TV'.
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Nyilasi (right) with TV reporter András Bánó and national team manager Kálmán Mészöly | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 January 1955 | ||
| Place of birth | Várpalota, Hungary | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1972 | Úttörőstadion SC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1972–1983 | Ferencváros | 243 | (132) |
| 1983–1988 | Austria Wien | 120 | (81) |
| Total | 363 | (213) | |
| International career | |||
| 1975–1985 | Hungary | 70 | (32) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1990–1994 | Ferencváros | ||
| 1997–1999 | Ferencváros | ||
| 2014–2015 | Hungary (assistant) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Managerial career
Nyilasi managed Ferencváros twice. The first spell was between 6 June 1990 and 30 June 1994. During this period, Ferencváros played 128 matches. Ferencváros won 73 matches, drew only 25 matches, and lost 30 games. On 18 August 1990, he managed Ferencváros for the first time in a 5–0 victory over arch rivals Újpest.[3] During his first spell, Péter Lipcsei became a solid player. Ferencváros won the 1991–92 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season[4] and the 1990–91 Magyar Kupa, 1992–93 Magyar Kupa, and the 1993–94 Magyar Kupa seasons with Nyilasi.
His second spell started on 10 June 1997 and finished 17 December 1998.
Personal life
In April 2025, he had a cardiac surgery in Budapest.[5]
Career statistics
- Scores and results list Hungary's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nyilasi goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 September 1975 | Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary |  Austria |
1-0 | 2-1 | UEFA Euro 1976 qualification | [6] |
| 2 | 19 October 1975 | Stadion Rohonci Út, Szombathely, Hungary |  Luxembourg |
2-0 | 8-1 | UEFA Euro 1976 qualification | [7] |
| 3 | 3-0 | ||||||
| 4 | 4-0 | ||||||
| 5 | 5-0 | ||||||
| 6 | 6-0 | ||||||
| 7 | 27 March 1976 | Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary |  Argentina |
1-0 | 2-0 | Friendly | [8] |
| 8 | 13 October 1976 | Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria | Austria |
1-0 | 4-2 | Friendly | [9] |
| 9 | 2-0 | ||||||
| 10 | 15 March 1977 | Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran, Iran |  Iran |
2-0 | 2-0 | Friendly | [10] |
| 11 | 13 April 1977 | Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary |  Poland |
1-0 | 2-1 | Friendly | [11] |
| 12 | 2-1 | ||||||
| 13 | 30 April 1977 | Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary |  Soviet Union |
1-0 | 2-1 | 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification | [12] |
| 14 | 28 May 1977 | Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary |  Greece |
2-0 | 3-0 | 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification | [13] |
| 15 | 12 October 1977 | Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary |  Sweden |
1-0 | 3-0 | Friendly | [14] |
| 16 | 29 October 1977 | Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary |  Bolivia |
1-0 | 6-0 | 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification | [15] |
| 17 | 15 April 1978 | Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary |  Czechoslovakia |
2-0 | 2-1 | Friendly | [16] |
| 18 | 15 April 1981 | Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia, Spain |  Spain |
3-0 | 3-0 | Friendly | [17] |
| 19 | 14 October 1981 | Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary |  Switzerland |
1-0 | 3-0 | 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification | [18] |
| 20 | 2-0 | ||||||
| 21 | 24 March 1982 | Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary | Austria |
2-3 | 2-3 | Friendly | [19] |
| 22 | 15 June 1982 | Nuevo Estadio, Elche, Spain |  El Salvador |
1-0 | 10-1 | 1982 FIFA World Cup | [20] |
| 23 | 10-1 | ||||||
| 24 | 27 March 1983 | Stade Municipal, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | Luxembourg |
2-1 | 6-2 | UEFA Euro 1984 qualification | [21] |
| 25 | 17 April 1983 | Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary | Luxembourg |
2-0 | 6-2 | UEFA Euro 1984 qualification | [22] |
| 26 | 5-2 | ||||||
| 27 | 15 May 1983 | Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary | Greece |
1-1 | 2-3 | UEFA Euro 1984 qualification | [23] |
| 28 | 1 June 1983 | Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark |  Denmark |
1-1 | 1-3 | UEFA Euro 1984 qualification | [24] |
| 29 | 7 September 1983 | Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary |  West Germany |
1-0 | 1-1 | Friendly | [25] |
| 30 | 6 June 1984 | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium |  Belgium |
2-1 | 2-2 | Friendly | [26] |
| 31 | 17 November 1984 | Tsirio Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus |  Cyprus |
2-1 | 2-1 | 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification | [27] |
| 32 | 3 April 1985 | Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary | Cyprus |
1-0 | 2-0 | 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification | [28] |
Honours
Player
Ferencváros
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I: 1975–76, 1980–81,
- Hungarian Cup: 1973–74, 1975–76, 1977–78
- Cup Winners' Cup runner-up: 1974–75
Austria Wien
- Austrian Bundesliga: 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86
- Austrian Cup: 1985–86
Individual
- ADN Eastern European Footballer of the Season: 1978[29]
- Hungarian Top Scorer: 1980–81
- European Silver Boot: 1980–81
- UEFA Cup Top Scorer: 1983–84
- Austrian Top Scorer: 1983–84
Manager
Ferencvárosi
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I: 1991–92
- Hungarian Cup: 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94
Sources
- Ki kicsoda a magyar sportéletben?, II. kötet (I–R). Szekszárd, Babits Kiadó, 1995, p. 395., ISBN 963-495-011-6
- Nagy Béla: Fradisták (Sportpropaganda, 1981) ISBN 963-7542-44-2
- Nagy Béla: Fradi futballkönyv (Sportpropaganda, 1985) ISBN 963-7543-04-X
- Rejtő László–Lukács László–Szepesi György: Felejthetetlen 90 percek (Sportkiadó, 1977) ISBN 963-253-501-4
- Hoppe Pál – Szabó Ferenc: A Nyíl (Budapest, 1984)
- Nagy Béla: Nyilasi album (Budapest, 2003)
- His stats at Austria Wien