Hungarian Footballer
- He is one of the best forwards in history.
- Sports debut: December 5, 1943 (Kispesti Athlétikai Klub)
- Sporting retirement: May 8, 1966 (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol)
- Parents: Ferenc Purczeld and Margit BÃró
- Spouse: Erzsébet Hunyadvári (d. 1950–2006)
- Children: Anikó Puskás
- Name: Ferenc Purczeld BÃró
- Nicknames: The Galloping Commander, Little Pum Cannon, Pancho
- Height: 1.72 m
Ferenc Puskás was born on April 2, 1927, in Budapest (Hungary).
Son of Ferenc Purczeld and Margit BÃró.
His debut came in 1943 with Kispest.
He made his debut for the Hungarian national team on 20 August 1945, in a match against Austria, in which he scored one goal. In 1948, he moved to the Hungarian Army team, with whom he scored 50 goals in the League Championship.
He captained the gold medal-winning Hungarian team at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. He scored four goals during the tournament, including the opening goal in the final against Yugoslavia, which Hungary won 2–0. A year later, on 25 November 1953, Hungary defeated England 6–3 at Wembley, in a match that became known as the "Match of the Century", and was the first time England had been beaten at home by a non-British team. Puskás scored two goals. When the Hungarian Revolution broke out in 1956, he had to leave his country. Puskás and other Budapest Honvéd players decided not to return to Hungary and organised an international tour.
He was banned by FIFA for two years for refusing to return to Hungary. In 1958, he was hired by Real Madrid . With this team, he won five consecutive league titles from 1960-61 to 1964-65. In addition, he won three European Cups (1959, 1960 and 1966) and was the league's top scorer on four occasions (1960, 1961, 1963, and 1964). He became a Spanish citizen, acquiring the nickname Pancho Puskás. He left football in 1966 but devoted himself fully to his career as a coach, one of his greatest achievements being to lead Panathinaikos of Greece to the European Cup final in 1971. In 1950, he married Erzsébet Hunyadvári, with whom he had a daughter, Anikó.
Puskás died in Budapest on Friday, 17 November 2006, at the age of 79, after having suffered from Alzheimer's for the last six years