Ferenc Puskás was a footballer who represented the Hungary national football team as a striker between 1945 and 1956. He scored his first international goal on 20 August 1945, during a friendly match against Austria . Since then, he has become Hungary's top scorer in international football, having scored 84 goals in 85 appearances for Hungary.
On 30 October 1946, Puskás scored his first international hat-trick against Luxembourg during a Friendly match.[2] He has scored five international hat-tricks , and on one occasion, four international goals in a single match, on 24 September 1950, during a friendly match against Albania .
In addition, Puskás represented the Spain national football team in four matches from 1961 to 1962, thus he scored 84 goals in 89 international appearances overall.
As of 14 October 1956 Hungary score listed first, score column indicates score after each Puskás goal. (* Non-FIFA match )
No. Date Venue Opponent Goals Result Competition Ref. 1 30 October 1946 Stade Émile Mayrisch , Esch-sur-Alzette , Luxembourg Luxembourg 3 – (15', 60', 85')7–2 Friendly [30] 2 24 October 1948 Stadionul Republicii , Bucharest , Romania Romania 3 – (44', 63', 84')5–1 1948 Balkan Cup [31] 3 2 May 1949 Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion , Budapest , Hungary Austria 3 – (32' , 82'pen ., 89')6–1 1948–53 Dr. Gerö Cup [32] 4 24 September 1950 Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion , Budapest , Hungary Albania 4 – (18', 36', 75', 82')12–0 Friendly [33] 5 19 October 1950 Austria 3 – (10', 13', 90')4–3 [34]
Hungary national team Goals by year Year Apps Goals 1945 2 3 1946 3 3 1947 5 5 1948 6 7 1949 8 11 1950 6 12 1951 3 4 1952 12 10 1953 7 6 1954 11 8 1955 12 10 1956 9 4 Total 85 84
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