Tibor Nyilasi

Tibor Nyilasi
Nyilasi (right) with TV reporter András Bánó and national team manager Kálmán Mészöly
Personal information
Date of birth (1955-01-18) 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

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. He played in the 1978 FIFA World Cup (where he was sent off against Argentina) and the 1982 FIFA World Cup. 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'.