Tibor Nyilasi

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'.

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. During his first spell, Péter Lipcsei became a solid player. Ferencváros won the 1991–92 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season 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.

Career statistics

Scores and results list Hungary's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nyilasi goal.

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
• 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.,
• Nagy Béla: Fradisták (Sportpropaganda, 1981)
• Nagy Béla: Fradi futballkönyv (Sportpropaganda, 1985)
• Rejtő László–Lukács László–Szepesi György: Felejthetetlen 90 percek (Sportkiadó, 1977)
• Hoppe Pál – Szabó Ferenc: A Nyíl (Budapest, 1984)
• Nagy Béla: Nyilasi album (Budapest, 2003)
• His stats at Austria Wien

References