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Biography and career records reviewed 23 Oct 2026.

Ferenc Puskás linked Hungary’s celebrated post-war national team with Real Madrid’s European success. Madrid records 242 goals in 262 official appearances for the club.

Real Madrid

He won Olympic gold with Hungary in 1952 and later scored four times in the 1960 European Cup final. His official biography identifies 1 April 1927 as his birth date.

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Born
1 April 1927 · Budapest, HungaryPuskás official website
Died
17 November 2006Real Madrid
Position
ForwardReal Madrid
Real Madrid official record
262 appearances · 242 goalsReal Madrid
European Cups with Real Madrid
3Real Madrid
1960 European Cup final goals
4Real Madrid
International appearances
85 for Hungary · 4 for SpainReal Madrid

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Hungary and Real Madrid

Before Madrid, Puskás won five Hungarian league titles with Honvéd. His Real Madrid honours included three European Cups and five Spanish league titles.

Real Madrid

The club’s official-match total is 242 goals in 262 appearances. His national-team appearances are shown separately: 85 for Hungary and four for Spain.

Real Madrid

A distinctive European final record

Real Madrid’s retrospective records four Puskás goals in the 1960 final against Eintracht Frankfurt. It is a specific match achievement, rather than a claim about every European final or a combined career tally.

Real Madrid

The birth-date discrepancy

Puskás’s official biography explains that 1 April 1927 is the date recorded on his birth certificate. This profile follows that account rather than silently reproducing the alternative 2 April date.

Puskás official website

The Hungarian team before Madrid

Puskás captained Hungary to Olympic gold in 1952. The following year, he scored twice in the 6–3 victory over England at Wembley. These moments belong to the Hungarian phase of his career, before the European Cup finals with Real Madrid.

Puskás official website

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The published record

Career milestones.

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  1. 1927-04-01

    Born in Budapest

    His official biography gives 1 April as his birth date, distinguishing it from the frequently repeated 2 April.

    Puskás official website
  2. 1952

    Olympic gold

    Won the Olympic football tournament with Hungary.

    Real Madrid
  3. 1958

    Real Madrid arrival

    Joined Real Madrid and began his Spanish club chapter.

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  4. 1960

    Four goals in the final

    Scored four goals against Eintracht Frankfurt in the European Cup final.

    Real Madrid
  5. 2006-11-17

    Death

    Died at the age of 79.

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Answers grounded in the sources below.

When was Ferenc Puskás born?

His official biography gives 1 April 1927 in Budapest and explains why 2 April also appears in some accounts.

Puskás official website
How many goals did Puskás score for Real Madrid?

Real Madrid records 242 goals in 262 official appearances.

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How many goals did he score in the 1960 European Cup final?

Four, against Eintracht Frankfurt.

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