István Nyers

Nyers was born in Freyming-Merlebach, Moselle, France into an immigrant Hungarian mining family; his younger brother was Ferenc Nyers. When he was 14 he moved with his family to Budapest where he started playing with III. Kerületi TVE. He will have his first official debut aged 17 and playing with Szabadkai VAC which was a Yugoslav club from Subotica that played in the Hungarian league system after the Hungarian annexation of Bačka during World War II (1941–1944). When Yugoslavs retook Subotica, Nyers moved to Budapest where he had a short spell with Ganz-MÁVAG SE where he played along László Kubala. In March 1945, Nyers played some friendlies for ŽAK Subotica (formerly Szabadkai VAC), before the club got disbanded by new Yugoslav authorities. Its players stayed together and went on a tour throughout Serbia as a representing team of Subotica. Nyers scored several goals on this tour. Later that year, Nyers left Yugoslavia and returned to Budapest, where he joined 1945 Újpest FC, winning two league titles. In 1946, he transferred briefly to the Czechoslovak team FK Viktoria Žižkov and then to the French club Stade Français. After two years in Paris he was recruited by Italian side Inter Milan. Here he developed to one of the strongest forwards in the history of Serie A. With 26 goals in his first season he became the top scorer of the league. In 182 games for Inter he scored a total of 133 goals. Twice, in 1953 and 1954, he became Italian champion with Inter. After have been…

Újpest

Nemzeti Bajnokság I: 1945, 1945–46 Internazionale

Serie A: 1952–53, 1953–54 Barcelona

Copa del Rey: 1957 Individual

Serie A Team of The Year: 1951, 1952