László Nagy was a Hungarian

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

 football

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 player who played for Újpesti Dózsa

Újpest FC

Újpest Football Club , earlier known as Újpesti TE and Újpesti Dózsa, is a Hungarian football club, based in Újpest, Budapest. The club's colours are purple and white...

. Nagy is most famous for his participation in the gold medal winning Hungarian team on the 1968 Summer Olympics

Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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, and for playing at the 1978 FIFA World Cup

1978 FIFA World Cup

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. He played 25 games and scored 7 goals for the Hungarian national team

Hungary national football team

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. He also played a season for FC Locarno

FC Locarno

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After finishing his career, Nagy became a coach, managing Újpest FC

Újpest FC

Újpest Football Club , earlier known as Újpesti TE and Újpesti Dózsa, is a Hungarian football club, based in Újpest, Budapest. The club's colours are purple and white...

 from 1996 to 1997.

Sources

• MTI Ki Kicsoda 2006, Magyar Távirati Iroda, Budapest, 2005, p. 1233.
• Ki kicsoda a magyar sportéletben? , II. kötet (I–R). Szekszárd, Babits Kiadó, 1995, p. 358. , ISBN 963-495-011-6
• Rejtő László–Lukács László–Szepesi György: Felejthetetlen 90 percek (Sportkiadó, 1977) ISBN 963-253-501-4
• Stats at MOB (p. 10.)