Nicolae Covaci (29 December 1911 – 7 July 1977) was a Romania

Romania

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n-Hungarian

Hungary

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 football player and coach. He was a dual international footballer and played both for Romania

Romania national football team

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 and Hungary

Hungary national football team

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.

For the Romania national football team

Romania national football team

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, he won 37 caps

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 and participated in the 1930

1930 FIFA World Cup

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, 1934

1934 FIFA World Cup

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, and 1938

1938 FIFA World Cup

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 World Cups

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, being one of five players to have appeared in all three of the pre-war World Cups. The other players were Edmond Delfour

Edmond Delfour

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, Étienne Mattler

Étienne Mattler

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, Bernard Voorhoof

Bernard Voorhoof

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 and Rudolf Bürger

Rudolf Bürger

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, according to official FIFA

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 match reports. Later he also represented the Hungary national football team

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 once.

He was the older brother of Stefan Kovács, the famous coach who led AFC Ajax to two European Cups in 1972 and 1973.