Ferenc Nyers (also known as ''Étienne Nyers''; born 3 March 1927) is a French retired professional
footballer
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who played as a
forward. He was active in France, Italy, Hungary and Colombia.
Early life
Nyers was born in
Freyming-Merlebach
Freyming-Merlebach (; ) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is part of the agglomeration of Saarbrücken and Forbach.Moselle
The Moselle ( , ; ; ) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany. It is a bank (geography), left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it joins at Koblenz. A sm ...
, France on 3 March 1927 to Hungarian immigrant parents. His older brother is fellow footballer
István Nyers
István Nyers (; 25 May 1924 – 9 March 2005), also known as Stefano Nyers, was a Hungarian footballer who played as a forward or as a winger. Although he played in only two international matches for Hungary, he is considered one of the grea ...
.
Career
Nyers played club football with
Strasbourg
Strasbourg ( , ; ; ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est Regions of France, region of Geography of France, eastern France, in the historic region of Alsace. It is the prefecture of the Bas-Rhin Departmen ...
,
Lazio
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,
Hungaria FbC Roma,
Junior Barranquilla and
Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne (; Franco-Provençal: ''Sant-Etiève''), also written St. Etienne, is a city and the prefecture of the Loire département, in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regi ...
.
External links
RSSSF – "Apolides" in ItalyRC Strasbourg profile
1927 births
Possibly living people
People from Freyming-Merlebach
French people of Hungarian descent
French expatriate sportspeople in Colombia
French men's footballers
RC Strasbourg Alsace players
AS Saint-Étienne players
French expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Serie A players
Ligue 1 players
Atlético Junior footballers
SS Lazio players
Men's association football forwards
Footballers from Moselle (department)
French expatriate sportspeople in Italy
French expatriate sportspeople in Hungary
Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary
Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia
20th-century French sportsmen
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