Born in the Hungarian capital, Budapest, June 10 1927, Ladislao Kubala Stecz had a long playing career in which he outlines his time at FC Barcelona, \u200b\u200bthe club he played eleven seasons (1950-1961) played 345 matches and scored 274 goals. After starting in football at the School of the Hungarian Federation, arrived in its infancy with 11 years Ganz, a modest third division team Hungary (1939-1944), which jumped to its 17 Ferencvaros years, first division, and 18 to the Hungarian.
After the death of his father, moved to Bratislava, where his mother came Slovak origin. Its good game in Bratislava and Slovak origin of his mother, then provided you get the Czechoslovak citizenship and present with the selection of that country.
After joining again for the Vasas Hungarian (new name of Ferencvaros), returned to play for Hungary, but in 1948 decided to flee the country Magyar, stifled by the rigidity of the communist regime, which among other things would not let him return to his woman and her newborn son, who were in Czechoslovakia.
After fleeing Hungary was established in Italy, where several teams tried to sign him, but FIFA did not allow officers to align parties not give down the Hungarian Vasas.
Multiplayer Hungarians, Poles, Romanians, Yugoslavs and Czechs were in the same situation then formed a team to play friendly matches refugees exhibition under the name of Hungary.
During his exhibitions in Spain, Real Madrid and FC Barcelona were interested in signing him, but the white team withdrew because FIFA's refusal to grant permission to play matches.
FC Barcelona, \u200b\u200bwith its president Augustine Montal and technical secretary Galobar Pepe Samitier ahead, bet, however strong by signing him and was hired in June 1950. After strong representations to the FIFA Club and the English Federation, could play his first match as Barca on 29 April 1951, a meeting Generalissimo Cup against Sevilla.
Barcelona won the Cup that year and lived a triumphant decade Kubala, which led to the dispute of the final of the 1961 European Cup, in which the Catalan team lost 3-2 at Benfica Portuguese in a game of real bad luck that sent four balls to post as well as other clear chances to fail.
Barca in his resume listed a total of 4 English League, Copa del Generalissimo 5, 2 Fairs Cup, 1 Copa America and 2 Cups Eva Duarte de Peron, 11 years and club as a player (1951-1962).
As a player, after a English citizen, debuted with the national team on July 5, 1953 against Argentina. He played for Spain 19 times, most recently against France on April 2, 1961, and scored 10 goals.
The balance in those games was 9 wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats and the worst moment was the curious deletion of Spain in the qualifiers for the World Cup in Switzerland in 1954, after playing a playoff game against Turkey.
Before the game came a telegram from the FIFA forbidding him to Spain align Kubala. The player did not play and Spain was felled after a draw that game 2-2 and, as required, leaving Turkey designated randomly choosing a child his ballot.
Considered one of the best players of all time, Kubala played two games with a worldwide selection of FIFA against England, in which he scored three goals.
In 1957, he graduated as national coach with the number one in his class, level with Alfredo Di Stefano, and his first experience on the bench was with FC Barcelona in 1962, short-lived, as it passes by Murcia, which was only a month.
In August 1963 he played and joined Espanyol, the club he was a player and, while coach for a year and a half. In Espanyol agreed with Di Stefano, who could have made years ago a unique tandem with FC Barcelona but ended up playing at Real Madrid.
The following season led the Falcon's Toronto (1965-66) and later to Toronto City. In 1968 he returned to Spain and trained at Cordoba, from which you made the big leap to the English team, which ran for almost eleven years, from October 15, 1969 until June 18, 1980.
No other English coach has been many years in office and run as many games as Kubala, with a record of 68 games in that period, 36 of them officers, who earned 31 victories, tied 21 and lost 16.
During his time as coach of Spain failed to qualify for the World Cup in 1974 and did so for the Argentina of 1978, which was felled in the first round against Austria. Was dismissed on June 18, 1980 after being eliminated Spain in the Euro this year was played in Italy.
After his tour in the selection returned briefly to the bench for Barcelona, \u200b\u200bwho failed a second time, and was later coach of Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia (1982-86), with whom he was runner-up League and Cup semifinalist in his first season.
then returned to Spain, where he led several teams: Real Murcia (1986-87), Manchester (1987-88) and Elche (1988-89).
In 1991 and after being elected president of the Association of ex-players of Barcelona (1990), joined as deputy Vicente Miera to the English Olympic team that won the gold medal at the Barcelona Games' 92.
The April 24th, 1993 Kubala received the homage of the crowd at a meeting at the Montjuic Olympic stadium in Spain, directed by Javier Clemente, and the selection of Catalonia (4-4). Was raised about 40 million pesetas and 12 institutions joined the celebration.
In February 1995 he was hired by the Federation of Paraguay to direct selection in the World Cup qualifiers for France 98, but in December of that year he resigned because he said he was not accustomed to such disruption. Nevertheless he played 10 matches and only conceded two defeats.
In recent years, he settled permanently in Barcelona, \u200b\u200bwhere he was known for his obsession to maintain his physique, to the point where 66 years ran behind 40 to 70 kilometers by bike Monday and Thursday, playing soccer on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday and will play three sets of tennis on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
At Christmas 1996, after 20 years, visited Budapest, where I had no family, while the February 9, 2000 received the Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Sporting Merit, along with Alfredo Di Stefano.
Stecz Ladislao Kubala died on May 17, 2002 in Barcelona, \u200b\u200bSpain.
Source: Univision
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