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#2 Ferenc Puskas (Real Madrid / Hungary)
History would have been so much different had Hungary's Mighty Magyars won the World Cup back in 1954. Instead, it was West Germany that kickstarted their era of consistent performances with a 3-2 win over Hungary in the final.
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It was one the biggest upset in world football at the time. Between 1950 and 1956, that team won 42 times and were held to just 7 draws. The one defeat? Against West Germany in the final of the World Cup.
Hungary had taken the lead and doubled it within eight minutes as Ferenc Puskas and Zoltan Czibor scored in the sixth and eighth minute. It seemed like it was going according to plan but West Germany fought back almost immediately before a late winner from Helmut Rahn saw the Germans win their first World Cup.
At the club level, though, Puskas was untouchable. With Real Madrid, he won three European Cups (1958/59, 1959/60, and 1965/66). But it was the final in 1960 that was Puskas' final.
Real Madrid beat Eintracht Frankfurt 7-3 in one of the greatest displays of attacking football. Alfredo Di Stefano scored a hat-trick but Puskas scored four times - including one from the spot.
