Nicolae Kovács (, 29 December 1911 – 7 July 1977)Nicolae Kovacs at fifa.com, www.weltfussball.de was a Romanian-Hungarian football player and coach. A forward, he was a dual international football player and played both for Romania and Hungary.Ion Văduva-Poenaru Enciclopedia marilor personalități: A-I Contemporanii 1999 - p. 496 "H. a egalat recordul deţinut timp de 60 de ani, de fotbalistul român Nicolae Kovacs, cu 3 participări consecutive la tumeele finale ale CM (1990 -Italia, 1994- SUA şi 1998- Franţa), evoluând în 12 meciuri din faza finală a competiţiei mondiale." He played in 116 matches and scored 43 goals for Club Atletic Oradea.
For the Romania national team, he won 37 caps and participated in the 1930, 1934 and 1938 World Cups, being one of five players to have appeared in all three of the pre-war World Cups. The other players were Edmond Delfour, Étienne Mattler, Bernard Voorhoof and Rudolf Bürger, according to official FIFA match reports. He represented the Hungary national team once, in 1941, also scoring a goal in that game.Players Appearing for Two or More Countries
He was the older brother of Ștefan Kovács, the famous coach who led Ajax to two European Cups in 1972 and 1973.
Career statistics Romania's goal tally first + # Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 15 September 1929 Levski Field, Sofia, Bulgaria 2–2 3–2 Friendly 2. 14 July 1930 Estadio Pocitos, Montevideo, Uruguay 3–1 3–1 1930 FIFA World Cup 3. 28 June 1931 Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Yugoslavia 3–1 4–2 1929–31 Balkan Cup 4. 8 May 1932 Stadionul ONEF, Bucharest, Romania 1–1 4–1 1932 Central European Cup 5. 3 July 1932 Avala, Belgrade, Yugoslavia 1–2 1–3 1932 Balkan Cup
Honours Player Ripensia Timișoara Liga I: 1935–36 Cupa României: 1935–36
Coach CA Oradea Liga I: 1948–49
Politehnica Timișoara Liga II: 1952
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