5 Ferenc Puskas records that seem almost impossible to break

A truly great player of his time. A LEGEND. Ferenc Puskas
A truly great player of his time. A LEGEND. Ferenc Puskas

Who was Ferenc Puskas?

Real Madrid has always been a club of all the legends and there has been no shortage of great players in the club's whole glittering history.

There have been players like Alfredo Di Stefano, the Argentine maestro who led Real Madrid to five consecutive European Cups.

Then there have been legends life Raul, and Iker Casillas and more recently, Cristiano Ronaldo.

But, when you talk about Real Madrid legends, you just cannot rule out one name, Ferenc Puskas.

Ferenc Puskas was a Hungarian who is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. He was a great and sharp forward who scored 84 goals for his International Hungary side and 514 goals for the clubs he played for.

Truly, a great player who was the best in what he did at that time, scoring goals - loads and loads of great goals. Here are 5 great records of the legend himself, which, even for a great Real Madrid player like Cristiano Ronaldo, seems almost impossible to break.

#5 Oldest player to play for Real Madrid in La Liga

Ferenc Puskas
Ferenc Puskas was one of greatest players to grace the game

Ferenc Puskas played a part of his career in a Hungarian club called Budapest Honved. He played there and did what he did best - that is scoring plenty of great goals.

Then, he joined Real Madrid and at that time his age was 31.

He scored many goals for the club and became a legend, and was an integral part of the squad.

He won with the star-studded lineup featuring Alfredo Di Stefano, and other great players, five La Liga titles in which he played a key part.

He played 262 games with Real Madrid and went on to become the oldest player to play for the Los Blancos, wearing the all-white kit at the age of a mind-blowing 38 years and 233 days.

#4 Oldest player to score for Real Madrid in La Liga

He had the knack of scoring great goals.
He had the knack of scoring great goals.

Ferenc Puskas was such a great scorer that FIFA has even named an award in his honor known as the Puskas award, which is given to a player who scores the most elegant or most attractive goal in the whole season.

Puskas was a great goalscorer. He scored a lot of goals in all his time at Real Madrid, and he also became the club's oldest goalscorer, scoring at the age of 38 years and 233 days.

Yes! it was the same day that he became the club's oldest player to play in La Liga. He scored in his last La Liga match for Real Madrid.

It was the day he cemented his legacy forever in Real Madrid's history books.

#3 Most goals scored by a Madrid player in a single Copa Del Rey season

Such n innocent face destroying goalkeeper careers for fun
Such an innocent face destroying goalkeepers' careers for fun.

Ferenc Puskas was a great player for both club and country. He was an integral part of his International side too and won an Olympic Gold medal in 1952 with Hungary.

He was a key player of the great Madrid squad that won five League Titles and three European Cup Titles.

He was also brilliant in the Copa del Rey.

In the 1960-1961 season, he set a record for scoring most number of goals in a single Copa del Rey season by banging in an incredible 15 goals.

Even a player like Cristiano Ronaldo who is goalscoring machine has been able to just manage to get seven, speaking volumes of Puskas's abilities.

#2 Score 6 goals in a single La Liga Match

Incredible. Just Incredible.
Incredible. Just Incredible.

Puskas scored a record-setting 6 goals in a single match to be Real Madrid's record goalscorer for a single match.

Of course, there have been 2 more players who scored 7 goals in a single match.

But, Ferenc Puskas' record is special because he is the only Real Madrid player to score 6 goals in a single La Liga match.

No Madrid player has been able to match this amazing record, which further cements his gleaming legacy in the glittering history books of Real Madrid.

And for those of you who want to witness the magic this man showed on the pitch, here's a video for you.

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#1 Hungary's all-time leading top scorer

For club and Country!
He was a stand-out performer for club and country!

The great Hungarian football team has produced some great footballers.

But, the greatest of all of them is the Hungarian Fox Ferenc Puskas. The Hungarian genius produced moments of brilliance for the international side and was a key part of the team when he won the Olympic gold medal with his side.

He is the Hungarian team's all-time top scorer with 84 goals. No one has come even close to even matching this amazing record.

And it seems almost unbreakable for any Hungarian because no recent Hungarian has even seemed to match this great legend's level. One of the best goalscorers of all time. Ferenc Puskas, ladies and gentlemen.

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