# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/laszlo-kubala
# Generated: 2026-08-31T21:49:06.507Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/laszlo-kubala"
name: "László Kubala"
slug: "laszlo-kubala"
description: "He played for three national teams — Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Spain — and became a god in Barcelona. In the 1950s, Kubala's dribbling and power made him the club's centrepiece; fifty years later, the fans still called him the greatest who ever wore the shirt."
tagline: "Hungarian footballer (1927–2002)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kubala.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1927-06-10"
deathDate: "2002-05-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.89
  momentum:             2.634303721488596
  historical:           22.406204
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
tags:
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  - name: "Soccer"
    slug: "soccer"
  - name: "Football"
    slug: "football"
  - name: "20th Century"
    slug: "20th-century"
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0473364"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kubala László"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Լադիսլավ Կուբալա"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "László Kubala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "László Kubala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ლადისლავ კუბალა"
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    title: "쿠벌러 라슬로"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "László Kubala"
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    title: "لاسلو كوبالا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born in Hungary in 1927, Kubala moved through Ferencváros and Slovan Bratislava before landing at Barcelona, where the 1950s belonged to him: 280 goals in 345 appearances, quick feet, thunderous finishing, free kicks that bent physics. Citizenship followed passion — he wore the colours of Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Spain at international level, a rarity that captured his unsettled early years and his adopted home's embrace. When Barcelona marked its centenary in 1999, the supporters' poll returned a verdict: best ever. He coached the club twice after hanging up his boots, and later managed Spain's senior and under-21 sides. He died in May 2002, seventeen years shy of seeing Messi break his temple.