László Kubala

László Kubala is one of those names that football historians speak of in hushed tones, and digging into him I understand why. Born in Budapest in 1927, he carried Hungarian, Czechoslovak and Spanish citizenship and actually played for all three national teams, which feels almost unimaginable today. He's remembered as a genuine hero of Barcelona, the forward whose brilliance reportedly pushed the club to expand the Camp Nou itself. What I find moving is that his legend predates the era of constant footage, so much of his greatness lives in testimony rather than highlight reels. A pioneer who became a coach too, he passed in 2002, but his statue stands outside the stadium.

Name (English)

László Kubala

Name (Japanese)

ラディスラオ・クバラ

Reading

らでぃすらお・くばら

Born

June 10, 1927 – May 17, 2002

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Rabbit

Origin

Budapest, Hungary

Height

176 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Awards & achievements

• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Sports Merit

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%A9%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%90%E3%83%A9

Tags

• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.