 During the 1950s he was a member of the legendary Hungarian national team known as the "Mighty Magyars".Other members of the team included Ferenc Puskás, Zoltán Czibor, Sándor Kocsis, József Bozsik and Nándor Hidegkuti.He was the only member of the team not to play for either Honvéd or MTK Hungária FC.