Lajos Szűcs (footballer, born 1943)
Appearance
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 10 December 1943 | ||
Place of birth | Apatin, Kingdom of Hungary (today in Serbia) | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
1957–1962 | Újpesti Dózsa | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1963–1966 | Dorogi Bányász | 61 | (7) |
1966–1969 | Ferencváros | 102 | (7) |
1971–1977 | Honvéd | 180 | (18) |
1977–1980 | Vasas | 34 | (0) |
1982 | Hévíz FC | ||
International career | |||
1967–1973 | Hungary | 37 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 November 2014 |
Olympic medal record | ||
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Representing ![]() | ||
Men's football | ||
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1968 Mexico City | Team Competition |
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1972 Munich | Team Competition |
Lajos Szűcs (born 10 December 1943) was a Hungarian football striker, who played for Dorog, Ferencváros, Budapest Honvéd FC and Vasas Izzó. He was Hungarian footballer of the year in 1976.
He won a gold medal in football at the 1968 Summer Olympics and a silver medal in football at the 1972 Summer Olympics,[1] and also participated in UEFA Euro 1972 for the Hungary national football team. He was Hungarian footballer of the year in 1976.
He was born in Apatin[2], Kingdom of Hungary, (today in Serbia)[3]. He is married to Ildikó Pécsi, one of Hungary's best known and most popular actresses who also served as a Socialist member of the Hungarian Parliament from 1994 to 1998.
Sources
- Ki kicsoda a magyar sportéletben?, III. kötet (S–Z). Szekszárd, Babits Kiadó, 1995, 181. o., ISBN 963-495-014-0 Template:Hu
- Rejtő László–Lukács László–Szepesi György: Felejthetetlen 90 percek (Sportkiadó, 1977) ISBN 963-253-501-4 Template:Hu
- Rózsaligeti László: Magyar olimpiai lexikon. Budapest: Datus. 2000. ISBN 963-00-5577-5 Template:Hu
- Bocsák Miklós: Hogyan élnek olimpiai bajnokaink? (Budapest, 1998) Template:Hu
References
- ^ "Lajos Szűcs Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
- ^ Lajos Szűcs at magyarfutball.hu
- ^ Lajos Szűcs at National-Football-Teams.com
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- 1943 births
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- People from Apatin
- Hungarians in Vojvodina
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- Hungary international footballers
- Újpest FC players
- Budapest Honvéd FC players
- Ferencvárosi TC footballers
- UEFA Euro 1972 players
- Olympic footballers of Hungary
- Footballers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Footballers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Hungary
- Olympic silver medalists for Hungary
- Olympic medalists in football
- Hungarian football forward stubs
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Yugoslav emigrants to Hungary