János Hrutka
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | János Hrutka | ||
| Date of birth | 26 October 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Budapest, Hungary | ||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Lombik Kobanya | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1994 | MTK Hungaria FC | 4 | (1) |
| 1994–1997 | Ferencváros | 78 | (8) |
| 1997–2000 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 17 | (1) |
| 2000 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 0 | (0) |
| 2000–2002 | Ferencváros | 33 | (8) |
| 2002 | → Vasas SC (loan) | 14 | (2) |
| 2002–2003 | Budapest Honvéd | 14 | (0) |
| Total | 160 | (20) | |
| National team | |||
| 1998–2002 | Hungary | 24 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
János Hrutka (born 26 October 1974) is a Hungarian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He represented the Hungary national team internationally between 1998 and 2002.
He was a member of the 1. FC Kaiserslautern team which reached the quarter final of the UEFA Champions League in the 1998–99 season and won the Bundesliga in 1998.[1]
Outside football[]
Hrtuka worked as an expert for the Hungarian sports channel Spiler TV. Hrutka was fired from the tv channel because he agreed with Hungarian national team and Red Bull Leipzig footballer, Péter Gulácsi,'s opinion on gay marriage.[2]
International goals[]
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 May 1998 | Nyíregyháza |  Lithuania |
1–0 | Win | Friendly |
| 2 | 14 October 1998 | Budapest |  Romania |
1–1 | Draw | UEFA Euro 2000 Qual. |
| 3 | 28 April 1999 | Budapest |  England |
1–1 | Draw | Friendly |
Persecution[]
Hrutka worked as a commentator and expert for the pro-government television sports channel Spíler TV from 2017 to 2021. After making pro-LGBT statements, he was fired in March 2021. Subsequently, the government media (Nemzeti Sport and FourFourTwo) began to revive his player contracts from the past twenty years, with the intention of expiration.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Hrutka, Janos" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "Sportmédia: Ha jól értjük, Hrutka Jánossal szerződést bontott a Spí".
- ^ Ághassi, Attila (19 March 2021). "Megvált a Spíler TV Hrutka Jánostól, miután pár hete kiállt Gulácsi Péter mellett". Telex.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 21 March 2021.
External links[]
- Profile at footmercato
- János Hrutka at National-Football-Teams.com
- János Hrutka at fussballdaten.de (in German)
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