Lajos Szűcs (footballer, born 1973)
![]() Szűcs in 2009 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 8 August 1973 | ||
Place of birth | Budapest, Hungary | ||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1993–1997 | Újpest | 92 | (1) |
1993-1994 | → Tiszakécske FC (loan) | 0 | (0) |
1997–1999 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 3 | (0) |
1999–2006 | Ferencváros | 200 | (4) |
2000 | → 1. FC Kaiserslautern (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2006–2015 | Pápa | 273 | (0) |
2015-2016 | Dunaújváros | 14 | (0) |
2016 | Rákosmenti KSK | ||
Total | 590 | (5) | |
National team | |||
2002–2005 | Hungary | 3 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Lajos Szűcs (born 8 August 1973 in Budapest) is a Hungarian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. In his career, he has played 307 matches in the Hungarian first division and has scored a total of five goals. He played three matches in the Bundesliga during 1. FC Kaiserslautern's league-winning campaign of the 1997–98 season.
He is widely hated by fans of Újpest FC for leaving the club to Ferencváros.[1][2]
International career[]
Szűcs debuted against Moldova in the Hungary national team in 2002, then he gained two more caps against Japan (2004) and Saudi Arabia (2005).[3]
During the 1995–96 season, Szűcs was a member of the Hungary Olympic football team, which won qualification to the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Szűcs was left on the bench all three group games of Hungary.[4][5][6] Hungary lost all of their three group matches on the Olympics, their opponent including future gold medal winners Nigeria,[7] and Brazil.
Honours[]
References[]
- ^ "Vlaszák nem akarta hergelni a fradistákat" (in Hungarian). origo.hu. 18 October 2004. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
- ^ "Szenzáció Újpesten: 3-0-ra kikaptak a lilák Véberéktől!" (in Hungarian). pepsifoci.hu. Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
- ^ "Magyarvalogatott.hu › A magyar labdarúgó válogatott statisztikái". magyarvalogatott.hu. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ Magyarfutball.hu. "Nigériai olimpiai válogatott - Magyar olimpiai válogatott 1 : 0, 1996.07.22. (képek, adatok) • Olimpia 1996, olimpiai válogatott mérkőzés • Magyarfutball.hu". www.magyarfutball.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ Magyarfutball.hu. "Brazil olimpiai válogatott - Magyar olimpiai válogatott 3 : 1, 1996.07.24. (képek, adatok) • Olimpia 1996, olimpiai válogatott mérkőzés • Magyarfutball.hu". www.magyarfutball.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ Magyarfutball.hu. "Japán olimpiai válogatott - Magyar olimpiai válogatott 3 : 2, 1996.07.26. (képek, adatok) • Olimpia 1996, olimpiai válogatott mérkőzés • Magyarfutball.hu". www.magyarfutball.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "How Nigeria created Olympic history". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
External links[]
- Lajos Szűcs at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile on HLSZ.hu (in Hungarian)
- Lajos Szűcs at FootballDatabase.eu
- Lajos Szűcs at Soccerbase
- Lajos Szűcs at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Budapest
- Hungarian footballers
- Hungary international footballers
- Olympic footballers of Hungary
- Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Hungary under-21 international footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- Újpest FC players
- 1. FC Kaiserslautern players
- Ferencvárosi TC footballers
- Lombard-Pápa TFC footballers
- Dunaújváros FC players
- Bundesliga players
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
- Hungarian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Hungarian football goalkeeper stubs