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Lajos Szűcs (footballer, born 1943)
Hungarian footballer (1943–2020) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lajos Szűcs (10 December 1943 – 12 July 2020) was a Hungarian football defender, who played for Dorog, Ferencváros, Budapest Honvéd FC and Vasas Izzó.
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Date of birth | (1943-12-10)10 December 1943 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Apatin, Kingdom of Hungary | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 12 July 2020(2020-07-12) (aged 76) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Budapest, Hungary | ||||||||||||||||
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) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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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 1968 and 1971.