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.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1974-10-26) 26 October 1974 (age 48) | ||
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) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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]
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 RB Leipzig footballer, Péter Gulácsi's opinion on gay marriage.[2]
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]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 27 May 1998 | Nyíregyháza, Hungary | ![]() | 1–0 | Friendly | |
2 | 14 October 1998 | Budapest, Hungary | ![]() | 1–1 | UEFA Euro 2000 Qual. | |
3 | 28 April 1999 | Budapest, Hungary | ![]() | 1–1 | Friendly |
Hungary men's football squad – 1996 Summer Olympics | ||
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