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Lajos Szűcs (10 December 1943 – 12 July 2020) was a Hungarian football defender, who played for Dorog, Ferencváros, Budapest Honvéd FC and Vasas Izzó. He was Hungarian footballer of the year in 1968 and 1971.

Lajos Szűcs

Personal information
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
National team
1967–1973	Hungary	37	(2)
Honours Representing  Hungary Men's football 1968 Mexico City Team Competition 1972 Munich Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

Personal life

He was born in Apatin, Kingdom of Hungary (today in Serbia).[2][3] He was 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. He died on 12 July 2020 in Budapest at the age of 76.[4]

Sources

• Ki kicsoda a magyar sportéletben?, III. kötet (S–Z). Szekszárd, Babits Kiadó, 1995, 181. o., ISBN 963-495-014-0 (in Hungarian)
• Rejtő László–Lukács László–Szepesi György: Felejthetetlen 90 percek (Sportkiadó, 1977) ISBN 963-253-501-4 (in Hungarian)
• Rózsaligeti László: Magyar olimpiai lexikon. Budapest: Datus. 2000. ISBN 963-00-5577-5 (in Hungarian)
• Bocsák Miklós: Hogyan élnek olimpiai bajnokaink? (Budapest, 1998) (in Hungarian)

References

На других языках

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[de] Lajos Szűcs (Fußballspieler, 1943)

Lajos Szűcs (* 10. Dezember 1943 in Apatin, Jugoslawien[1] (damals ungarisch besetzt); † 12. Juli 2020[2]) war ein ungarischer Fußballspieler. Er gehörte der Nationalmannschaft seines Landes an. Bei den Olympischen Sommerspielen 1968 in Mexiko gewann er mit seiner Mannschaft die Goldmedaille, 1972 in München die Silbermedaille. Nach seiner sportlichen Laufbahn betätigte er sich unter anderem als Schauspieler.

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- [en] Lajos Szűcs (footballer, born 1943)

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[fr] Lajos Szűcs

Lajos Szűcs, né le 10 décembre 1943 à Apatin, à l'époque en Hongrie, aujourd'hui en Serbie, et mort le 12 juillet 2020 à Budapest, en Hongrie, est un joueur de football international hongrois qui évoluait au poste de défenseur.

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[it] Lajos Szűcs (calciatore 1943)

Lajos Szűcs (Apatin, 10 dicembre 1943 – Budapest, 12 luglio 2020) è stato un calciatore ungherese, di ruolo difensore.

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[ru] Сюч, Лайош (1943)

Ла́йош Сюч (венг. Szűcs Lajos; 10 декабря 1943, Апатин[1] — 12 июля 2020[2]) — венгерский футболист и футбольный тренер. Чемпион Летних Олимпийских игр 1968 года, серебряный призёр Летних Олимпийских игр 1972 года в составе сборной Венгрии[3].

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