Lajos Szűcs (footballer, born 1973)

The native form of this personal name is Szűcs Lajos. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Lajos Szűcs

Szűcs in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth	(1973-08-08) 8 August 1973 (age 51)
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)
International career
2002–2005	Hungary	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lajos Szűcs (born 8 August 1973) is a Hungarian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. In his career, he played 307 matches in the Hungarian first division and scored 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 criticised by fans of Újpest FC for leaving the club to play for Ferencváros, with whom Újpest's rivalry dates back to the 1930s when Újpest won their first Hungarian League title.^[1][2]

International career

Szűcs was born in Budapest. He made his first appearance in the Hungary national team against Moldova in 2002, then 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

1.FC Kaiserslautern

• Bundesliga: 1997–98

Ferencváros

• Nemzeti Bajnokság: 2001–02, 2003–04
• Magyar Kupa: 2002–03, 2003–04

References

1. "Vlaszák nem akarta hergelni a fradistákat" (in Hungarian). origo.hu. 18 October 2004. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
2. "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.
3. "Magyarvalogatott.hu › A magyar labdarúgó válogatott statisztikái". magyarvalogatott.hu. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. "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 Soccerbase
• Lajos Szűcs at fussballdaten.de (in German)