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 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 criticised by fans of
Újpest FC for leaving the club to play for Ferencváros.
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
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(2004) and
Saudi Arabia (2005).
During the 1995–96 season, Szűcs was a member of the
Hungary Olympic football team, which won qualification to the
1996 Summer Olympics
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in
Atlanta. Szűcs was left on the bench all three group games of Hungary. Hungary lost all of their three group matches on the Olympics, their opponent including future gold medal winners Nigeria,
and Brazil.
Honours
1.FC Kaiserslautern
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Bundesliga:
1997–98
Ferencváros
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Nemzeti Bajnokság:
2001-02,
2003-04
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Magyar Kupa:
2002-03,
2003-04
References
External links
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Profile on HLSZ.hu
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1973 births
Living people
Footballers from Budapest
Hungarian men's footballers
Hungary men's international footballers
Olympic footballers for Hungary
Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Hungary men's under-21 international footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
Újpest FC players
1. FC Kaiserslautern players
Ferencvárosi TC footballers
Pápai FC footballers
Dunaújváros FC players
Bundesliga players
Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
Hungarian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
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