László Prukner (born 14 November 1960 in

Dunaújváros Dunaújváros (; also known by other alternative names) is an industrial city in Fejér County, Central Hungary. It is a city with county rights. Situated 70 kilometres (43 miles) south of Budapest on the Danube, the city is best known for its ...

) is a Hungarian

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and former player, formerly managing

Ferencvárosi TC Ferencvárosi Torna Club, known as Ferencváros (), Fradi, or simply FTC, is a professional football club based in Ferencváros, Budapest, Hungary, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top flight of Hungarian football. Ferencváros wa ...

, where he was in charge from 2010 to 2011. Prukner previously managed

Kaposvári Rákóczi FC Kaposvári Rákóczi FC is a football club in Kaposvár, Hungary. Their home stadium is Stadion Kaposvár Rákoczi. The team is named after Francis II Rákóczi, a Transylvanian prince and national hero and they are also often referred to be ...

Career

Playing career

He started his career in the Dunaújvárosi Kohász and he played for three years in the Hungarian First Division. He spent 2 years in Pécsi EAC, then 5 years in

. He spent 2 years in

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in the SK Altheim and he finished his career in

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Coaching career

Kaposvári Rákoczi FC

He started his coaching career in

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, where he managed the local team

in 2003. He managed to spend six years at the club which was quite unusual that time.

Ferencvárosi TC

In 2010, he became the manager of the

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team

. In the last round Ferencváros were competing with

Zalaegerszegi TE Zalaegerszegi Torna Egylet Football Club (), commonly known as Zalaegerszegi TE, Zalaegerszeg or ZTE, is a football club from the city of Zalaegerszeg in Hungary. Zalaegerszeg has won one Hungarian League title in 2002. History ZTE traces its r ...

and

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for the third position of the Hungarian Championship. Ferencváros beat Lombard-Pápa TFC 3–0 in the

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, therefore Ferencváros finished third. Ferencváros beat

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in the first round of the

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season. In the second round of the Europa League Ferencvaros beat 2-1 the

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at the

but lost 2-1 in

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. In the extra time Aalesunds scored a goal in the 109th minute and Ferencváros said farewell to the Europa League. In August 2011 he resigned from his position after an unsuccessful start in the Hungarian League and the early farewell from the Europa League.

Zalaegerszeg

In September 2011 he was appointed as the manager of

Zalaegerszeg Zalaegerszeg (; hr, Jegersek; sl, Jageršek; german: Egersee) is the administrative center of Zala County, Zala county in western Hungary. Location Zalaegerszeg lies on the banks of the Zala River, close to the Slovenian and Austrian borders and ...

after

János Csank János Csank (born 27 October 1946, in Ózd, Hungary) is a former Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper and football manager. Club coaching career Csank won the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, National Championship twice, at first in 1994 with ...

resigned from his position due to an unsuccessful start in the Hungarian League. Prukner had to debut at the

against his former team Ferencváros. Prukner lost his first match by 2-0.

Managerial stats

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Prukner, Laszlo 1960 births Living people Hungarian people of German descent Sportspeople from Dunaújváros Hungarian footballers Hungarian football managers Ferencvárosi TC managers Zalaegerszegi TE managers Association footballers not categorized by position Nemzeti Bajnokság I managers