Lajos László Détári (born 24 April 1963) is a Hungarian

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and former

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who played as a

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. At the height of his career (1984–1994), he was a well-respected player throughout Europe, winning "Player of the Year" titles in Hungary, Greece and Switzerland.

Playing career

Détári was born in

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. In 1984 he made his debut for the Hungarian national team against

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. He scored 13 goals in 61 caps for his country until 1994. He was a participant at the

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in Mexico, where Hungary failed to progress from the group stage. Détári scored one goal in the 2:0 victory against

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. To this day, this remains the last scored goal by Hungary in the World Cup finals. In 1987 Détári was transferred from Honvéd Budapest to

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in the

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DM 3.6 millions (equivalent to € million in ). In the 1987–88 season he scored 11 goals in 33 caps. On 28 May 1988, Détári scored the goal in the 1–0 victory against

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at the

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final. It was a direct free kick just outside the box, leading Eintracht to their fourth German Cup win. Détári had played in all six cup games that season. At the beginning of the following season Détári was on the move for a world record fee of £6 million. He arrived in Greece to a tumultuous reception by the Piraeus club's supporters. Unfortunately, he did not justify the expectations of Olympiacos or the money spent in his acquisition, leaving after only two years in the midst of the scandal involving the owner of Olympiacos,

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. Still, in those two years he managed 35 goals in 60

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games, many of them from set plays which was his specialty. After leaving Greece, Détári played for many clubs. Further clubs that Détári played for were

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and VSE

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Coaching career

After his playing days were over, Détári tried his hand at coaching in Hungary with Honved, in

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for three months and in Greece with

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. He also coached Hungarian team Nyíregyháza and Haladás Szombathely. From March to October 2006, he was also co-trainer of the Hungarian national team active under

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. He started the 2007–08 season as

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boss, but was sacked in October following a number of poor results in the league. In January 2008, he was hired as a coach by F.C. Poros, the local team of the Greek island of

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Honvéd

On 2 January 2002, Détári was appointed as the manager of

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. He replaced Róbert Glázer who left for

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. Détári's team surprisingly beat the Hungarian champions

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by 1–0 in the

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. On 20 August 2004, he returned to Honvéd as an assistant coach with György Bognár. The pair replaced György Gálhidi who was sacked by Honvéd after an unsuccessful start in the Hungarian League.

Haladás

Détári achieved promotion with

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in 2003. On 27 August 2003, Détári resigned from his position even after his team made a good start.

Ferencváros

On 30 August 2011, Détári was appointed as the head coach of the Hungarian club

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due to the resignation of

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after several defeats in the Hungarian League and the early farewell from the Europa League. Ferencváros won the first match with Détári by 2–0 against

which was coached by Ferencváros's former coach László Prukner.

Honours

Budapest Honvéd *

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: 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86 *

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: 1984–85 Eintracht Frankfurt *

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: 1987–88 Olympiacos *

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: 1989–90 Individual * Hungarian top scorer: 1985, 1986, 1987

References

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