János Hrutka (born 26 October 1974) is a Hungarian former professional
footballer
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who played as a
defender. He represented the
Hungary national team internationally between 1998 and 2002.
He was a member of the
1. FC Kaiserslautern
1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern e. V., also known as 1. FCK, FCK (), FC Kaiserslautern (), K'lautern or colloquially Lautern (), is a German sports club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to Association football, football ...
team which reached the quarter final of the
UEFA Champions League
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in the 1998–99 season and won the
Bundesliga
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in 1998.
Persecution
Hrutka worked as a commentator and expert for the pro-government television sports channel Spíler TV from 2017 to 2021. He was fired from the TV channel in March 2021, because he agreed with
Hungary national team and
RB Leipzig
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footballer,
Péter Gulácsi
Péter Gulácsi (born 6 May 1990) is a Hungary, Hungarian association football, footballer who plays as a goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig.
Gulácsi began his career at Liverpool F.C., Liverpool but d ...
's opinion on pro-LGBT statements of gay marriage. Subsequently, the government media (''
Nemzeti Sport
''Nemzeti Sport'' (, ) is a Hungarian sports daily.
History and profile
''Nemzeti Sport'' was founded in 1903. It is frequently cited by quality English-language media The paper is published in broadsheet format.
Between the World War I and Worl ...
'' and ''FourFourTwo'') began to revive his player contracts from the past twenty years, with the intention of expiration.
Career statistics
:''Scores and results list Hungary's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hrutka goal.''
References
External links
Profile at footmercato*
*
1974 births
Living people
Hungarian men's footballers
Footballers from Budapest
Men's association football defenders
Hungary men's international footballers
Hungary men's under-21 international footballers
Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
Bundesliga players
Ferencvárosi TC footballers
MTK Budapest FC players
1. FC Kaiserslautern players
Vasas SC players
Budapest Honvéd FC players
Hungarian expatriate men's footballers
Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
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