Lóránt Kovács (born 6 June 1993) is a Romanian professional

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of who plays as a

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Career

Born in

Târgu Mureș Târgu Mureș (, ; ; German language, German: ''Neumarkt am Mieresch'') is the seat of Mureș County in the historical region of Transylvania, Romania. It is the list of cities and towns in Romania, 16th-largest city in Romania, with 116,033 ...

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, Kovács started playing football in his hometown. Later he moved to

Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca ( ; ), or simply Cluj ( , ), is a city in northwestern Romania. It is the second-most populous city in the country and the seat of Cluj County. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest (), Budapest () and Belgrade ( ...

at Ardealul Cluj and in 2010 he joined

Universitatea Cluj Asociația Sportivă Fotbal Club Universitatea Cluj (), commonly known as Universitatea Cluj or simply U Cluj, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the L ...

together with other teammates. In 2012, he was loaned to the lower division team

CSM Metalul Reșița Club Sportiv Sportul Snagov, commonly known as Sportul Snagov or simply as Snagov, was a Romanian professional Association football, football football team, club from Snagov, Ilfov County, founded in 2007 as Damila Măciuca and dissolved in 2020 ...

but at the end of the year, he returned to

. Kovács made his debut in

Liga I Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...

in May 2013, in a match against

FC Rapid București Fotbal Club Rapid 1923, commonly known as Rapid București () or simply as Rapid, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in Bucharest, that competes in the Liga I. It was founded in 1923 by employees of the Grivi� ...

. He joined Haladás in January 2016.

Club statistics

Honours

Universitatea Cluj *

Cupa României The Cupa României () is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football clubs in Romania, Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34 Cupa României, 1933–34, except during World War II. It is the Romania ...

runner-up: 2014–15 Sepsi OSK *

runner-up: 2019–20

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kovacs, Lorant 1993 births Living people Footballers from Târgu Mureș Romanian men's footballers Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent Men's association football midfielders FC Universitatea Cluj players CSM Reșița players Szombathelyi Haladás footballers Újpest FC players Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe players FK Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc players Liga I players Liga II players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Romanian expatriate men's footballers Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary 21st-century Romanian sportsmen