Lajos Szűcs (footballer, born 1943)

Lajos Szűcs

Personal information
Date of birth	(1943-12-10) 10 December 1943
Place of birth	Apatin, Hungary (present Serbia)
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
1957–1962	Újpesti Dózsa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1963–1966	Dorogi Bányász	61	(7)
1966–1969	Ferencváros	102	(7)
1971–1977	Honvéd	180	(18)
1977–1980	Vasas	34	(0)
1982	Hévíz FC
National team
1967–1973	Hungary	37	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 November 2014.

Olympic medal record
Representing  Hungary
Men's football
	1968 Mexico City	Team Competition
	1972 Munich	Team Competition

Lajos Szűcs (born 10 December 1943) was a Hungarian football striker, who played for Dorog, Ferencváros, Budapest Honvéd FC and Vasas Izzó. He was Hungarian footballer of the year in 1976.

He won a gold medal in football at the 1968 Summer Olympics and a silver medal in football at the 1972 Summer Olympics,^[1] and also participated in UEFA Euro 1972 for the Hungary national football team. He was Hungarian footballer of the year in 1976.

He was born in Apatin,^[2] nowadays Serbia,^[3] during the period Hungary had occupied the region during World War II. He is married to Ildikó Pécsi, one of Hungary's best known and most popular actresses who also served as a Socialist member of the Hungarian Parliament from 1994 to 1998.

Sources

• Ki kicsoda a magyar sportéletben?, III. kötet (S–Z). Szekszárd, Babits Kiadó, 1995, 181. o., ISBN 963-495-014-0 (in Hungarian)
• Rejtő László–Lukács László–Szepesi György: Felejthetetlen 90 percek (Sportkiadó, 1977) ISBN 963-253-501-4 (in Hungarian)
• Rózsaligeti László: Magyar olimpiai lexikon. Budapest: Datus. 2000. ISBN 963-00-5577-5 (in Hungarian)
• Bocsák Miklós: Hogyan élnek olimpiai bajnokaink? (Budapest, 1998) (in Hungarian)

References