Gyula Lóránt
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Birth name | Gyula Lipovics | |||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 6 February 1923 | |||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Kőszeg, Hungary[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 31 May 1981 | (aged 58)|||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Thessaloniki, Greece[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender / midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
1939–1941 | Kõszeg SE | |||||||||||||||||||
1941–1942 | Szombathelyi Haladás | |||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
1942–1943 | Szombathelyi Haladás | |||||||||||||||||||
1943–1944 | Nagyváradi AC | 28 | (11) | |||||||||||||||||
1944 | Nemzeti Vasas | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
1945 | Libertatea Oradea | 9 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
1946–1947 | ITA Arad | 20 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
1947–1950 | Vasas | 82 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
1951–1956 | Honvéd | 85 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
1956 | Budapest Spartacus | |||||||||||||||||||
1956–1957 |
Váci Vasas | |||||||||||||||||||
Total | 231 | (13) | ||||||||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
1949–1955 | Hungary | 37 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||
1962–1963 | Honvéd | |||||||||||||||||||
1963 | Debrecen | |||||||||||||||||||
1964 | SV Rheydt | |||||||||||||||||||
1965–1967 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | |||||||||||||||||||
1967–1968 | MSV Duisburg | |||||||||||||||||||
1968–1969 | Tasmania Berlin | |||||||||||||||||||
1969–1971 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | |||||||||||||||||||
1971–1972 | 1. FC Köln | |||||||||||||||||||
1972–1974 | Kickers Offenbach | |||||||||||||||||||
1974 | Freiburger FC | |||||||||||||||||||
1975–1976 | PAOK | |||||||||||||||||||
1976–1977 | Eintracht Frankfurt | |||||||||||||||||||
1977–1978 | Bayern Munich | |||||||||||||||||||
1979 | Schalke 04 | |||||||||||||||||||
1980–1981 | PAOK | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Gyula Lóránt (born Gyula Lipovics, 6 February 1923 – 31 May 1981) was a Hungarian
During the 1950s, he was a prominent member of the legendary Hungarian national team known as the
After retiring as a player, Lóránt became a coach, most notably with Honvéd, FC Bayern Munich and PAOK Thessaloniki FC. While at PAOK, he guided them to a Greek Championship title in 1976. On 31 May 1981, while still working as coach, he suffered a heart attack, watching PAOK play Olympiacos CFP and died at the game, aged 58.
Early life
The son of a policeman, who fought as a volunteer in World War II on the German side, Lóránt turned professional footballer at the age of 16; in parallel, he then also studied economics at university in the 1950s.[4]
Gyula Lóránt began his career as a youth with his hometown club, Kõszeg SE, after encouragement from a local trainer. He then played for
Hungarian international
Lóránt was released from detention after the intervention of
Death
Lóránt died on 31 May 1981, while working as a trainer of PAOK, during a game against Olympiacos CFP. He suffered a heart attack in the 16th minute of the match after PAOK's
Lóránt was buried in Endingen, Germany, but in 2011 at the request of his widow, his ashes were transported to Hungary and reburied in his birth town, Kőszeg.[6]
Honours
Player
Hungary
- Olympic Champions: 1952
- Central European Champions: 1953
- World Cup runner-up: 1954
Nagyváradi AC
- Hungarian Champions: 1944
UTA Arad
- Romanian Champions: 1947
Honvéd
- Hungarian Champions: 1952, 1954, 1955
Manager
PAOK Thessaloniki FC
- Greek Champions: 1976
References
- ^ "Aranycsapat: eltemették Lóránt Gyula hamvait Kőszegen" (in Hungarian). www.nemzetisport.hu. 13 May 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
- ^ "SZABÓ Róbert: Győztesek és vesztesek" (in Hungarian). www.historia.hu. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
- ^ "Gyula Lóránt". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
- ^ "Gestorben Gyula Lorant" (in German). Der Spiegel. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gyula Lóránt". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- index.hu. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
External links
- Bio at www.uefa.com
- Hungary Stats
- Gyula Lóránt Greek
- Gyula Lóránt at National-Football-Teams.com
Sources
- Behind The Curtain – Travels in Eastern European Football: Jonathan Wilson (2006) [1]
- Gyula Lóránt at eintracht-archiv.de