Ľudovít Lancz

Ľudovít Lancz
Personal information
Date of birth (1964-06-02)2 June 1964
Date of death 20 July 2004(2004-07-20) (aged 40)
Place of death Bratislava, Slovakia
Position(s) Midfielder, forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1985 ZŤS Petržalka
1985–1986 Dukla Prague 1 (0)
1986–1987 Banská Bystrica 20 (1)
1987–1990 Inter Bratislava 79 (10)
1990 Hydronika Petržalka
1991 Inter Bratislava 2 (0)
1991–1992 Slovan Bratislava 26 (4)
1992–1993 Angers 26 (3)
1993–1995 Slovan Bratislava
International career
1991–1992 Czechoslovakia 2 (1)
1992 Czechoslovakia B 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ľudovít Lancz (2 June 1964 – 20 July 2004) was a professional footballer who played as a midfielder or forward.[1] In eight seasons in the Czechoslovak First League, Lancz made 153 appearances and scored a total of 24 goals.[1] He played for Slovan Bratislava in the 1991–92 Czechoslovak First League, with the club winning the league title that season.[1] He made two appearances for the Czechoslovakia national team scoring once.

Having left a suicide note, he died at the age of 40, after falling from his 11th-floor apartment in Bratislava on 20 July 2004.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal – lexikon osobností a klubů (in Czech). Prague: Grada Publishing. p. 108. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.
  2. ^ "Ľudovít Lancz spáchal samovraždu" [Ľudovít Lancz committed suicide]. sme.sk (in Slovak). 21 July 2004. Retrieved 3 September 2014.