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. 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.

External links

• Ľudovít Lancz at FAČR (in Czech)
• Ľudovít Lancz at National-Football-Teams.com