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Gyula Lóránt

1923 - 1981

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Gyula Lóránt (born Gyula Lipovics, 6 February 1923 – 31 May 1981) was a Hungarian footballer and manager of Croatian descent. He played as a defender and midfielder for, among others, UTA Arad, Vasas SC, Honvéd and Hungary. During the 1950s, he was a prominent member of the legendary Hungarian national team known as the Mighty Magyars, which also included Ferenc Puskás, Zoltán Czibor, Sándor Kocsis, József Bozsik and Nándor Hidegkuti. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gyula Lóránt is the 564th most popular soccer player (down from 327th in 2019), the 189th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 146th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Hungarian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Gyula Lóránt ranks 564 out of 21,273. Before him are Ján Popluhár, Jim Brown, Takeshi Natori, Carlos Bianchi, Estanislau Basora, and Youri Djorkaeff. After him are Héctor Yazalde, Zé Roberto, Kozo Arai, Bob Paisley, Antonín Puč, and Bauer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Gyula Lóránt ranks 92. Before him are Robert Maxwell, Leonid Gaidai, Stig Dagerman, Lola Flores, Richard Avedon, and Zarifa Aliyeva. After him are Sergey Akhromeyev, Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat, Hank Williams, Ernest Mandel, Yves Bonnefoy, and André Gorz. Among people deceased in 1981, Gyula Lóránt ranks 52. Before him are Frances Yates, Alberto Suppici, Marcel Bezençon, Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, Bill Shankly, and Rómulo Betancourt. After him are Mao Dun, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa, Melvyn Douglas, Josep Pla, Donald Wills Douglas Sr., and Heinz Kohut.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Gyula Lóránt ranks 189 out of 1,077. Before him are Alfréd Hajós (1878), Ferenc Deák (1803), Franz Xaver von Zach (1754), Constance of Hungary (1180), Valamir (420), and Hannah Szenes (1921). After him are Gyula Zsengellér (1915), István Dobi (1898), Attila József (1905), Michael Balint (1896), György Konrád (1933), and Adolph Zukor (1873).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Hungary

Among soccer players born in Hungary, Gyula Lóránt ranks 14. Before him are József Bozsik (1925), Gyula Grosics (1926), György Sárosi (1912), Gusztáv Sebes (1906), Lajos Tichy (1935), and Ferenc Bene (1944). After him are Gyula Zsengellér (1915), Ferenc Deák (1922), Imre Schlosser (1889), Mihály Lantos (1928), Jenő Buzánszky (1925), and László Budai (1928).

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