László Lazsányi (December 5, 1954 – December 3, 2021) was a Hungarian footballer and landlord. He played as a midfielder and his career was highlighted by playing for BVSC and Csepel throughout the 1970s and the 1980s.

László Lazsányi
Lazsányi (in blue) in 1982
Personal information
Date of birth (1954-12-05)December 5, 1954
Place of birth Budapest, Hungary
Date of death December 3, 2021(2021-12-03) (aged 66)
Place of death Óbuda-Békásmegyer, Budapest, Hungary
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
???–1972 BVSC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1978 BVSC
1976–1978Kossuth KFSE (loan)
1978 Szegedi EOL AK
1978–1980 Székesfehérvári MÁV
1980–1984 Csepel
1986–1987 Kerületi
1988–1991 Gattendorf
International career
1972–1973 Hungary U20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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He started his football career in the youth team of BVSC, where he was a teammate of András Törőcsik. His first club as a senior player would be for Kossuth KFSE from 1972 to 1978, also playing for Kossuth KFSE via a loan. He would make his debut in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I beginning in 1978 as a midfielder for Szegedi EOL AK and would play until the 1980–81 Nemzeti Bajnokság I where he would then play for Csepel, in total playing in 152 matches and scoring 22 whilst in the top-flight of Hungarian football.[1] In 1984, he received a multi-year ban for bribery.[2] He would returnn in the 1986–87 Nemzeti Bajnokság II to play for Kerületi and spend the final years of his career playing beyond borders for Austrian club Gattendorf.[3]

His daughter is Erika Lazsanyi, president of the rhythmic gymnastics section of MTK, whose husband is politician Tamás Deutsch.[4]

Murder

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On the evening of December 3, 2021, László Lazsanyi, as the landlord of one of the condominium apartments within Nánási út in Budapest, visited his tenant István B. who was overdue on his rental payment. Lazsányi had the lock replaced, which was later broken by István with a hunting knife. Lazsányi changed the lock, which István later broke open with a hunting knife. Lazsányi held the 57-year-old tenant accountable for this who would later stab Lazsányi during following altercation between the two.[5] Paramedics were unable to revive him.[6] The police arrested the man suspected of murder the same day with István later going on to express regret for the murder of Lazsányi[7] as he would later receive a sentence of 9 years.[8] Lazsányi died two days before his 67th birthday.[9] His former Csepel teammates Béla Kincses and György Gálhidi offering their condolences to the news of his murder.[10] His funeral was held on January 5, 2022, at the Szőnyi úti Stadion.[1]

Referneces

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  1. ^ a b "Gyász: szerdán lesz Lazsányi László búcsúztatása". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  2. ^ "lezárták a csepeli labdarúgók ügyét". Népsport. Vol. 40, no. 263. 31 October 1984. p. 7.
  3. ^ "† Lazsányi László (Budapest 1954.12.05 - Budapest 2021.12.03)". Magyar Futball (in Hungarian). Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Késes gyilkosság Óbudán: Deutsch Tamás felesége így gyászolja az édesapját". Blikk (in Hungarian). 5 December 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  5. ^ Bereznay, István (6 December 2021). "Gyász: halálra késelték Lazsányi Lászlót, a Csepel egykori labdarúgóját". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Újabb részletek derültek ki az egykori labdarúgó, Lazsányi László meggyilkolásáról". index (in Hungarian). Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Megszólalt Deutsch Tamás apósának gyilkosa: "Szeretnék bocsánatot kérni a családtól, nem akartam bántani Lazsányi urat, még kevésbé megölni"". Blikk (in Hungarian). 10 October 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  8. ^ ""Minél több idő eltelik, annál jobban nyomaszt a dolog" – jogerősen kilenc évet kapott Deutsch Tamás apósának gyilkosa". 24.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  9. ^ "Blikk: Lazsányi Lászlót, a Csepel egykori labdarúgóját gyilkolták meg". HVG (in Hungarian). 5 December 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  10. ^ legraga1 (5 December 2021). "Gyász: Lazsányi Lászlótól búcsúzunk". Csepel SC (in Hungarian). Retrieved 14 October 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)