László Lazsányi Explained

László Lazsányi
Birth Date:5 December 1954
Birth Place:Budapest, Hungary
Death Place:Óbuda-Békásmegyer, Budapest, Hungary
Position:Midfielder
Youthyears1:???–1972
Youthclubs1:BVSC
Years1:1972–1978
Years2:1976–1978
Clubs2:→ Kossuth KFSE (loan)
Years3:1978
Years4:1978–1980
Years5:1980–1984
Years6:1986–1987
Years7:1988–1991
Nationalyears1:1972–1973

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.

Club career

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

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gyász: szerdán lesz Lazsányi László búcsúztatása. Nemzeti Sport. hu. October 14, 2024.
  2. lezárták a csepeli labdarúgók ügyét. Népsport. October 31, 1984. 40. 263. 7.
  3. Web site: † Lazsányi László (Budapest 1954.12.05 - Budapest 2021.12.03). Magyar Futball. hu. October 14, 2024.
  4. Web site: Késes gyilkosság Óbudán: Deutsch Tamás felesége így gyászolja az édesapját. December 5, 2021. Blikk. hu. October 14, 2024.
  5. Web site: Bereznay. István. December 6, 2021. Gyász: halálra késelték Lazsányi Lászlót, a Csepel egykori labdarúgóját. hu. Nemzeti Sport. October 14, 2024.
  6. Web site: Újabb részletek derültek ki az egykori labdarúgó, Lazsányi László meggyilkolásáról. index. hu. October 14, 2024.
  7. Web site: Megszólalt Deutsch Tamás apósának gyilkosa: "Szeretnék bocsánatot kérni a családtól, nem akartam bántani Lazsányi urat, még kevésbé megölni". October 10, 2023. Blikk. hu. October 14, 2024.
  8. Web site: "Minél több idő eltelik, annál jobban nyomaszt a dolog" – jogerősen kilenc évet kapott Deutsch Tamás apósának gyilkosa. 24.hu. hu. October 14, 2024.
  9. Web site: Blikk: Lazsányi Lászlót, a Csepel egykori labdarúgóját gyilkolták meg. December 5, 2021. HVG. hu. October 14, 2024.
  10. Web site: legraga1. Gyász: Lazsányi Lászlótól búcsúzunk. December 5, 2021. Csepel SC. hu. October 14, 2024.