János Hrutka

János Hrutka (born 26 October 1974) is a Hungarian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He represented the Hungary national team internationally between 1998 and 2002.

The native form of this personal name is Hrutka János. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

János Hrutka
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-10-26) 26 October 1974
Place of birth Budapest, Hungary
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Lombik Kobanya
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1994 MTK Hungaria FC 4 (1)
1994–1997 Ferencváros 78 (8)
1997–2000 1. FC Kaiserslautern 17 (1)
2000 Eintracht Frankfurt 0 (0)
2000–2002 Ferencváros 33 (8)
2002 → Vasas SC (loan) 14 (2)
2002–2003 Budapest Honvéd 14 (0)
Total 160 (20)
International career
1998–2002 Hungary 24 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He was a member of the 1. FC Kaiserslautern team which reached the quarter final of the UEFA Champions League in the 1998–99 season and won the Bundesliga in 1998.[1]

Outside football

Hrtuka worked as an expert for the Hungarian sports channel Spiler TV. Hrutka was fired from the TV channel because he agreed with Hungarian national team and RB Leipzig footballer, Péter Gulácsi's opinion on gay marriage.[2]

Persecution

Hrutka worked as a commentator and expert for the pro-government television sports channel Spíler TV from 2017 to 2021. After making pro-LGBT statements, he was fired in March 2021. Subsequently, the government media (Nemzeti Sport and FourFourTwo) began to revive his player contracts from the past twenty years, with the intention of expiration.[3]

Career statistics
Scores and results list Hungary's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hrutka goal.
List of international goals scored by János Hrutka
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
127 May 1998Nyíregyháza, Hungary Lithuania1–0Friendly
214 October 1998Budapest, Hungary Romania1–1UEFA Euro 2000 Qual.
328 April 1999Budapest, Hungary England1–1Friendly

References
  1. "Hrutka, Janos" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. "Sportmédia: Ha jól értjük, Hrutka Jánossal szerződést bontott a Spí".
  3. Ághassi, Attila (19 March 2021). "Megvált a Spíler TV Hrutka Jánostól, miután pár hete kiállt Gulácsi Péter mellett". Telex.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 21 March 2021.


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