Ľudovít Lancz (2 June 1964 – 20 July 2004) was a professional

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who played as a

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or forward. In eight seasons in the

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, Lancz made 153 appearances and scored a total of 24 goals. He played for Slovan Bratislava in the 1991–92 Czechoslovak First League, with the club winning the league title that season. He made two appearances for the Czechoslovakia national team scoring once. Having left a

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, he died at the age of 40, after falling from his 11th-floor apartment in Bratislava on 20 July 2004.

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