Attila Ladinszky nicknamed ''Le Gitan'' (The Gypsy) (13 September 1949 – 14 May 2020) was a
Hungarian football
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striker, born in
Budapest
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.
He was top scorer of the
Belgian League
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in 1973/74.
Following his career, he worked as a scout and ran his own Hungarian restaurant in Brussels, where he lived until the mid 1990s, before returning to Hungary.
Ladinszky died in
Budapest
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in May 2020, aged 70.
Honours
Anderlecht
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Belgian First Division
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:
1973–74
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Belgian Cup
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:
1974–75
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: 1973, 1974
Individual
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Belgian First Division top scorer:
1973–74 (22 goals)
References
External links
Attila Ladinszkyat ELFvoetbal.nl
at Feyenoord-Online.com
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1949 births
2020 deaths
Footballers from Budapest
Hungarian men's footballers
Vasas SC players
Rot-Weiss Essen players
Feyenoord players
R.S.C. Anderlecht players
Real Betis players
K.V. Kortrijk players
Valenciennes FC players
Toulouse FC players
Amarante F.C. players
Eredivisie players
Belgian Pro League players
La Liga players
Ligue 1 players
Ligue 2 players
Segunda Divisão players
Hungarian expatriate men's footballers
Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in West Germany
Expatriate men's footballers in West Germany
Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in France
Expatriate men's footballers in France
Men's association football forwards
Tatabányai SC players
20th-century Hungarian sportsmen
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