Attila Ladinszky

Attila Ladinszky nicknamed Le Gitan (The Gypsy) (13 September 1949 – 14 May 2020) was a Hungarian football striker, born in Budapest.

Attila Ladinszky

Attila Ladinszky in 1971
Personal information
Full name	Attila János Ladinszky
Date of birth	(1949-09-13)13 September 1949
Place of birth	Budapest, Hungary
Date of death	14 May 2020(2020-05-14) (aged 70)
Place of death	Budapest, Hungary
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1968–1970	Tatabánya	59	(8)
1970–1971	Vasas Budapest	17	(0)
1971	Rot-Weiss Essen	0	(0)
1971–1973	Feyenoord	25	(9)
1973–1975	Anderlecht	52	(27)
1975–1978	Real Betis	59	(17)
1978–1979	Kortrijk	21	(2)
1979–1980	Valenciennes	27	(6)
1980–1981	Toulouse	11	(2)
1981–1983	Amarante
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

He was top scorer of the Belgian League in 1973/74.^[1] 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 in May 2020, aged 70.^[2]

Honours

Anderlecht

• Belgian First Division: 1973–74^[3]
• Belgian Cup: 1974–75^[4]
• Belgian League Cup: 1973, 1974

Individual

• Belgian First Division top scorer: 1973–74 (22 goals)^[5]