István Lakatos

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

István Lakatos (born 4 April 1999) is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays for Rákospalota.

István Lakatos

Personal information
Date of birth	(1999-04-04) 4 April 1999 (age 26)
Place of birth	Budapest, Hungary
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Left winger[1]
Team information
Current team	Rákospalota
Number	77
Youth career
2009–2011	Inter CDF SE
2011–2015	Ferencváros
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2019	Ferencváros	1	(0)
2016–2019	Ferencváros II	12	(0)
2017–2019	→ Soroksár (loan)	50	(3)
2019–2021	Ajka	9	(0)
2021–2023	Szolnok	68	(7)
2023–2024	Gyöngyös	16	(6)
2024–	Rákospalota	14	(9)
International career‡
2014	Hungary U15	2	(0)
2014–2015	Hungary U16	7	(1)
2015	Hungary U17	12	(2)
2017	Hungary U18	6	(1)
2018	Hungary U19	1	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 21 March 2018

Club Career

On 17 June 2015, Lakatos signed a professional contract with Márk Nyéki and Ádám Varga with Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Ferencváros. Before the deal, he contributed to the Ligakupa success last season.^[2]

He spent two loan spells with Ferencváros's feeder club Soroksár in the Nemzeti Bajnokság II between 2017 and 2019.^[3]

On 31 July 2023, the newly promoted Nemzeti Bajnokság III club Gyöngyös signed him to strengthen their attacking section.^[4]

International career

Lakatos was capped by Hungary's youth teams at under-15, under-16, under-17, under-18 and under-19 levels.^[5]

He represented the under-18 team at the 2017 Panda Cup in China, where Hungary were the winners.^[6]

Career statistics

As of match played 23 November 2024^[7]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Ferencváros	2014–15	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	—		—		2	0	—		—		2	0
	2015–16	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	1	0	2	1	—		—		—		3	1
	Total		1	0	2	1	2	0	—		—		5	1
Ferencváros II	2016–17	Nemzeti Bajnokság III	12	0	—		—		—		—		12	0
Soroksár (loan)	2017–18	Nemzeti Bajnokság II	33	2	1	0	—		—		—		34	2
	2018–19	Nemzeti Bajnokság II	17	1	5	2	—		—		—		22	3
	Total		50	3	6	2	—		—		—		56	5
Ajka	2019–20	Nemzeti Bajnokság II	3	0	—		—		—		—		3	0
	2020–21	Nemzeti Bajnokság II	6	0	2	1	—		—		—		8	1
	Total		9	0	2	1	—		—		—		11	1
Szolnok	2020–21	Nemzeti Bajnokság II	12	1	1	0	—		—		—		13	1
	2021–22	Nemzeti Bajnokság II	32	4	1	0	—		—		—		33	4
	2022–23	Nemzeti Bajnokság III	24	2	1	0	—		—		—		25	2
	Total		68	7	3	0	—		—		—		71	7
Gyöngyös	2023–24	Nemzeti Bajnokság III	16	6	—		—		—		—		16	6
Rákospalota	2024–25	Megyei Bajnokság I	14	9	—		—		—		0	0	14	9
Career total			170	25	13	4	2	0	—		0	0	185	29

1. Includes Magyar Kupa
2. Includes Ligakupa

Honours

Ferencváros

• Nemzeti Bajnokság I: 2015–16^[8]
• Magyar Kupa: 2015–16^[9]
• Ligakupa: 2014–15^[10]