Zsolt Petry

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

Zsolt Petry (born 23 September 1966) is a Hungarian former professional football who played as a goalkeeper and works as goalkeeping coach.

Zsolt Petry

Petry in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth	(1966-09-23) 23 September 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth	Budapest, Hungary
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1985–1987	MTK Hungária	5	(0)
1987–1990	Videoton FC	72	(0)
1990–1991	Budapest Honvéd	30	(0)
1991–1995	Gent	118	(0)
1995–1996	Gençlerbirliği	30	(0)
1996–1997	Charleroi	31	(0)
1997–1998	Feyenoord	0	(0)
1998–1999	Eintracht Frankfurt	0	(0)
1999–2000	MTK Hungária	0	(0)
2000	Kotkan TP	13	(0)
2001	Dunaferr SE	7	(0)
2001	SC Paderborn	4	(0)
2002–2004	SV Babelsberg 03		(0)
International career
1988–1996	Hungary	38	(0)
1991	World Team	1	(0)
Managerial career
2004–2009	SC Paderborn (Goalkeeping coach)
2008–2010	Hungary (Goalkeeping coach)
2009–2015	1899 Hoffenheim (Goalkeeping coach)
2015–2021	Hertha BSC (Goalkeeping coach)
2023–	Samsunspor (Goalkeeping coach)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Criticism

On 5 April 2021, Petry was heavily criticised on social media for homophobic and anti-immigrant statements he made in an interview in Hungarian newspaper Magyar Nemzet.^[1][2] The following day Hertha BSC fired him from his position as goalkeeping coach, stating that his remarks were incompatible with the club's values.^[3]