János Hrutka

János Hrutka
Personal information
Date of birth	26 October 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Budapest, Hungary
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Lombik Kobanya
Senior career*
Years	Team
1993–1994	MTK Hungaria FC
1994–1997	Ferencváros
1997–2000	1. FC Kaiserslautern
2000	Eintracht Frankfurt
2000–2002	Ferencváros
2002	→ Vasas SC (loan)
2002–2003	Budapest Honvéd
Total
International career
1998–2002	Hungary
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

János Hrutka (born 26 October 1974) is a Hungarian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He represented the Hungary national team internationally between 1998 and 2002.

He was a member of the 1. FC Kaiserslautern team which reached the quarter final of the UEFA Champions League in the 1998–99 season and won the Bundesliga in 1998.^[1]

Persecution

Hrutka worked as a commentator and expert for the pro-government television sports channel Spíler TV from 2017 to 2021. He was fired from the TV channel in March 2021, because he agreed with Hungary national team and RB Leipzig footballer, Péter Gulácsi's opinion on pro-LGBT statements of gay marriage. Subsequently, the government media (Nemzeti Sport and FourFourTwo) began to revive his player contracts from the past twenty years, with the intention of expiration.^[2]^[3]

Career statistics

Scores and results list Hungary's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hrutka goal.

List of international goals scored by János Hrutka
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition
1	27 May 1998	Nyíregyháza, Hungary	Lithuania	1–0	Friendly
2	14 October 1998	Budapest, Hungary	Romania	1–1	UEFA Euro 2000 Qual.
3	28 April 1999	Budapest, Hungary	England	1–1	Friendly