Dániel Lukács

Dániel Lukács
Lukács with Hungary in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-04-03) 3 April 1996 (age 30)
Place of birth Budapest, Hungary
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Puskás Akadémia
Number 8
Youth career
2011–2013 Rákospalota
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Rákospalota 5 (0)
2014–2021 Honvéd II 104 (32)
2014–2021 Honvéd 14 (2)
2018–2019 → Újpest (loan) 7 (0)
2020 → Tiszakécske (loan) 7 (1)
2021–2022 Kecskemét 35 (25)
2022–2024 Diósgyőr 55 (21)
2024–2025 Kecskemét 43 (8)
2025– Puskás Akadémia 33 (17)
International career‡
2025– Hungary 13 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 May 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 October 2026

Dániel Lukács (born 3 April 1996) is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Puskás Akadémia and the Hungary national team.

Career

Budapest Honvéd

On 28 November 2015, Lukács played his first match for Budapest Honvéd in a 3–2 win against Békéscsaba in the Hungarian League.

Loans to Újpest and Tiszakécske

On 31 August 2018, he signed for Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Újpest on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season.

On 8 January 2020, he joined Tiszakécske in the Nemzeti Bajnokság II on a half-season long loan.

Return to Kecskemét

On 19 January 2024, Lukács returned to Kecskemét.

International career

He scored his first goal in a 2–0 victory over Armenia in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification match at the Puskás Aréna on 11 October 2025. In an interview, published on Nemzeti Sport, he said that he and his wife were crying when it had turned out that he would be in the squad against Armenia and Portugal. He also said that 11 October 2025 was his most beautiful night in his life when he scored his first goal for the national side.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 16 May 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rákospalota 2013–14 Nemzeti Bajnokság III 50———50
Honvéd II 2014–15 Nemzeti Bajnokság III 30———30
2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság III 163———163
2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság III 194———194
2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság III 236———236
2019–20 Nemzeti Bajnokság III 176———176
2020–21 Nemzeti Bajnokság III 2613———2613
Total 10432———10432
Honvéd 2014–15 Nemzeti Bajnokság I ——10—10
2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 2010——30
2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 7030——100
2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 52——4092
2019–20 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 00——0000
2020–21 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 0010——10
Total 142501040242
Újpest (loan) 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 7031——101
Tiszakécske (loan) 2019–20 Nemzeti Bajnokság II 71———71
Kecskemét 2021–22 Nemzeti Bajnokság II 352520——3725
Diósgyőr 2022–23 Nemzeti Bajnokság II 381910——3919
2023–24 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 17221——193
Total 552131——5822
Kecskemét 2023–24 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 15320——173
2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 28522——307
Total 43842——4710
Puskás Akadémia 2025–26 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 33171010—3517
Career total 3031041842040327110
  1. ↑ Includes Magyar Kupa
  2. ↑ Includes Ligakupa
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Appearance in UEFA Conference League

International

As of match played 5 October 2026
Appearances and goals by national team, year and competition
National teamYearAppsGoals
Hungary 202552
202680
Total132
Scores and results list Hungary's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lukács goal.
List of international goals scored by Dániel Lukács
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
111 October 2025Puskás Aréna, Budapest, Hungary2 Armenia1–02–02026 FIFA World Cup qualification
216 November 2025Puskás Aréna, Budapest, Hungary5 Republic of Ireland1–02–32026 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

  1. ↑ "Budapest Honvéd 3–2 Békéscsaba 1912 Előre". adatbank.mlsz.hu (in Hungarian). Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség. 28 November 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  2. ↑ "Nagyon komoly változások az Újpest keretében!" [Very serious changes in Újpest!]. nb1.hu (in Hungarian). 31 August 2018. Archived from the original on 17 December 2024. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
  3. ↑ "NB II: a Honvédtól kapott kölcsön támadót a Tiszakécske" [NB II: Tiszakécske received a striker on loan from Honvéd]. nso.hu (in Hungarian). 8 January 2020. Archived from the original on 17 December 2024. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
  4. ↑ "Visszatér a gólkirály, Lukács Dániel újra lila-fehérben!" [The top scorer, Dániel Lukács, is back in purple and white!] (in Hungarian). Kecskemét. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  5. ↑ "Lukács és Gruber első válogatott góljával a magyar csapat megverte az örményeket!". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). 2025-10-11. Retrieved 2025-10-12.
  6. ↑ "Hungary 2–0 Armenia". www.fifa.com. FIFA. 11 October 2025. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  7. ↑ UEFA.com. "Hungary-Armenia | European Qualifiers 2026". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2025-10-12.
  8. ↑ "Lukács Dániel a góljánál nem gondolt semmire, a gólpasszánál eksztázist érzett". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). 2025-10-16. Retrieved 2025-10-17.
  9. ↑ "Lukács Dániel a góljáról: Rázott a hideg, ez életem legszebb estéje". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). 2025-10-11. Retrieved 2025-10-17.
  10. ↑ "Lukács Dániel - HFF Databank". mlsz.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 17 December 2024.
  11. ↑ Dániel Lukács at Soccerway Edit this at Wikidata