Zsolt Petry

Zsolt Petry
Petry in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1966-09-23) 23 September 1966 (age 60)
Place of birth Budapest, Hungary
Position 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

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

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. The following day Hertha BSC fired him from his position as goalkeeping coach, stating that his remarks were incompatible with the club's values.

References

  1. ↑ "Zsolt Petry: Herthas Torwarttrainer nach homophoben Aussagen in der Kritik". Die Welt (in German). 5 April 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  2. ↑ "The interview that led to Hertha firing Zsolt Petry". Magyar Nemzet (in Hungarian). 7 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  3. ↑ "Hertha BSC trennt sich von Torwarttrainer Zsolt Petry". kicker (in German). 6 April 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.