Career
He played as a defender, spending the majority of his career at. After retiring as a player Lantos worked as coach. Between 1965 and 1967 he was assistant coach to his former MTK manager, Márton Bukovi, at Olympiacos.
He then returned to where he managed several teams including Videoton Football Club. Lantos began playing for MTK in 1948.
In 1949 when became a communist state, MTK were taken over by the secret police, the ÁHuman immunoglobulin heavy-chain-variable region and the club subsequently changed their name several times. Initially they became Textiles Southeast, then Bástya Southeast, then Vörös Lobogó Southeast and then finally back to MTK. In 1955, as Vörös Lobogó Southeast, they also played in the first ever European Cup.
Lantos, scoring three goals, including two penalties, helped the club reach the quarter-finals. As one of the Mighty Magyars, he helped become Olympic Champions in 1952, Central European Champions in 1953 and defeat England twice.
He scored the opening goal as beat England 7-1 on 23 May 1954.
He then helped reach the 1954 World Cup final. Club International.