Károly Lakat (27 November 1920 – 3 December 1988^[1]) was a Hungarian footballer, who played as a midfielder. He later became a coach to numerous clubs as well as the Hungary national team.

Lakat played for Győri AC, Szegedi AK and Ferencvárosi TC and was capped 13 times for Hungary.

Lakat coached Gödöllői Dózsa, Vörös Meteor, Szegedi Haladás, Tatabányai Bányász, Hungary, Hungary (Olympic), MTK, Ferencvárosi TC,^[2] Budapest Honvéd, Salgótarjáni BTC, Volán SC and Debreceni VSC.^[3]