Fulop was brought to England from MTK Hungaria for a small fee and slipped into the Spurs reserve side.
Radek Cerny was favoured as the back up keeper to Paul Robinson, but Fulop got a place on the bench at the end of season 2004-05, when Robinson got injured.
Spent successful loan spells at Chesterfield and Coventry City, when he expounded his desire to get away from Spurs to play first team football.
He finally got his wish on 2nd January 2007, when he signed a £500,000 permanent deal with Sunderland, where he had been on loan, as Black Cats keeper Ben Alnwick moved in the opposite direction.