Balázs Borbély
Balázs Borbély (born 2 October 1979) is a former professional footballer. His former clubs were TJ Družstevník Vrakúň, FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín and AEL Limassol. At international level, he represented Slovakia.
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| Date of birth | 2 October 1979 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dunajská Streda, Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||
| Dunajská Streda | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
| 1998–2000 | Dunajská Streda | 28 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2000–2005 | Artmedia Petržalka | 165 | (12) | ||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 21 | (1) | ||||||||||
| 2007 | Artmedia Petržalka | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Politehnica Timişoara | 42 | (2) | ||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | AEL Limassol | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2012 | → FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín (loan) | 13 | (1) | ||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | TJ Družstevník Vrakúň | ||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||
| 2004–2009 | Slovakia | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Dunajská Streda U19 (assistant) | ||||||||||||
| 2014– | TJ Družstevník Vrakúň | ||||||||||||
| 2016 | Dunajská Streda (assistant) | ||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | FC Petržalka | ||||||||||||
| 2019-2022 | Ferencvaros U17-19 | ||||||||||||
| 2022- | Dunajská Streda (assistant) | ||||||||||||
Honours
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 March 2013 | |||||||||||||
Club career
An ethnic Hungarian,[1] Borbély was born in Czechoslovakia and began playing football for his home town club FK DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda until joining Artmedia Petržalka, the club where he would enjoy his greatest success.[2] He captained the Artmedia Petržalka side which reached the group stages of the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League.[3] Following this success, he moved to German Bundesliga side 1. FC Kaiserslautern, where he would spend one and a half seasons. He struggled through injury in his tenure at Kaiserslautern and returned to Artmedia Petržalka in the summer of 2007.[4]
He moved abroad again when Romanian club FC Timişoara acquired Borbély to help strengthen their defensive midfield in January 2008.[5] He would help Timișoara reach the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League where the club fell to German side VfB Stuttgart.
International career
Borbély has made 15 appearances for the Slovakia national team,[6] including playing in the UEFA Euro 2008 qualification rounds.[7]
Honours
Player
Artmedia Petržalka
Manager
MFK Petržalka
References
- ^ Sperk, Oliver (13 October 2006). "FCK-"Patient" Balázs Borbély fit". Speyerer Rundschau (in German). Die Rheinpfalz (238): 8.
Der Hobby-Tennisspieler mit slowakischem Pass und ungarischer Nationalität – in seiner auf der Großen Schüttinsel in der Donau gelegenen südslowakischen Heimatstadt Dunajska Streda der Normalfall – hat in den vergangenen neun Monaten richtig gut Deutsch gelernt.
- ^ Polgár, László (12 September 2005). "Borbély Balázs: Még ma sem tudom elhinni, ami velünk történt" (in Hungarian). Nezmetisport.hu. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
- ^ Fisher, Stewart (30 October 2005). . Sunday Herald (Glasgow). Archived from the original on 17 January 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ "Borbély: Teším sa na Petržalku" (in Slovak). Pravda.sk. 3 May 2007. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
- ^ (in Romanian). Netsport.ro. 7 January 2008. Archived from the original on 9 January 2008.
- ^ Mamrud, Roberto (11 December 2009). "Slovakia – Record International Players". RSSSF. from the original on 8 February 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
- ^ "Slowakei mit Vittek und Borbely" (in German). kicker.de. 28 May 2007. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
External links
- Balázs Borbély at National-Football-Teams.com
- – FIFA competition record (archived)