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For the Romanian village of Ghipeş, called Gyepes in Hungarian, see Mărtiniş.
The native form of this personal name is Gyepes Gábor. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Gábor Gyepes
Gábor Gyepes playing for Cardiff City.
Personal information
Full name Gábor Gyepes
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Portsmouth
Number 16
Youth career
Ferencváros
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2005 Ferencváros 112 (12)
2005–2007 Wolverhampton Wanderers 20 (0)
2008 Northampton Town 15 (0)
2008–2012 Cardiff City 64 (4)
2012 Vasas SC 4 (0)
International career‡
2002– Hungary 26 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 May 2012
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 October 2009

Gábor Gyepes (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈɡaːbor ˈɟɛpɛʃ]; born 26 June 1981) is a Hungarian professional footballer, who was last playing with Hungarian side Vasas SC.

Club career

Ferencváros

Gyepes began his career at Ferencváros in his home country. As a youngster in the clubs youth system he played in all outfield positions, including scoring 20 times in his last 16 games during his final year in the youth side. He made his first team debut in 1999 and went on to establish himself in the side over the following years, including playing in the Champions League qualifiers and then the UEFA Cup.[1]

Wolverhampton Wanderers

In July 2005, Gyepes joined Football League Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers initially on loan from Ferencváros after impressing during a trial week.[2] He made his debut for the club on 23 August 2005 in a 5–1 League Cup rout of Chester City.

He became a regular fixture at centre back during the season, partnering Joleon Lescott, and his move was made permanent when he signed a two-and-a-half year contract in December 2005 for £400,000.[3] This deal later led to an FA charge against Gyepes' agent for improper practice.[4] However, he ruptured cruciate knee ligaments on 25 March 2006, during a 3–1 defeat against Sheffield Wednesday and underwent surgery to repair the injury[5] and was told that he would never play football again. This injury ruled him out of the whole of the following season, despite making a reserve appearance in February 2007. After suffering a further setback, it was reported that his contract with Wolves had been terminated by mutual consent in April 2007 so Gyepes could continue his rehabilitation in Hungary.[6]

Northampton Town

After regaining full fitness, the defender returned to England and won a contract at Northampton Town in January 2008 that ran until the end of the season, having previously worked with manager Stuart Gray at Wolves.[7] Gyepes also spent time on trial at Queens Park Rangers as his agent also represented their Hungarian international Ákos Buzsáky. He made his debut for the side on 12 February 2008 in a 1–0 defeat to Yeovil Town and,[8] after establishing himself in the first team, he signed a new contract in April 2008 to keep him at the club until the end of the 2008–09 season. The contract included a release clause allowing him to discuss a transfer to any club offering a particular fee to Northampton Town.[9]

Cardiff City

On 19 August 2008, Gyepes completed a move to Football League Championship side Cardiff City, as a replacement for Glenn Loovens who had completed a move to Celtic several days before, after they offered the required amount to trigger the clause, thought to be in the region of £200,000.[10] He made his debut for the club on 25 October when he came on as a substitute to replace captain Darren Purse during a 1–0 win over Nottingham Forest. After a poor defensive performance during a 2–1 defeat to Plymouth Argyle in November manager Dave Jones made several changes to the side, including handing Gyepes his first start in place of club captain Darren Purse in a 2–2 draw with Reading.[11] After settling in the first team, including being named in the Championship team of the week for the first week of December,[12] Gyepes scored his first goal for the Bluebirds with the second goal in the 2–1 win over Ipswich Town. After making over 21 appearances during the season, he signed a new three year deal at Cardiff after activating a clause in his contract.[13]

The start of the 2009–10 season saw Gyepes relegated to the bench behind new signings Mark Hudson and Anthony Gerrard, his only appearances in the opening three months of the season coming in the Football League Cup. He made his first league appearance of the season on 21 November 2009 in a 1–0 defeat against Barnsley, in place of the injured Anthony Gerrard. After a long spell in the team he scored his 3rd goal for the Bluebirds as he aims to stay in the team until the end of the season.

During the 2010-11 season, Gyepes started in the defense after giving Anthony Gerrard to Hull City on loan but however was dropped for January signing Dekel Keinan, then in March, Hudson suffered an injury keeping him out for the majority of the reminder of the season, but Kevin McNaughton was chosen to partner Keinan in the heart of the defense. On 22 May, Gyepes said he would never play under Dave Jones again.[14]

However Jones was sacked at the end of the season, and Malky Mackay took his place, but Gyepes still didn't find himself in the team for the first game but started the next game against Oxford United.[15] Gyepes got his first goal of the season in a 5-3 victory over Huddersfield Town in the following round of the League Cup.[16] On 31 January 2012, Cardiff and Gyepes mutually agreed to terminate his contract to pursue his career elsewhere.[17]

On 15 March 2012, Preston North End manager Graham Westley confirmed that Gyepes had been on trial with the League One club that week.[18] The following week he linked up with Championship struggler's, Portsmouth on trial.[19] After these trials Gypes went on to finish off the 2011–2012 season with Vasas SC in Hungary. And has recently reiterated his desire to return to english football for the 2012–2013 season. On September 7th it was confirmed that he had signed for league one side Portsmouth FC on a one month deal.

International career

Gyepes made his debut for Hungary in 2002 and played 22 times in the following three years. However his knee injury sustained while playing for Wolves meant he fell out of favour. In March 2009, his form playing for Cardiff saw him receive his first call up in three years for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers against Albania and Malta.

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 13 February 2002 Limassol, Cyprus   Switzerland 1–2 1–2 Friendly

Football League statistics

As of 23 August 2011
Club statistics
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2005–06 20 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 24 0
2006–07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Subtotal 20 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 24 0
Northampton Town 2007–08 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
2008–09 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
Subtotal 15 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 0
Cardiff City 2008–09 27 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 29 2
2009–10 16 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 20 1
2010–11 21 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 23 1
2011–12 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1
Subtotal 64 4 5 0 5 1 0 0 74 5
Total 99 4 7 0 8 1 0 0 114 5

Personal life

Gyepes and his wife, figure skater Diána Póth, married on 12 July 2008.[20]

Honours

Ferencváros
2001, 2004
2003, 2004
2004

References

  1. ^ "Hungarian Gyepes has the appetite for a battle" South Wales Echo Retrieved on 4 December 2008
  2. ^ "Wolves complete Gyepes loan deal". BBC Sport. 30 July 2005.
  3. ^ "Hoddle seals the gift of Gab". Mirror. 19 December 2005.
  4. ^ "FA charges agent over Gyepes move". BBC Sport. 15 February 2007.
  5. ^ "Wolves' Gyepes has knee surgery". BBC Sport. 6 April 2006.
  6. ^ "Gyepes parts company with Wolves". BBC Sport. 20 April 2007.
  7. ^ "Northampton sign defender Gyepes". BBC Sport. 26 January 2008.
  8. ^ "Yeovil 1–0 Northampton". BBC Sport. 12 February 2008. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
  9. ^ "Gyepes in Championship Move", Northampton Town F.C. Official Website
  10. ^ "Cardiff sign Northampton's Gyepes". BBC Sport. 19 August 2008.
  11. ^ "Bluebirds held by 10-man Reading" Media Wales Retrieved on 4 December 2008
  12. ^ "Championship team of the week" Thefootballleague.co.uk Retrieved on 14 December 2008
  13. ^ Gyepes: Cardiff promotion would be biggest achievement of career" South Wales Echo Retrieved on 15 April 2009
  14. ^ "Cardiff City's Gabor Gyepes: I won't play for Dave Jones again". Wales Online. South Wales Echo. 22 May 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  15. ^ "Oxford Utd 1 - 3 Cardiff". BBC Sport. 10 August 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  16. ^ "Cardiff 5 - 3 Huddersfield". BBC Sport. 23 August 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
  17. ^ "City & Gabor agree to part ways". Cardiff City FC. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  18. ^ "Westley: Loans, Trialists, Mellor, Exeter". PNEFC Official Site. 15 March 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
  19. ^ "Pompey look at defensive duo". Sky Sports. 23 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  20. ^ "Póth Dia férjhez megy" Napi Ász Online Retrieved on 11 July 2008

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