Balázs Borbély

Balázs Borbély
Personal information
Date of birth	2 October 1979 (age 45)
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
1998–2000	Dunajská Streda
2000–2005	Artmedia Petržalka
2006–2007	1. FC Kaiserslautern
2007	Artmedia Petržalka
2008–2010	Politehnica Timişoara
2010–2012	AEL Limassol
2012	→ FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín (loan)
2013–2014	TJ Družstevník Vrakúň
International career
2004–2009	Slovakia
Managerial career
2014–2015	Dunajská Streda U19 (assistant)
2014–2024	TJ Družstevník Vrakúň
2016	Dunajská Streda (assistant)
2017–2019	FC Petržalka
2019-2022	Ferencvaros U17-19
2022-2024	Dunajská Streda (assistant)
2024-	Győr
Medal record
Politehnica Timişoara
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 March 2013

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Balázs Borbély (born 2 October 1979) is a former professional footballer and current head coach of Győr. His former clubs were TJ Družstevník Vrakúň, FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín and AEL Limassol. At international level, he represented Slovakia.

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

3. Liga: Winners 2017–18

References

^ Sperk, Oliver (13 October 2006). "FCK-"Patient" Balázs Borbély fit". Speyerer Rundschau (in German) (238). Die Rheinpfalz: 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). "Slovak champions to attack". 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.
^ "Politica de transferuri la Poli Timișoara" (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. Archived 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
Balázs Borbély – FIFA competition record (archived)

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[1] Sperk, Oliver (13 October 2006). "FCK-"Patient" Balázs Borbély fit". Speyerer Rundschau (in German) (238). Die Rheinpfalz: 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.

[2] Polgár, László (12 September 2005). "Borbély Balázs: Még ma sem tudom elhinni, ami velünk történt" (in Hungarian). Nezmetisport.hu. Retrieved 23 March 2012.

[3] Fisher, Stewart (30 October 2005). "Slovak champions to attack". Sunday Herald (Glasgow). Archived from the original on 17 January 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2022.

[4] "Borbély: Teším sa na Petržalku" (in Slovak). Pravda.sk. 3 May 2007. Retrieved 23 March 2012.

[5] "Politica de transferuri la Poli Timișoara" (in Romanian). Netsport.ro. 7 January 2008. Archived from the original on 9 January 2008.

[6] Mamrud, Roberto (11 December 2009). "Slovakia – Record International Players". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 8 February 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2012.

[7] "Slowakei mit Vittek und Borbely" (in German). kicker.de. 28 May 2007. Retrieved 23 March 2012.

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