Ákos Buzsáky
 Buzsaky pictured in 2008 |
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ákos Buzsáky[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 May 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Budapest, Hungary | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Queens Park Rangers | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| – | Grund FC 1986 | ||
| – | MTK Hungária | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1999–2002 | MTK Hungária | 53 | (5) |
| 2002–2005 | FC Porto | 3 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | → Academica de Coimbra (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2005 | → Plymouth Argyle (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 2005–2008 | Plymouth Argyle | 81 | (7) |
| 2007 | → Queens Park Rangers (loan) | 12 | (6) |
| 2008– | Queens Park Rangers | 102 | (17) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1996–1997 | Hungary U14 | 2 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | Hungary U16 | 12 | (5) |
| 1998–2000 | Hungary U17 | 6 | (2) |
| 2005– | Hungary | 20 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:03, 11 April 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Ákos Buzsáky (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈaːkoʃ ˈbuʒaːki]; born 7 May 1982) is a Hungarian footballer who plays for Premier League club Queens Park Rangers as a midfielder. His previous clubs include MTK Hungária, FC Porto, Academica de Coimbra and Plymouth Argyle. He has been capped by the Hungary national team, having made his first appearance in 2005.
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[edit] Club career
[edit] MTK Budapest
Buzsáky started his career at Grund 1986 FC, before moving on to MTK Hungária FC. In 2000 he won the Hungarian Cup with MTK.
[edit] Porto
He then joined Porto under José Mourinho for £400,000 in July 2002. He was later loaned out to Portuguese Superliga side Academica de Coimbra in 2003–04. He had been playing for Porto's 'B' side in the Portuguese third division prior to signing for English side Plymouth Argyle.
[edit] Plymouth
Buzsáky joined Plymouth on loan until the end of the 2004–05 season after the former Hungarian Under-21 international captain impressed manager Bobby Williamson during a behind-closed-doors friendly against Torquay United.[citation needed] On the last day of his loan spell with Argyle, fans held up paper signs that read "Mr Chairman sign Akos now!" and "Buy Akos, Buy Akos!".[citation needed] This led to the board spending around £225,000 to make his move permanent, offering him a three-year contract.[citation needed]
He was a first team regular for Plymouth, and his form resulted in him being linked with West Bromwich Albion and Bolton Wanderers. After scoring 3 goals in the month, he was named one of the players of the month by the ITV programme "The Championship" for January 2007.
In October 2007 Buzsáky informed Plymouth he would not sign a new contract when his ran out in the summer, allegedly due to Plymouth's refusual to pay a fee to his agent. He was subsequently loaned to Queens Park Rangers (QPR), and the move was made permanent on 2 January 2008 for an undisclosed fee (believed to be £500,000[citation needed]). Buzsaky signed a 2½ year Contract.[3]
[edit] Queen's Park Rangers
On 2 January 2008, QPR announced that they had signed Buzsáky permanently, with his contract running until the summer of 2010, with great relief for the fans.[4] Buzsáky won the Kiyan Prince Goal of the Season award for a side footed lob against Blackpool. However, his first full season at QPR proved to be a frustrating one due to an injury he picked up in a Carling Cup tie away to Manchester United. Following his comeback to fitness Buzsáky played a large part in the opening part of the 09/10 season. However in December 2009, following the 3–1 defeat away to Watford, it was reported that he was involved in a confrontation with manager Jim Magilton, where it was reported that Buzsáky was assaulted by Magilton. This led to Magilton being suspended by QPR[5] and subsequently leaving the club by mutual consent on 16 December 2009.[6] On 21 January 2012 Buzsáky scored his first Premier League goal against Wigan on home turf.[7][8][9] The match ended with a 3-1 victory for QPR.
[edit] Club Statistics
| Club | Season | Championship / Premier League since August 2011 | FA Cup | League Cup | — | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Queens Park Rangers | 2011–12 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 2 |
| 2010–11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | |
| 2009–10 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 8 | |
| 2008–09 | 11 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 1 | |
| 2007–08 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 16 | 4 | |
| Subtotal | 74 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 82 | 15 | |
| Club | Season | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | — | Total | |||||
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Queens Park Rangers (loan) |
2007–08 | 12 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 6 |
| Subtotal | 12 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 6 | |
| Club | Season | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | — | Total | |||||
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Plymouth Argyle | 2007–08 | 11 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 |
| 2006–07 | 36 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 40 | 3 | |
| 2005–06 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 37 | 5 | |
| Subtotal | 81 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 88 | 8 | |
| Club | Season | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | — | Total | |||||
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Plymouth Argyle (loan) |
2004–05 | 15 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | 1 |
| Subtotal | 15 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | 1 | |
| Club | Season | Portuguese Liga | Portuguese Cup | SuperCup | — | Total | |||||
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Académica de Coimbra (loan) |
2003–04 | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 0 |
| Subtotal | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | |
| Club | Season | Portuguese Liga | Portuguese Cup | SuperCup | Europe | Total | |||||
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| FC Porto | 2002–03 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Subtotal | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Club | Season | NB I | Magyar Kupa | — | Europe | Total | |||||
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| MTK Hungária | 2001–02 | 23 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | 1 |
| 2000–01 | 24 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 25 | 3 | |
| 1999–00 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | |
| Subtotal | 53 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 54 | 5 | |
| Grand total | 225 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 242 | 33 | |
(Statistics correct as of 3 February 2010)
[edit] International career
Buzsáky is a full international for Hungary gaining his first cap on 3 September 2005 against Malta in Budapest. He scored his first international goal on 21 November 2007 in a Euro 2008 qualifier, a 2–1 defeat at home against European champions Greece, although the goal is credited by some sources as a Kostas Katsouranis own goal as it took a big deflection off the Greek midfielder.
| Team | Year | Friendlies | International Competition |
Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| App | Conceded | App | Conceded | App | Conceded | ||
| Hungary | 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | 4 | 0 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | |
| 2005 | – | – | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 1 | |
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 21 November 2007 | Budapest, Hungary |  Greece |
1–2[10] | Loss | UEFA Euro 2008 Qual. |
| 2. | 14 October 2009 | Copenhagen, Denmark |  Denmark |
0–1 | Win | FIFA World Cup 2010 Qual. |
(Statistics correct as of 14 November 2008)
[edit] Honours
[edit] Club
- MTK Hungária
- Hungarian Cup: 2000
- Hungarian League: Runner-up 2000
- FC Porto
- UEFA Cup: 2003
- Super Cup "Cândido de Oliveira": 2003
[edit] Individual
- Young Hungarian Player of the Year: 2003
- Player of the Month in The Championship: January 2007
[edit] References
- ^ "Ákos Buzsáky". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. http://www.soccerway.com/players/akos-buzsaky/20686/. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
- ^ "Buzsáky Ákos". HLSZ. http://www.hlsz.hu/index.php?tid=7&Jatekos=hPLf_34f3b27. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
- ^ QPR capture Plymouth star Buzsaky
- ^ BUZSAKY SIGNS
- ^ Bryant, Tom (9 December 2009). "QPR manager Jim Magilton suspended after Watford incident". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/dec/09/qpr-manager-jim-magilton-suspended.
- ^ "Magilton and Gorman in QPR exit". BBC News. 16 December 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/q/qpr/8417467.stm.
- ^ "QPR 3 - 1 Wigan". bbc.co.uk. 21 January 2012. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/16559527.stm. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
- ^ Jackson, Jamie (21 January 2012). "QPR beat Wigan to give new manager Mark Hughes first league win". London: guardian.co.uk. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/jan/21/qpr-wigan-athletic-premier-league?INTCMP=SRCH. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
- ^ "QPR boss hails ‘excellent’ Buzsaky". westlondonsport.com. 21 January 2012. http://www.westlondonsport.com/qpr/qpr-boss-hails-excellent-buzsaky/. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
- ^ "Buzsáky 1st Goal in National Football Team"
[edit] External links
- Ákos Buzsáky player profile at qpr.co.uk
- Ákos Buzsáky player profile at pafc.co.uk
- Ákos Buzsáky career stats at Soccerbase
- Ákos Buzsáky international profile at Hungarian Football Federation website (Hungarian)
- Career and stats at ForaDeJogo.net
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- 1982 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Budapest
- Hungarian footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Hungary international footballers
- MTK Budapest FC players
- Hungarian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- F.C. Porto players
- Hungarian expatriates in Portugal
- Associação Académica de Coimbra players
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Plymouth Argyle F.C. players
- Hungarian expatriates in England
- Hungarian expatriates in the United Kingdom
- Queens Park Rangers F.C. players
- The Football League players
- Premier League players
