György Garics

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György Garics
György Garics Austria.jpg
Personal information
Date of birth 8 March 1984 (1984-03-08) (age 28)
Place of birth Szombathely, Hungary
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Right Full Back
Club information
Current club Bologna
Number 8
Youth career
1990–1998 Haladás VSE
1998–2002 Rapid Vienna
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2002–2006 Rapid Vienna 81 (1)
2006–2008 Napoli 37 (1)
2008–2010 Atalanta 65 (1)
2010– Bologna 25 (0)
National team‡
2005 Austria U-21 25 (2)
2006–2009 Austria 23 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:06, 9 August 2010 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 March 2010

György Garics (born 8 March 1984 in Szombathely, Hungary) is a Hungarian-born Austrian professional football defender. He currently plays in Serie A for Bologna.

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[edit] Football career

Although born in Hungary, Garics moved to Vienna when he was 14 years old and started his football career in Austria with prominent side Rapid Vienna in 2002; during his first season as a teenager he made two appearances.

By the 2004–05 season the young attacking wingback has become more of a prominent member in the first team and Rapid Vienna won the Austrian Bundesliga, around this time he also became captain of the U21 national team of Austria.

Having made 81 appearances for Rapid Vienna and scored one goal, he was bought by Italian side Napoli for €500,000,[1] making his debut against Triestina on 23 September 2006. Soon after, he achieved a call up on 6 October 2006 for the Austrian national team against Liechtenstein and scored on his international debut.

He was also called up to the Euro 2008 squad and started Austria's third match against Germany in Vienna.

The case of Garics - who at the time was arguably the best Hungarian footballer - divided Hungarian public sentiment, as it is the first high profile case of a player choosing a national team other than Hungary, and is also considered a failure on the part of the Hungarian Football Feredration to consider to select him in time for the national team.

Garics signed for Atalanta from Napoli in a co-ownership deal in early July 2008, for €1.5 million.[2] Atalanta bought full ownership of the player for €1 million[2] on 26 June 2009.[3]

After Atalanta were relegated from Serie A, Garics was sold outright to Bologna on 9 August 2010,[4] for €3 million.[5] Garics was seriously injured in 2011, and had to miss most of the spring season at Bologna.

[edit] Honours

[edit] References

  1. ^ "SSC Napoli 2006–07 Annual Report" (in Italian). SSC Napoli (Re-Published by direttanapoli.it). ca. October 2007. http://www.direttanapoli.it/public/documenti/documenti_21.pdf. Retrieved 15 June 2011. 
  2. ^ a b "SSC Napoli 2008–09 Annual Report" (in Italian). SSC Napoli (C.C.I.A.A. Archive). ca. January 2010. http://www.direttanapoli.it/public/documenti/documenti_173.pdf. Retrieved 17 June 2011. 
  3. ^ "Napoli, le comproprietà risolte" (in Italian). SSC Napoli. http://www.sscnapoli.it/client/render.aspx?root=707&fwd=2551&content=0. Retrieved 2009-06-28. 
  4. ^ "RAIMONDI ALL'ATALANTA, GARICS AL BOLOGNA" (in Italian). Atalanta BC. 2010-08-09. http://www.atalanta.it/atalanta/news.do?dispatch=read&id=1953. Retrieved 2010-08-09. 
  5. ^ "Bilancio intermedio al 31 dicembre 2010: Nota integrativa: parte 1" (in Italian). Bologna FC 1909. 4 April 2011. http://www.bolognafc.it/files/cms/363540786nota-integrativa-parte-1.pdf. Retrieved 14 June 2011. 

[edit] External links

Austria squad – UEFA Euro 2008
Austria
Bologna F.C. 1909 – current squad
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