József Varga (footballer born 1988)

The native form of this personal name is Varga József. This article uses the Western name order.

József Varga

Personal information
Full name	József Varga
Date of birth	6 June 1988 (1988-06-06)
Place of birth	Debrecen, Hungary
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Debreceni VSC
Number	33
Youth career
2002–2006	Debreceni Olasz Focisuli
2006–2007	Debreceni VSC
2007	→ Létavértes SC (loan)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2007–	Debreceni VSC	74	(2)
2007–2010	→ Debreceni VSC II (loan)	31	(3)
National team‡
2009–2010	Hungary U-21	7	(0)
2009–	Hungary	10	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 November 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2011

József Varga (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈjoːʒɛf ˈvɒrɡɒ]; born 6 June 1988 in Debrecen) is a Hungarian football player who currently plays for Debreceni VSC.

Club carieer

Early years

Seven-year old started playing football with his father's influence. The career of the first steps made by the Olasz Focisuli, which is a good player raised in the Debreceni VSC to like or even Balázs Dzsudzsák or Péter Máté. The first breakthrough, dating from 2000, when Italy, in one age group was chosen one of the best tournament in succession. No wonder, since it found six times in the opponents goal and ten assists also recorded in addition to the statisticians. The results will be enhanced to a large supply of troops in the nets with a knock, as Fiorentina and Liverpool. The latter team winning score capped. At that time, the talented player's role was primarily a striker. The 2007-2008 season has started in Debrecen B team, and quickly attracted attention to itself and the next season has already started for the A team.

Debreceni VSC

József Varga's first trophy was won against Budapest Honvéd by 4–1 on aggregate. The first leg finished 1–1 in the Bozsik Stadion. In the UEFA Champions League 2007–08 season Debrecen entered in the second qualifying round. Debrecen faced with the Swedish champion Elfsborg. Debreceni VSC were eliminated from the Champions League 1–0 on aggregate. In the Hungarian League 2007–08 season Varga's team finished second while MTK became first. Debrecen won the Hungarian Cup in the 2007–08 season by beating Budapest Honvéd in the final 9–1 on aggregate. Debrecen played in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup. In the first round of the Central-East region they drew in Kazakhstan against FC Shakhter Karagandy 1–1, while in the second leg they beat the Kazakh team by 1–0. Debrecen qualifyied for the second round by 2–1 on aggregate. In the second round Debrecen faced with the Swiss BSC Young Boys. Debrecen were eliminated from the UEFA Cup by 3–7 on aggregate. Rudolf won the Hungarian National Championship I 2008–09 season after beating their provincial rivals Diósgyőri VTK 3–2 away. In the 2009–10 season, Debrecen played in the UEFA Champions League. After beating Kalmar FF, Levadia Tallinn, and PFC Levski Sofia Debrecen reached the grop stages of the UEFA Champions League 2009-10 season. Varga scored a goal against Levski in the Puskás Ferenc Stadium.

Club statistics

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Debreceni VSC
	2007–08	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	2008–09	20	0	3	2	4	0	0	0	26	2
	2009–10	19	1	3	0	2	0	9	3	33	4
	2010–11	21	0	1	0	0	0	11	0	33	0
	2011–12	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	1
	Total	74	2	9	2	6	0	20	3	109	7
Career Total		74	2	9	2	6	0	20	3	109	7

Updated to games played as of 27 November 2011.

National team

József Varga debuted in the Hungarian national football team on 10 October 2009 against Portugal. However Hungary lost to 3-0 at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon Varga's performance was convincing, therefore he became a stable member of the national team during the coaching of the Dutch Erwin Koeman. Since then Varga was called up many times and he even played a defender against Sweden in the Euro 2012 qualifiers at the Puskás Ferenc Stadium because two of the key defenders Roland Juhász and Vilmos Vanczák could not play. Hungary beat 2-1 Sweden so his performance in the defence contributed to the success of the team.

Honours

• Debreceni VSC
  • Hungarian National Championship I: 2008-09, 2009–10
  • Hungarian Super Cup: 2009, 2010
  • Hungarian Cup: 2009–10
  • Hungarian League Cup: 2010
• Nándor Hidegkuti Prize: 2009

References

• www.dvsc.hu
• www.hlsz.hu
• Transfermarkt Profile