Oliver Pusztai

Olivér Pusztai
Personal information
Date of birth	14 October 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth	Szombathely, Hungary
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	SK Treibach (assistant coach)
Youth career
1988–1999	Szombathelyi Haladás VSE
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2001	Szombathelyi Haladás
2001–2002	Büki TK
2002–2003	BFC Siófok
2003–2004	MTK Budapest
2004–2006	Győri ETO FC
2006–2008	Rákospalotai EAC
2008–2010	SK Austria Kärnten
2010–2014	SK Austria Klagenfurt
2014–2019	ASV Klagenfurt
2019–2022	SV St.Jakob/Rosental
International career
2001–2003	Hungary U-21
Managerial career
2017–2022	Wolfsberg (academy)
2022–	SK Treibach (assistant)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Oliver Pusztai (born 14 October 1981) is a Hungarian football coach and a former player. He is an assistant coach with Austrian club SK Treibach.

Club career[edit]

Hungary[edit]

Pusztai started his professional career at age 18 at his hometown club Szombathelyi Haladás in 1999. After a short break in the Hungarian 2nd division (NB2) with Büki TK and as a member of the Hungary national under-21 football team, he made a move in 2002 to BFC Siófok and played again in the highest league of Hungary (NB1). In 2003 Pusztai get a contract from the ruling champion MTK Budapest and goes in the Hungarian capital city. In the same year he played in the UEFA Champions League qualification against HJK Helsinki and Celtic Glasgow and later in UEFA Cup against Dinamo Zagreb.

In 2004 Pusztai moved to Győri ETO FC and played there 2 seasons. Than till 2008 he was player and an important member of a small-budget club, Rákospalotai EAC in Budapest and successfully escaped twice the relegation.

U-21 national team (Hungary)[edit]

He was coming player between 2001 and 2003 of the Hungarian U-21 team and played for the qualification to the UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Germany and to the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Austria[edit]

In 2008, after 100 NB1 games in Hungary, Pusztai went international and played 2 years in the Austrian Football Bundesliga at SK Austria Kärnten in Klagenfurt. From 2010 he played 4 seasons in the 3rd division (Regionalliga Mitte) in the same city at SK Austria Klagenfurt (2007).

Since 2014 Pusztai is at a traditional club named ASV Klagenfurt. And played there the season 2015–2016, first time in club history - after the winning of Austrian Landesliga - in the Austrian Regional League again. In 2019 Pusztai went to SV St.Jakob/Rosental in the Austrian Landesliga and started his 20th season.

External links[edit]

HLSZ
Oliver Pusztai at WorldFootball.net
official website Oliver Pusztai #14
Oliver Pusztai at FootballDatabase.eu

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