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The native form of this personal name is Urbányi István. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

István Urbányi
Personal information
Date of birth (1967-04-17) 17 April 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth Salgótarján, Hungary
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Mátranováki Vasas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1986 Salgótarjáni BTC 68 (8)
1987–1988 Budapest Honvéd 3 (0)
1988–1990 Győri Rába ETO 58 (2)
1990–1992 Budapest Honvéd 42 (2)
1992–1995 BVSC 68 (6)
1995–1997 Kispest-Honvéd 38 (1)
1997–1998 San Jose Clash 23 (1)
1998 Kispest-Honvéd 14 (1)
International career
1990 Hungary 2 (0)
Managerial career
2002 BKV Előre
2003–2004 MTK (academy)
2005–2006 Újpest (academy)
2006–2008 Újpest
2009–2010 Maldives
2010 Kecskeméti TE
2011–2013 Maldives
2014–2016 Sporting Kansas City (academy)
2016–2017 Gyirmót SE
2017–2018 UMKC
2018 Kaw Valley FC
2018–2020 Sporting Kansas City (academy staff)
2020–2021 Honvéd (sporting director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

István Urbányi (born 17 April 1967) is a Hungarian former football player and coach.

Career

Urbányi was born in Salgótarján. As a player, he spent most of his career at Budapest Honvéd and Győri ETO as a defender and midfielder. In 1990, he played two games for Hungary

After a nearly two decade-long career, in 1999 he also trialled with FK Lofoten in Norway.[1]

He was the head coach of Újpest from December 2006 to April 2008. In the end of February 2009, he was appointed as the head coach of the national team of Maldives.[2] His first assignment as the coach of the Maldives was the AFC Challenge Cup qualification, where Maldives faced Bhutan, Philippines and Turkmenistan.[3] His contract ran out in 2010 and following the sides could not reach an agreement over an extension, Urbányi left the Maldives.[4] After a brief spell on the bench of Kecskeméti TE, he was recalled by the Football Association of Maldives and worked again in the island nation between October 2011 and December 2013.[5] He joined the ranks of the Sporting Kansas City youth academy as a coach after the invitation of his longtime friend and team manager Peter Vermes[6][7]

Sources

  1. ^ Nymoen, Torstein (29 July 1999). "Ungarer til FK Lofoten?". Lofotposten (in Norwegian). p. 11.
  2. ^ fn.hu: Urbányi szövetségi kapitány lett (in Hungarian)
  3. ^ pepsifoci.hu: Urbányi Újpest után a paradicsomban dolgozik - Lapszemle Archived 6 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine (in Hungarian)
  4. ^ "Ismail Mahfooz and Moosa Manik appointed as the assistant coaches". maldivescoccer.net. 10 October 2011. Archived from the original on 22 October 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  5. ^ "FAM appoints Urbán as the national team coach". maldivesoccer.net. 4 October 2011. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  6. ^ "Sporting KC Academy welcomes new coaches". sportingkc.com. 19 March 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  7. ^ "Edzősors: Urbányi István az MLS-bajnoknál jutott pozícióhoz" (in Hungarian). nemzetisport.hu. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
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