Tibor Dombi

Tibor Dombi
Personal information
Date of birth	11 November 1973 (age 50)
Place of birth	Püspökladány, Hungary
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Right midfielder
Youth career
1987–1993	Debrecen
Senior career*
Years	Team
1993–1999	Debrecen
1999–2000	Eintracht Frankfurt
2000–2002	Utrecht
2002–2014	Debrecen
2014–2016	Debrecen II
Total
International career
1994–2001	Hungary
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tibor Dombi (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈtibor ˈdombi]; born 11 November 1973) is a Hungarian former professional footballer who played as a right midfielder.^[1] He spent most of his career with Debreceni VSC, where he amassed over 400 league appearances in two stints separated by spells at Eintracht Frankfurt in Bundesliga and at FC Utrecht in the Eredivisie.

Career

Born in Püspökladány, Dombi came through the youth setup of Debreceni VSC, and joined the senior team in 1992. He made his debut for the Hungarian national team in 1994, and got 35 caps and one goal until 2001, when he retired from international football.^[2] He was a participant at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where Hungary failed to progress from the group stage. He stayed in Debrecen until 1999, celebrating Debreceni VSC's first domestic cup success just before he left for Eintracht Frankfurt. Dombi started his career in Germany well playing in most of the matches in the first half of the season.^[3] However, due to language problems and a conflict with the club's manager, Felix Magath,^{[citation needed]} he left at the end of the season.^[3]

He joined FC Utrecht, the team he played for two seasons before he made his return to Hungary. After he returned to Debrecen, the club's Golden Era started, during which the team won the Hungarian League three times in a row. (Before 2005, Debrecen did not manage to win the league.) In 2009, he was the member of the team that won Debrecen's fourth domestic title.

International career

Dombi made his debut on 1 June 1994, in Eindhoven against the Netherlands.

Career statistics

Club

Sources:^[4]^[5]

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Debrecen	1993–94	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	3
	1994–95		29	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	2
	1995–96		28	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	2
	1996–97		32	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	37	2
	1997–98		34	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	3
	1998–99		27	5	3	2	0	0	8	0	38	7
	Total		180	17	8	2	0	0	8	0	196	19
Frankfurt	1999–00	Bundesliga	15	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	17	0
Utrecht	2000–01	Eredivisie	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	2
	2001–02	Eredivisie	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
	Total		26	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	27	2
Debrecen	2002–03	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	25	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	30	2
	2003–04		30	3	1	0	0	0	8	1	38	3
	2004–05		27	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	28	3
	2005–06		26	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	29	0
	2006–07		24	1	7	0	0	0	1	0	32	1
	2007–08		22	1	4	0	13	0	1	0	40	1
	2008–09		26	2	5	0	2	0	3	0	36	2
	2009–10		20	0	2	0	1	0	9	0	32	0
	2010–11		20	1	0	0	2	0	7	0	29	1
	2011–12		6	0	2	0	8	0	0	0	16	0
	2012–13		11	0	3	1	5	0	0	0	19	1
	2013–14		10	1	3	0	10	1	0	0	23	2
	Total		247	13	34	2	47	1	32	1	360	17
Debrecen II	2014–15	Nemzeti Bajnokság III	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	1
	2015–16	Nemzeti Bajnokság III	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0
	Total		39	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	39	1
Career total			507	33	44	4	47	1	41	1	639	39

International

Source:^[1]

Team	Year	Friendlies		International Competition		Total
Team	Year	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals
Hungary	1994	2	0	0	0	2	0
	1996	3	0	1	0	4	0
	1997	4	0	6	0	10	0
	1998	1	1	2	0	3	1
	1999	3	0	4	0	7	0
	2000	1	0	2	0	3	0
	2001	3	0	3	0	6	0
Total		17	1	18	0	35	1

International matches

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition
1	1 June 1994	Eindhoven	Netherlands	1–7	Friendly
2	8 June 1994	Brussel	Belgium	1–3	Friendly
3	14 August 1996	Siófok	United Arab Emirates	3–1	Friendly
4	1 September 1996	Budapest	Finland	1–0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
5	9 October 1996	Oslo	Norway	0–3	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
6	10 November 1996	Baku	Azerbaijan	3–0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
7	19 March 1997	Ta' Qali	Malta	4–1	Friendly
8	2 April 1997	Budapest	Australia	0–3	Friendly
9	8 June 1997	Budapest	Norway	1–1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
10	6 August 1997	Siófok	Malta	3–0	Friendly
11	20 August 1997	Budapest	Switzerland	1–1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
12	6 September 1997	Warsaw	Poland	0–1	Friendly
13	10 September 1997	Budapest	Azerbaijan	3–1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
14	14 October 1997	Helsinki	Finland	1–1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
15	29 October 1997	Budapest	Yugoslavia	1–7	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
16	15 November 1997	Belgrad	Yugoslavia	0–5	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
17	19 August 1998	Zalaegerszeg	Slovenia	2–1	Friendly
18	6 September 1998	Budapest	Portugal	1–3	UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
19	10 October 1998	Baku	Azerbaijan	4–0	UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
20	10 March 1999	Budapest	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–1	Friendly
21	27 March 1999	Budapest	Liechtenstein	5–0	UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
22	31 March 1999	Bratislava	Slovakia	0–0	UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
23	28 April 1999	Budapest	England	1–1	Friendly
24	9 June 1999	Győr	Slovakia	0–1	UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
25	18 August 1999	Budapest	Moldova	1–1	Friendly
26	4 September 1999	Vaduz	Liechtenstein	0–0	UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
27	23 February 2000	Budapest	Australia	0–3	Friendly
28	3 September 2000	Budapest	Italy	2–2	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
29	11 October 2000	Kaunas	Lithuania	6–1	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
30	28 February 2001	Zenica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–1	Friendly
31	7 March 2001	Amman	Jordan	1–1	Friendly
32	24 March 2001	Budapest	Lithuania	1–1	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
33	25 April 2001	Budapest	Finland	0–0	Friendly
34	2 June 2001	Bucharest	Romania	0–2	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
35	6 June 2001	Budapest	Georgia	4–1	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Club

Debrecen

Hungarian League: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10; runners-up 2007–08
Hungarian Cup: 1998–99, 2007–08, 2009–10; runners-up 2002–03, 2006–07
Hungarian Super Cup: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010
Hungarian League Cup: 2010; runners-up 2008

Utrecht

KNVB Cup runners-up: 2002

Individual

Zilahi Prize: 2003

References

^ ^a ^b "Tibor Dombi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
^ Mamrud, Roberto (29 February 2012). "Hungary – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Er glänzte nur eine Vorrunde lang". Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). 31 May 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
^ "HLSZ". HLSZ (in Hungarian). Retrieved 26 February 2019.
^ "Tibor Dombi » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 26 February 2019.

External links

HLSZ (in Hungarian)
National football team (in Hungarian)

[nft-1] "Tibor Dombi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 9 July 2013.

[2] Mamrud, Roberto (29 February 2012). "Hungary – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 July 2013.

[fr-3] "Er glänzte nur eine Vorrunde lang". Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). 31 May 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2019.

[4] "HLSZ". HLSZ (in Hungarian). Retrieved 26 February 2019.

[5] "Tibor Dombi » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 26 February 2019.

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