Balázs Borbély

Balázs Borbély
Personal information
Date of birth	2 October 1979 (age 44)
Place of birth	Dunajská Streda, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	TJ Družstevník Vrakúň
Number	17
Youth career
	Dunajská Streda
Senior career*
Years	Team
1998–2000	Dunajská Streda
2000–2005	Artmedia Petržalka
2006–2007	1. FC Kaiserslautern
2007	Artmedia Petržalka
2008–2010	Politehnica Timişoara
2010–2012	AEL Limassol
2012	→ FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín (loan)
2013–	TJ Družstevník Vrakúň
International career‡
2004–2010	Slovakia
Managerial career
2014-2015	Dunajská Streda U19 (assistant)
2014-	TJ Družstevník Vrakúň
2016	Dunajská Streda (assistant)
Medal record
Politehnica Timişoara
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 March 2013; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 September 2014

Balázs Borbély (born 2 October 1979) is a Slovakia international football midfielder who currently plays for TJ Družstevník Vrakúň. His former clubs were FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín and AEL Limassol.

Playing career

Club career

An ethnic Hungarian,^[1] Borbély was born in Czechoslovakia and began playing football for his home town club FK DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda until joining Artmedia Petržalka, the club where he would enjoy his greatest success.^[2] He captained the Artmedia Petržalka side which reached the group stages of the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League.^[3] Following this success, he moved to German Bundesliga side 1. FC Kaiserslautern, where he would spend one and a half seasons. He struggled through injury in his tenure at Kaiserslautern and returned to Artmedia Petržalka in the summer of 2007.^[4]

He moved abroad again when Romanian club FC Timişoara acquired Borbély to help strengthen their defensive midfield in January 2008.^[5] He would help Timișoara reach the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League where the club fell to German side VfB Stuttgart.

International career

Borbély has made 15 appearances for the Slovakia national football team,^[6] including playing in the UEFA Euro 2008 qualification rounds.^[7]

Honours

Club

Artmedia Petržalka

References

^ Sperk, Oliver (13 October 2006). "FCK-"Patient" Balázs Borbély fit". Speyerer Rundschau (in German) (238). Die Rheinpfalz: 8. Der Hobby-Tennisspieler mit slowakischem Pass und ungarischer Nationalität – in seiner auf der Großen Schüttinsel in der Donau gelegenen südslowakischen Heimatstadt Dunajska Streda der Normalfall – hat in den vergangenen neun Monaten richtig gut Deutsch gelernt. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
^ Polgár, László (12 September 2005). "Borbély Balázs: Még ma sem tudom elhinni, ami velünk történt" (in Hungarian). Nezmetisport.hu. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
^ Fisher, Stewart (30 October 2005). "Slovak champions to attack". Sunday Herald (Glasgow).
^ "Borbély: Teším sa na Petržalku" (in Slovak). Pravda.sk. 3 May 2007. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
^ "Politica de transferuri la Poli Timisoara" (in Romanian). Netsport.ro. 7 January 2008. Archived from the original on 9 January 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Mamrud, Roberto (11 December 2009). "Slovakia - Record International Players". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 8 February 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Slowakei mit Vittek und Borbely" (in German). kicker.de. 28 May 2007. Retrieved 23 March 2012.

External links

Balázs Borbély at National-Football-Teams.com
Balázs Borbély – FIFA competition record (archived)

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[1] Sperk, Oliver (13 October 2006). "FCK-"Patient" Balázs Borbély fit". Speyerer Rundschau (in German) (238). Die Rheinpfalz: 8. Der Hobby-Tennisspieler mit slowakischem Pass und ungarischer Nationalität – in seiner auf der Großen Schüttinsel in der Donau gelegenen südslowakischen Heimatstadt Dunajska Streda der Normalfall – hat in den vergangenen neun Monaten richtig gut Deutsch gelernt. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)

[2] Polgár, László (12 September 2005). "Borbély Balázs: Még ma sem tudom elhinni, ami velünk történt" (in Hungarian). Nezmetisport.hu. Retrieved 23 March 2012.

[3] Fisher, Stewart (30 October 2005). "Slovak champions to attack". Sunday Herald (Glasgow).

[4] "Borbély: Teším sa na Petržalku" (in Slovak). Pravda.sk. 3 May 2007. Retrieved 23 March 2012.

[5] "Politica de transferuri la Poli Timisoara" (in Romanian). Netsport.ro. 7 January 2008. Archived from the original on 9 January 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[6] Mamrud, Roberto (11 December 2009). "Slovakia - Record International Players". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 8 February 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[7] "Slowakei mit Vittek und Borbely" (in German). kicker.de. 28 May 2007. Retrieved 23 March 2012.

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