Zoltán Szélesi (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈzoltaːn ˈseːlɛʃi]) (born 22 November 1981) is a Hungarian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is the assistant coach of the Hungary national team and coach of the national U17 team.

Zoltán Szélesi
Szélesi in 2010
Personal information
Full name Zoltán Szélesi
Date of birth (1981-11-22) 22 November 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth Budapest, Hungary
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1994–1998 Újpest
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2004 Újpest 118 (2)
2004–2007 Energie Cottbus 65 (3)
2007–2009 Strasbourg 40 (0)
2009–2010 Debrecen 17 (0)
2010–2011 Olympiakos Volou 29 (0)
2011–2012 N.E.C. 16 (0)
2012–2014 Újpest 26 (0)
2014–2015 Puskás 34 (0)
Total 345 (5)
International career
1998–1999 Hungary U17 13 (0)
1999–2000 Hungary U18 4 (0)
1999–2000 Hungary U21 2 (0)
2004–2015 Hungary 28 (0)
Managerial career
2015– Hungary U17
2015– Hungary (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career edit

After being released by French club RC Strasbourg Szélesi signed for Hungarian champions Debreceni VSC in August 2009.[2]

Career statistics edit

Club edit

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[3][4][5]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Újpest 1998–99 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1999–00 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
2000–01 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
2001–02 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0
2002–03 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 28 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 32 1
2003–04 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 29 1
Total 118 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 124 2
Energie Cottbus 2004–05 2. Bundesliga 27 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 29 3
2005–06 2. Bundesliga 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
2006–07 Bundesliga 22 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
2007–08 Bundesliga 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 65 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 71 3
Strasbourg 2007–08 Ligue 1 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
2008–09 Ligue 2 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
Total 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0
Debrecen 2009–10 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 17 0 5 0 2 0 4 0 28 0
Olympiacos Volou 2010–11 Superleague Greece 29 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 34 0
2011–12 Superleague Greece 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 4 1
Total 29 0 5 0 0 0 4 1 38 1
Nijmegen 2011–12 Eredivisie 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
Újpest 2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 26 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 27 0
2013–14 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 26 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 28 0
Puskás 2013–14 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2014–15 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 28 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 31 0
Total 34 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 37 0
Career total 345 5 22 0 5 0 11 1 383 6

International edit

Appearances and goals by national team and year[6]
National team Season Apps Goals
Hungary 2004 3 0
2007 8 0
2008 8 0
2009 4 0
2010 4 0
2015 1 0
Total 28 0

Honours edit

Debrecen

Újpest

References edit

  1. ^ "Zoltán Szélesi". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Szélesi Zoltánt leigazolta a Loki" (in Hungarian). dvsc.hu. 30 August 2009. Archived from the original on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
  3. ^ "Statistics at lequipe.fr". lequipe.fr. 28 February 2008. Retrieved 28 February 2008.
  4. ^ "Statistics at fcenergie.de". fcenergie.de. 28 February 2008. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 28 February 2008.
  5. ^ "Statistics at fussballdaten.de". fussballdaten.de. 28 February 2008. Retrieved 28 February 2008.
  6. ^ Zoltán Szélesi at National-Football-Teams.com

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