Zoltán Kádár (born 4 October 1966)[1] is a former Romanian international footballer of Hungarian ethnicity.[2][3] He is currently the assistant coach of BSC Young Boys in the Swiss Super League.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 October 1966 | ||
| Place of birth | Ozun, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Tractorul Brașov | |||
| 1984–1985 | FC Brașov | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1987 | FC Brașov | ||
| 1987–1991 | Universitatea Cluj | 123 | (19) |
| 1991–1995 | Dinamo București | 135 | (16) |
| 1996 | Universitatea Cluj | 13 | (0) |
| 1996–2000 | Schaffhausen | 134 | (5) |
| 2000–2005 | Frauenfeld | ||
| Total | 405 | (40) | |
| International career | |||
| 1991–1994 | Romania | 7 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2000–2005 | Frauenfeld | ||
| 2005–2011 | Winterthur U18 | ||
| 2011–2012 | Grasshopper U18 | ||
| 2012–2017 | Grasshopper (assistant) | ||
| 2017–2019 | FC Zürich (assistant) | ||
| 2019–2020 | Grasshopper (assistant) | ||
| 2020 | Grasshopper | ||
| 2020–2021 | Grasshopper (assistant) | ||
| 2021 | Grasshopper | ||
| 2021-2022 | Grasshopper (head of academy) | ||
| 2022- | Young Boys (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editZoltán Kádár was born on 4 October 1966 in Ozun, Romania and started to play football at junior level in Brașov for local club Tractorul.[4][5] In 1984 he went to play at FC Brașov where he won the junior republican championship in 1985 and also made his senior Divizia A debut.[4][5] In 1987, he enrolled at the Babeș-Bolyai University, subsequently he switched to play for the university's club, Universitatea Cluj.[1][2][4][5]
In 1991 Kádár was signed by Dinamo București on the initiation of the club's president Vasile Ianul for a fee of US$30,000.[2][4][5] Kádár spent four years at Dinamo, during this period he helped the club win the 1991–92 Divizia A undefeated, being used by coach Florin Halagian in 29 games in which he scored one goal and also made 14 appearances in European competitions, including appearing in Dinamo's 2–1 victory on aggregate against Luis Figo's Sporting Lisabona in the 1991–92 UEFA Cup.[1][2][5][6][7][8][9]
In January 1996, Kádár returned to Universitatea Cluj for a brief period, he eventually retired at the end of the season and opened a restaurant in Gherla.[2][4][5][10] Not much later, however, he was approached by former Dinamo teammate, Gábor Gerstenmájer, who then played in Switzerland to come play for his team, Schaffhausen and Kádár accepted, going to the club where he spent four seasons before in 2000 the club got relegated and he switched to fourth division team Frauenfeld as a player-coach.[1][2][4][5] In his second season in Frauenfeld, the club won promotion to the third division and after he retired from his playing career in 2005 he became a youth coach at Winterthur U18.[1][2]
International career
editZoltán Kádár played 7 friendly games for Romania, making his debut on 17 April 1991 when coach Mircea Rădulescu sent him on the field in the 87th minute in order to replace Gabi Balint in a 2–0 away victory against Spain.[11][12] His last game for the national team was on 13 February 1994 in a 2–1 victory against the United States.[11]
Managerial career
editGrasshopper Club Zürich
editAfter over six years coaching the Winterthur youth teams, he was hired by Grasshopper Club Zürich as their U18 coach. In the following year, he became the assistant of head coach of the first team, Uli Forte, and helped the club to achieve their first title after ten years, with the 2012–13 Swiss Cup. After Forte's departure, he remained assistant coach for Michael Skibbe (2013-2015), Pierluigi Tami (2015-2017), and Carlos Bernegger (2017). He also took over as interim coach briefly in early 2015, between Skibbe's departure and Tami's appointment.[13]
FC Zürich
editIn July 2017, he joined city rivals FC Zürich as assistant and forward coach, as well as video analyst,[14] joining up again with Uli Forte. He remained at FC Zürich after Forte's departure in 2018 and continued serving as assistant of incoming manager Ludovic Magnin until April 2019.[15]
Grasshopper Club (second stint)
editDuring the 2018-19 season, Grasshopper were struggling badly and found themselves at the bottom of the league. On 10 April 2019, Kadar was hired to once again assist Uli Forte to mitigate the disaster that was the 2018-19 Grasshopper season.[16] Sadly, the cup winning coaching team could not avoid relegation and accompanied the club to the Swiss Challenge League for the following season. Kadar remained as assistant to incoming manager Goran Djuricin in February 2020. He became interim coach in May 2020 at the tail end of the season, after Djuricin was terminated when promotion became very unlikely.
For the following season, João Carlos Pereira was appointed as head coach and Kadar become his assistant until November 2020, when he was appointed head of the training of the GC academy.[17] When Grasshoppers were in danger of missing promotion again, Pereira was terminated in May 2021 and Kadar took up the caretaker role for the third time. He successfully led the team to promotion back to the Swiss Super League.[13]
Despite this success, he returned to managing the GC academy after the end of the season.
Young Boys
editOn 14 June 2022, he departed Grasshopper to join BSC Young Boys as assistant coach to Raphaël Wicky.[13]
Honours
editPlayer
editDinamo București
Manager
editGrasshopper Club Zürich
- Swiss Cup: 2012–13 (assistant)
- Swiss Challenge League: 2020–21 (caretaker)
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Dobre, Adi (30 June 2008). Egyelőre nem akarnak hazajönni. Erdélyi Napló. Volume 20, No 148.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Fostul internațional român Zoltan Kadar, numit antrenor la cea mai titrată echipă din fotbalul elvețian" [Former Romanian international Zoltan Kadar, named coach of the most titled team in Swiss football] (in Romanian). Fanatik.ro. 16 May 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ "Ex-dinamovistul Zoltan Kadar, planuri mari la Grasshopper Zurich. "A fost o surpriză plăcută!"" [Former Dinamo player Zoltan Kadar, big plans at Grasshopper Zurich. "It was a pleasant surprise!"] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 31 May 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f "Zoli vrea sa readucă "lăcustele" în elită" [Zoli wants to return the "locusts" to the elite] (in Romanian). Bzb.ro. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g "KADAR: "Nu vin să antrenez în România, ca să-mi facă preşedintele echipa"" [KADAR: "I don't come to train in Romania, so that the president can make my team"] (in Romanian). Evz.ro. 25 June 2008. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ^ "Q&A cu Zoltan Kadar, fost campion cu Dinamo: "Antrenorul era uluit de cât de rapid sărea Marius Lăcătuș coarda". Care era secretul "Fiarei"" [Q&A with Zoltan Kadar, former champion with Dinamo: "The coach was amazed by how fast Marius Lăcătuș jumped the rope". What was the secret of "The Beast"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 16 May 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ^ "Din Elveția, fostul fotbalist al lui Dinamo analizează fotbalul românesc: "Când te duci la Becali știi ce pățești!" + care crede că e singura șansă ca România să revină în top" [From Switzerland, the former football player of Dinamo analyzes Romanian football: "When you go to work with Becali, you know what you're getting into!" + who believes that it is the only chance for Romania to return to the top] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 20 November 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ^ a b Zoltán Kádár at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Zoltán Kádár at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Universitatea Cluj 1995–96 season" (in Romanian). 4everucluj.ro.
- ^ a b "Zoltán Kádár". European Football. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ "Spain 0-2 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ a b c "ZOLTAN KADAR LEAVES GRASSHOPPER CLUB ZÜRICH". gcz.ch. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
- ^ "Zoltan Kadar stand von 2017 – 2019 beim FC Zürich unter Vertrag" [Zoltan Kadar was under contract at FC Zürich from 2017 to 2019] (in German). fcz.ch. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
- ^ "Assistenztrainer Zoltan Kadar verlässt den FC Zürich" [Assistant coach Zoltan Kadar leaves FC Zürich] (in German). fcz.ch. 10 April 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
- ^ "KADAR RETURNS TO GC". gcz.ch. 10 April 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
- ^ "NEUE POSITIONEN BEI GC". gcz.ch. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.