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

Balázs Borbély (born 2 October 1979) is a former professional footballer and current head coach of Győr. His former clubs were TJ Družstevník Vrakúň, FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín and AEL Limassol. At international level, he represented Slovakia.

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.[6]

International career

Borbély made 15 appearances for the Slovakia national team,[7] including playing in the UEFA Euro 2008 qualification rounds.[8]

Coaching career

In the 2016–17 season Borbély coached the B-team of Dunajská Streda. He was announced as the new head coach of FC Petržalka ahead of the 2017–18 season, for which the club played in the 3. Liga.[9] In April 2024 Borbély was appointed head coach of Hungarian Nemzeti Bajnokság II side Győr, five matches before the end of the 2023–24 season.[10]

Honours

Player

Artmedia Petržalka

Manager

MFK Petržalka

References

  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.
  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). Archived from the original on 17 January 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Borbély: Teším sa na Petržalku" (in Slovak). Pravda.sk. 3 May 2007. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  5. ^ "Politica de transferuri la Poli Timișoara" (in Romanian). Netsport.ro. 7 January 2008. Archived from the original on 9 January 2008.
  6. ^ "Hleb lässt seine Qualität aufblitzen". Kicker (in German). 18 August 2009. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
  7. ^ Mamrud, Roberto (11 December 2009). "Slovakia – Record International Players". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 8 February 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  8. ^ "Slowakei mit Vittek und Borbely" (in German). Kicker. 28 May 2007. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  9. ^ "Ako hráč zbieral úspechy s Artmediou, teraz povedie FC Petržalka Akadémia" (in Slovak). sme.sk. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
  10. ^ Bőd, Titanilla (24 April 2024). "Asistent DAC sa stal trénerom tradičného maďarského klubu. Cieľom je postup do ligy" (in Slovak). sme.sk. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
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