Daniel Usvat

Daniel Usvat
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-11-02) 2 November 1973 (age 52)
Place of birth Oradea, Romania
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1995 Bihor Oradea[a] 32 (5)
1995–1996 Farul Constanța 3 (0)
1996–1997 Haladás 27 (4)
1997–1999 BVSC 53 (5)
1999–2000 Cegléd 17 (0)
2000 Nagykanizsa 11 (2)
2000–2001 Videoton 27 (3)
2002–2004 Siófok[b] 49 (5)
2004 Lombard Pápa 3 (1)
2005 Putnok
2005–2008 Tiszalök
Total 222 (25)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 July 2012

Daniel Usvat (born 2 November 1973) is a Romanian former football player who played as a midfielder. He started his career at Bihor Oradea and Farul Constanța. Subsequently, Usvat moved to Hungary, where he spent the remainder of his career playing for teams such as Haladás, BVSC, Cegléd, Nagykanizsa, Videoton, Siófok, Lombard Pápa, Putnok and Tiszalök.[1][2][3]

Career

Usvat was born on 2 November 1973 in Oradea, Romania.[1][2][3] He began playing football in 1992 at local club Bihor in Divizia B.[1][2] After scoring five goals in 32 matches during the 1994–95 season, he was transferred to Farul Constanța.[1][2] There, Usvat made his Divizia A debut on 2 March 1996 when coach Florin Marin sent him in the 32nd minute to replace Dennis Șerban in a 2–1 away loss to Dinamo București.[4][5] He made a total of three appearances until the end of the season.[4]

In the summer of 1996, Usvat joined Hungarian side Haladás.[1][2] He made his Nemzeti Bajnokság I debut on 12 August under coach István Mihalecz in a 1–0 away win over Vác.[2][6] On 4 September, he scored his first goal in the competition in a 2–0 victory against BVSC.[1][2] Until the end of the season, he netted three more goals, including one in a 6–0 success over Ferencváros and others during losses to Újpest and Siófok.[1][2] Subsequently, Usvat went to play for BVSC, scoring a goal in his first match, a 2–1 win over Debrecen.[1][2] He also played in all four games during the 1997–98 Cup Winners' Cup campaign, as they advanced past Balzers in the qualifying round, being defeated by Real Betis in the next round.[2][7] At the end of the 1998–99 season, BVSC was relegated.[1][2] Usvat left the club and joined Nemzeti Bajnokság II side Cegléd.[1][2] In 2000, he returned to first league football, signing with Nagykanizsa.[1][2] He scored two goals for them in a 1–0 victory against Videoton and a 3–1 loss to Debrecen, but the team suffered a relegation.[1][2] Then he went to play for Videoton.[1][2] Usvat helped them reach the 2000–01 Magyar Kupa final, where he played the entire match under coach Péter Várhidi in the 5–2 loss to Debrecen.[1][2][8] In 2002, he joined second league side Siófok and helped them earn first-league promotion at the end of the season.[1] Afterwards, in August 2002, Usvat netted three goals in three consecutive victories against Békéscsaba, MATÁV Sopron and Dunaferr.[1][2] In the last round of the season, he scored the victory goal in the 2–1 win over Győr.[1][2][9] However, during the 2003–04 season, Usvat scored only once when he opened the score in a 4–0 away win over Ferencváros.[1][2][10] In 2004, Usvat joined Lombard Pápa where he scored on his debut in a 3–1 victory against Diósgyőr.[1][2] On 21 August 2004, he made his last Nemzeti Bajnokság I appearance during Lombard's 1–0 away loss to MTK Budapest, totaling 170 matches with 20 goals in the competition.[1][2]

From 2005 to 2008, Usvat played in the Hungarian lower leagues for Putnok and Tiszalök, retiring afterwards.[1]

Honours

Videoton

Siófok

Notes

  1. ^ The statistics for the 1992–93 and 1993–94 Divizia B seasons are unavailable.[1]
  2. ^ The statistics for the 2001–02 Nemzeti Bajnokság II season are unavailable.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "Daniel Usvat" (in Hungarian). Nb1-eslegiosok.hu. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "Daniel Usvat profile" (in Hungarian). Magyarfutball.hu. Archived from the original on 25 June 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  3. ^ a b "Daniel Usvat profile" (in Hungarian). Futbalmanach.hu. Archived from the original on 11 December 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  4. ^ a b "Daniel Usvat profile" (in Romanian). Labtof.ro. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  5. ^ "Daniel Usvat 1995/96" (in Romanian). Labtof.ro. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
    "Dinamo București vs Farul Constanța 2-1" (in Romanian). Labtof.ro. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  6. ^ "Vác FC-Samsung - Haladás VFC 0 : 1" (in Hungarian). Magyarfutball.hu. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  7. ^ "Daniel Usvat. Cup Winners Cup Qual. 1997/1998". WorldFootball. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
    "Daniel Usvat. Cup Winners Cup. 1997/1998". WorldFootball. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  8. ^ "Debreceni VSC - Videoton FCF 5 : 2" (in Hungarian). Magyarfutball.hu. Archived from the original on 9 April 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  9. ^ "Siófok FC - Győri ETO FC 2 : 1" (in Hungarian). Magyarfutball.hu. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  10. ^ "Ferencvárosi TC - Balaton FC 0 : 4" (in Hungarian). Magyarfutball.hu. Archived from the original on 5 March 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  • Daniel Usvat at WorldFootball.net
  • Futballévkönyv 1999 [Football Yearbook 1999], Volume I, Aréna 2000, Budapest: 2000, pp. 78–82. ISBN 963-85967-8-3
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Usvat