Palkó Dárdai

Pál "Palkó" Dárdai (born 24 April 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Fehérvár.[1] He is the oldest son of Hungarian manager and former footballer, Pál Dárdai.

For other people with the same name, see Pál Dárdai (disambiguation).
The native form of this personal name is Dárdai Palkó. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Palkó Dárdai
Personal information
Full name Pál Dárdai
Date of birth (1999-04-24) 24 April 1999
Place of birth Berlin, Germany
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Fehérvár
Number 23
Youth career
2006–2009 Seeburger SV
2009–2011 1. FC Wilmersdorf
2011–2021 Hertha BSC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2021 Hertha BSC II 50 (14)
2017–2021 Hertha BSC 9 (0)
2021– Fehérvár 31 (5)
National team‡
2017 Germany U18 2 (0)
2017–2018 Germany U19 2 (0)
2018–2019 Germany U20 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 May 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11:20, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Youth

Dárdai began his youth career at Seeburger SV in 2006, before moving to 1. FC Wilmersdorf in 2009. In 2011, Dárdai moved to the youth academy of Hertha BSC, following his father's retirement from football after 14 years with Hertha.[2]

Hertha BSC

Dárdai made his debut for Hertha BSC II on 18 March 2017, starting in an away match against Carl Zeiss Jena in the Regionalliga Nordost. Dárdai scored to put Hertha 2–1 ahead, before being substituted out with the match finishing as a 2–2 draw.[3]

On 2 November 2017, Dárdai made his professional debut for Hertha BSC under his father in the UEFA Europa League, coming on as a substitute in the 79th minute for Alexander Esswein in the 2–0 home win against Ukrainian club Zorya Luhansk.[4]

Fehérvár FC

On 5 January 2021, Dárdai signed with Fehérvár FC of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I.[5]

Personal life

Palkó is the oldest son of Hungarian manager and former footballer Pál Dárdai, and the brother of Hertha BSC footballer Márton Dárdai.[6] Palkó's grandfather was also a footballer and manager, and also named Pál Dárdai.

Career statistics
As of 19 December 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinental1TotalRef.
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hertha BSC II2016–17Regionalliga Nordost31——31[7]
2017–1861——61[8]
2018–19133——133
2019–20217——217
2020–2172——72
Total501400005014—
Hertha BSC2017–18Bundesliga20002040[8]
2018–1970100080[8]
Total901020120—
Fehérvár2020–21Nemzeti Bajnokság I1422000162
Nemzeti Bajnokság I1732220215
Total3154220377—
Career total901952409921—
  • 1.^ Includes UEFA Europa League.

References
  1. "Palkó Dárdai". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  2. "Palkó Dárdai". herthabsc.de. Hertha BSC GmbH & Co. KGaA. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  3. "FC Carl Zeiss Jena - Hertha BSC II 2:2 (Regionalliga Nordost 2016/2017, 25. Round)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 2 November 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  4. "UEFA Europa League – Hertha-Zorya". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 November 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  5. "PALKO DÁRDAI LEAVES HERTHA BSC". Hertha BSC. 5 January 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  6. "Hertha Berlin's Pal and Palko the Bundesliga's latest father and son duo". Bundesliga. Deutsche Fußball Liga. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  7. "Palko Dardai". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  8. "Palko Dárdai » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 7 December 2017.


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