György Bognár

György Bognár (born 5 November 1961) is a retired Hungarian football player and current manager of Paksi FC.[1]

György Bognár
Personal information
Date of birth (1961-11-05) 5 November 1961
Place of birth Baja, Hungary
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 3+12 in)
Position(s) Centre midfielder
Youth career
1974–1979 Bajai SK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1988 MTK Hungária FC 141 (16)
1988–1991 Sporting Toulon 61 (8)
1991 R. Standard de Liège 18 (0)
1992–1996 BVSC Budapest 110 (38)
Total 330 (62)
National team
1985–1994 Hungary 50 (8)
Teams managed
1997–1998 BVSC Budapest
1998–2001 MTK Hungária FC (youth team)
2001–2002 MTK Hungária FC
2002 FC Sopron
2008 Felcsút FC
2020– Paksi FC
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

International career

He made his debut for the Hungarian national team in 1985, and got 50 caps and 8 goals until 1994.[2] He was a participant at the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, where Hungary failed to progress from the group stage.

Playing career

He had two successful periods. The first was with MTK Budapest FC and his second period was with Budapesti VSC.

Managerial career

In 2020 he was appointed as the manager of Paksi FC. Interestingly, he was managing his son, István Bognár and his elder son works as the assistant coach.

Personal life

He is the father of István Bognár.

References

  1. "György Bognár". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 2 September 2006.
  2. Mamrud, Roberto. "Hungary - Record International Players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2 September 2006.


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