György Bognár
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 5 November 1961 | ||
Place of birth | Baja, Hungary | ||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Paks (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
1974–1979 | Bajai SK | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1979–1988 | MTK Budapest | 141 | (16) |
1988–1991 | Toulon | 61 | (8) |
1991 | Standard Liège | 18 | (0) |
1992–1996 | BVSC | 110 | (38) |
Total | 330 | (62) | |
International career | |||
1985–1994 | Hungary | 50 | (8) |
Managerial career | |||
1997–1998 | BVSC | ||
1998–2001 | MTK Budapest (youth) | ||
2001–2002 | MTK Budapest | ||
2002 | Sopron | ||
2004 | Rákospalota | ||
2004 | Budapest Honvéd | ||
2008 | Felcsút | ||
2008–2009 | Puskás Akadémia (U-19) | ||
2009 | III. Kerület | ||
2010–2012 | Baja | ||
2012–2014 | Csákvár | ||
2014–2016 | Csákvár (director of football) | ||
2016 | Puskás Akadémia (director of football) | ||
2016 | Budaörs (director of football) | ||
2017 | Budaörs | ||
2017–2020 | Budaörs (director of football) | ||
2020–2022 | Paks | ||
2022 | MTK Budapest | ||
2023– | Paks | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
György Bognár (born 5 November 1961) is a Hungarian professional football manager and former player, who is currently the manager of Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Paks.[1]
Club career
[edit]He had two successful periods. The first was with MTK Budapest FC and his second period was with Budapesti VSC.
International career
[edit]He made his debut for the Hungary 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.
Managerial career
[edit]Paks
[edit]In 2020 he was appointed as the manager of Paks. He was managing his son, István Bognár and his elder son works as the assistant coach.
MTK Budapest
[edit]On 16 May 2022, he was appointed as the sports director of MTK Budapest FC.[3] On 23 October 2022, he was sacked.[4]
Paks
[edit]On 14 February 2023, Bognár returned to Paks.[5]
On 10 April 2024, he renewed his contract with Paks.[6]
On 15 May 2024, he won the 2024 Magyar Kupa Final with Paks by beating Ferencváros 2–0 at the Puskás Aréna.[7][8] In an interview, published in Nemzeti Sport, he said that the main aim of Paks would be to avoid relegation even if the club were really successful in the 2023-24 season.[9]
In the 2023–24 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season Paks were competing with Ferencváros for the title, however, in the last couple of matches Paks could not keep up with the financially more stable Budapest-based club and, finally, Paks finished second.[10]
Personal life
[edit]He is the father of István Bognár. In 2021 he and his son were transported to hospital due to COVID-19.[11]
Controversies
[edit]Duting his spell in Sopron, he was reported to take out 10 million Hungarian Forints from the club's account and he spent the amount in casionos, hence his nickname ' kaszinós Gyuri' (in English: Casino Gyuri).[12] However, no legal case was taken and his visits to local gambling services remains an urban legend.
In 2019, he said, as the manager of Budaörsi SC, that "it is a mistake to downgrade a second division match centrally" (in Hungarian: „egy felnőtt férfi NB II-es mérkőzést hiba központilag lebutítani”). He made a clear reference to the gender of the referee, Katalin Kulcsár.[13]
During the UEFA Euro 2020, he was an expert on television. However, his insensitive comment caused outrage among tv spectators when Danish Christian Eriksen collapsed in a match against Finland.[14] Shortly after the incident, he was banned from tv broadcasts. A couple of days later, he apologized for his comments.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ "György Bognár". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 2 September 2006.
- ^ Mamrud, Roberto. "Hungary - Record International Players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2 September 2006.
- ^ László, Szily (16 May 2022). "Bognár György lett az MTK szakmai igazgatója". 444 (in Hungarian). Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ^ "ELFOGYOTT A TÜRELEM AZ MTK-NÁL, MENESZTETTÉK BOGNÁR GYÖRGYÖT". www.eurosport.hu. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ^ "Bognár György az új vezetőedző!" [György Bognár is the new head coach!] (in Hungarian). Paks. 14 February 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ "Bognár György meghosszabbította szerződését Pakson". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). 10 April 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ^ FC, PAKSI (15 May 2024). "KUPAGYŐZTESEK LETTÜNK!". paksifc.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "Defeat in the MOL Hungarian Cup final". www.fradi.hu. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ Sári, Roland (15 May 2024). ""FŐ CÉLUNK A KÖVETKEZŐ IDÉNYBEN IS A BENNMARADÁS LESZ..." – BOGNÁR GYÖRGY AZ MK-GYŐZELEM UTÁN".
- ^ "A Paks két tizenegyest is kihagyott, mégis nyert a Kisvárda ellen, és ezüstérmes!". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). 18 May 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ^ A, Z. (29 March 2021). "NB I: koronavírus-fertőzés miatt kórházban kezelik Bognár Györgyöt". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ^ út 129, Üllői (17 December 2020). "Ezért "Kaszinós Gyuri" Bognár beceneve". Üllői út 129. (in Hungarian). Retrieved 19 May 2024.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Szexista primitívséget nyilatkozott az edző, beidézte a fegyelmi bizottság" (in Hungarian). 20 September 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ^ Zoltán, Haszán (18 June 2021). "Bognár György már nem fog több meccset elemezni az Európa-bajnokságon a köztévében". 444 (in Hungarian). Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ^ Á, H. (13 June 2021). "Eb 2020: Szeretnék elnézést kérni mindenkitől – Bognár György". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- 1961 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Baja, Hungary
- Footballers from Bács-Kiskun County
- Hungarian men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Hungary men's international footballers
- 1986 FIFA World Cup players
- MTK Budapest FC players
- Hungarian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- SC Toulon players
- Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in France
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Standard Liège players
- Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Budapesti VSC footballers
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Ligue 1 players
- Hungarian football managers
- Budapesti VSC managers
- MTK Budapest FC managers
- FC Sopron managers
- Felcsút SE managers
- Paksi FC managers
- Budaörsi SC managers
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I managers
- 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen
- Hungarian football midfielder stubs