Ádám Nagy (born 17 June 1995) is a Hungarian professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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and the Hungary national team. He began his career at

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, making his professional debut for the reserves in August 2013 and for the first team in May 2015. Nagy won eight caps and scored one goal for Hungary at youth level. He made his full international debut against

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on 7 September 2015 coming on as a substitute, and was chosen for

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Career

Early years

Nagy was born in

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, Hungary. After starting his career at Goldball '94 FC, he played for Tabáni Spartacus SKE and Szent István SE. In 2008, he had a brief spell at the

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club Aramis Sport Egyesület. At the age of 16, he went to

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to join the football academy created by English football development academy VisionPro Sports Institute. In January 2012, the academy moved to Portugal forming the VSI Rio Maior Football Club, and established themselves in the lower levels of the

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Juniors Championship. The project was led by former

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players such as

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and

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. The academy was coached by English coach Paul Simpson and the team was composed of young players, between the ages of 16 and 19, from Portugal, Hungary, Angola, Wales, England, Congo and Spain. The project ended in March 2013, due to mis-management of funds by the VSI Chairman and directors.

Ferencváros

On 13 August 2013, Nagy signed with Ferencváros. He made his professional debut in the 2013–14 campaign, with the II-team in the third division. He made his first appearance in the competition on 24 August 2013, playing in the 0–2 home loss against Felsőtárkány. On 30 August 2015 he scored his first goal in their 7–0 win at Ebes. On 12 May 2015, Nagy made his debut for made his official debut for

, playing in a 3–0 home win against Honvéd for the season's League Cup. Four days later, he played his first match in the Nemzeti Bajnokság against

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. The match ended with a 1–0 victory for the Budapest team. Nagy entered the pitch in the 46th minute as a substitute for Ugrai. On 20 May 2015, Nagy helped his team win the 2015 Magyar Kupa Final by playing 70 minutes in the final. On 2 April 2016, Nagy became Hungarian League champion with Ferencváros after losing to

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2–1 at the

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in the

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season. On 10 June 2016, Nagy was listed among the top 10 young talents at the

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. The list was created by

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and includes football players such as

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, and

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. During the European Championship, Nagy attracted attention from clubs such as Benfica,

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and

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Bologna

On 14 July 2016, Nagy joined Italian side

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after an impressive performance with the national team at the

. In December 2016 he was voted Bologna's Player of the Month for December. In a friendly before the

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season, Nagy scored the 8th goal for Bologna. In April of the

season, he was voted as the third best player, preceded by

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and

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in the team by the voters of the official website of Bologna FC. However, the 2017-18 season was not as successful as the previous season for Nagy since he made only 12 appearances throughout the season. On 15 April 2018, he scored his first Serie A goal for Bologna against

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in 94th minute at the

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. In the

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season Nagy made only 14 appearances among which 10 times he was in the starting line-up during the coaching of

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and

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, and during the summer of 2019 he repeatedly iterated that he would like to leave Bologna.

Bristol City

On 8 August 2019, Nagy joined English

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side

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on a three-year deal with the option for a fourth year. On 10 August 2019, he debuted in the

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against

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at St Andrew's and scored his first goal against QPR in the next game.

Pisa

On 27 August 2021, Nagy signed a four-year contract with

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club

...

International career

Nagy was part of the Hungary U-20 team at the

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, playing in four games (three starts) in an eventual Round of 16 exit. On 7 September 2015, Nagy played his first match in the Hungary national team in a 1–1 draw against

in a

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match at

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. He entered the pitch in the 23rd minute as a substitute for

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. Nagy was selected for Hungary's

squad. On 14 June 2016, Nagy played in the first group match in a 2–0 victory over

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at the

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match at

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. Three days later on 18 June 2016 he played in a 1–1 draw against

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at the

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. On 18 November 2018, he scored his first goal for the national team against

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at the

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, Budapest, in a

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match. On 1 June 2021, Nagy was included in the final 26-man squad to represent Hungary at the rescheduled

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tournament.

Career statistics

Club

International

. :''Scores and results list Hungary's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nagy goal.''

Honours

Ferencváros *

Nemzeti Bajnokság I The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, "National Championship"), also known as NB I, is the top level of the Hungarian football league system. The league is officially named OTP Bank Liga after its title sponsor OTP Bank. UEFA currently ranks the league 28th ...

: 2015–16 *

Hungarian Cup The Hungarian Cup ( hu, Magyar Kupa) is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association, the ''Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség,'' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of the Hungarian ...

: 2014–15, 2015–16 *

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: 2014–15 *

Szuperkupa The Hungarian Super Cup is an annual association football match between the League (Nemzeti Bajnokság I) champions and the Cup (Magyar Kupa) winners. Winners (*) due to violent incidents during the recent 1997–98 Magyar Kupa Final between ...

: 2015 Individual *

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Team of the Season: 2015–16

References

External links

Ferencváros profile

HLSZ statistics

MLS database
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