András Horváth (born 6 August 1980) is a former Hungarian professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a

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Career

Born in

Szombathely Szombathely (; german: Steinamanger, ; see also other alternative names) is the 10th largest city in Hungary. It is the administrative centre of Vas county in the west of the country, located near the border with Austria. Szombathely lies by t ...

, Horváth started his career in 1995 with local side Szombathelyi Haladás VSE, before joining

FC Sopron FC Sopron was a Hungarian football club from the town of Sopron, near the Austrian border. It was founded in 1921 as ''Soproni Postás''. The club's home stadium is Stadion Városi with a capacity of 5,300. With the beginning of the season 2007 ...

in 2002. In 2006, he marked his debut with the Hungarian national team, and scored his first international goal in a friendly match against

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on 16 August 2007. In August 2007 he was signed by Italian third-tier side

Gallipoli The Gallipoli peninsula (; tr, Gelibolu Yarımadası; grc, Χερσόνησος της Καλλίπολης, ) is located in the southern part of East Thrace, the European part of Turkey, with the Aegean Sea to the west and the Dardanelles ...

on advice by

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, who coached him during his stay at FC Sopron. Eventually, he played for

Zalaegerszeg Zalaegerszeg (; hr, Jegersek; sl, Jageršek; german: Egersee) is the administrative center of Zala County, Zala county in western Hungary. Location Zalaegerszeg lies on the banks of the Zala River, close to the Slovenian and Austrian borders and ...

, Haladás and

Soproni VSE Soproni VSE is a Hungarian football club in Sopron. The club's colours are purple and white. They won the Nemzeti Bajnokság II two times in 1945 and 1946, but they have never played in the first league. In 2011, the club won the championship in ...

in Hungary.

Honours

FC Sopron *

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: 2005

International goals

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* 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Szombathely Hungarian footballers Association football midfielders Hungary international footballers Szombathelyi Haladás footballers FC Sopron players A.S.D. Gallipoli Football 1909 players Zalaegerszegi TE players Soproni VSE players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Hungarian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Italy Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Italy {{Hungary-footy-midfielder-stub