Attila Filkor (born 12 July 1988) is a Hungarian professional

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who plays as a

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for Budafok II.

Club career

Early career

Born in

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, Filkor started playing football with local side MTK, before joining Maltese club Pièta Hotspurs on 22 August 2006 on free transfer. Before he moved to Malta, Internazionale had contacted MTK for a possible transfer of Filkor in July 2006. As Pièta Hotspurs ranked category 3 in FIFA training compensation distribution scheme, Hotspurs supposed to pay MTK €70,000 (€30,000 times 2 seasons plus €10,000) and if Internazionale signed directly, it supposed to pay MTK €160,000 (average of category 1 and 2 times 2 seasons plus €10,000) as training compensation. MTK alleged that the transfer to Malta was the plan of Inter to save cost on training compensation regulated by FIFA.

Internazionale

On 25 August 2006, he was transferred to

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for €90,000 (and ITC arrived on 31 August), where he played in their

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. During the season, he made also his first-team debut in a

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game against

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, on 9 November 2006. However, failing to get much playing time, in January 2008 he was loaned out to

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side

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in order to gain some first team experience. During his six months at Grosseto, Filkor won a total of 14 first team appearances, but only four of them as a starter. For the 2008–09 season, Inter loaned Filkor out again, this time to

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, a newly promoted

team. He made a total of 15 league in one season and a half spent at the club, before leaving for

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, on another loan spell, for the remainder of the 2009–10 season. On 30 July 2009, the

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ordered Inter to pay MTK €144,000 for training compensation (€160,000 times 90% due to MTK fault).

Milan

In July 2010, he completed a move to crosstown rivals

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, along with fellow

players Cristian Daminuţă and Marco Fossati for a combined fee of €7 million. (Filkor was valued €1 million.) However, soon thereafter, he was loaned to

side

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for the season. In July 2011 he was loaned out again to

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, another Serie B club. The following season, he was sent on a third straight loan spell in Serie B, this time at

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. However, during the January transfer window he was called back and loaned to

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. For 2013–14 season he moved to France, joining

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side

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on loan. On 1 September 2014 he was signed by

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Return to Hungary

In summer 2015 Filkor was signed by

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. In summer 2016 he was signed by Gyirmót SE.

International career

Filkor was called up for the

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in 2007. He was on the bench against

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, in a match between the two sides on 15 November 2006. He made his international début on the pitch on 7 February 2007 in the last 5 minutes of a 2–0 win against

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in a friendly. He has also captained the Hungarian U-19 side.

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