Boldizsár Bodor (; born 27 April 1982 in Pécs) is a Hungarian

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player, who is currently playing for K.F.C. Antonia. His former clubs include

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, Beerschot AC and

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. From 2000 to 2004, he played for

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, the predecessor of Beerschot AC. He is a solid, versatile player with a good attitude and can play as a

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, left winger or in a defensive midfield role; his main traits are his excellent one-touch passes, accurate cross-field balls and bursts forward when the team are attacking. Bodor is also a freekick specialist and is renowned for a powerful left foot.

Career

After starting his career at Hungarian club Pécsi Mecsek FC in 1999 but left in 2000. Bodor then earned a move to Belgium club

in 2001 where he was initially mainly used a substitute, but managed to become a first team regular up until he left the club after the 2003–04 season. He then moved to the Dutch

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in 2004 when he joined

. In 2004, he played for Roda JC in Europe in the Intertoto Cup competition. In 2008 Bodor scored a vital goal for

which was enough to keep them in the

during a relegation playoff after

had finished the season third from bottom. He remained a regular at Roda JC playing either as a left back or as a left winger for the club. He stayed at Roda until his contract expired in the summer of 2011 with his final match for Roda coming on 22 May against

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. During the 2010–11 season Bodor played 28

games for Roda scoring 2 goals. On 23 July 2011, he played for Leeds United against Sheffield Wednesday in a pre-season friendly where he came on for the injured Ben Parker. Bodor continued his trial with Leeds and was supposed to attend the club's trip to Norway after impressing Leeds manager Simon Grayson, however the manager decided it would be better for Bodor to play in the local Leeds XI friendly against

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. Bodor also played for Leeds in their 3–2 win against

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at Elland Road, coming on as a second-half substitute. After the match manager Grayson said he would make a decision whether to sign Bodor and fellow trialist Alex Mendy in the next two days after saying he felt both trialists had done ok in their spells. Bodor was released from his trial spell on 4 August after failing to land a contract at Leeds. On 31 August 2011, he signed a one-year contract with a newly promoted

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side

. In 2012, he returned to his former club Beerschot AC, signing a one-year contract. After the bankruptcy of Beerschot, Bodor became a free agent. He signed with Dutch side

in July 2013.

International career

After playing for the Hungarian national side through various age groups, In November 2003 Bodor made his debut for the full

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National side in a 1–0 loss against

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. He has since managed to gain 24 caps for the national side.

Honours

Roda JC *

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: Runner-up 2008

International statistics

''(Statistics correct )''

References

External links

Voetbal International profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bodor, Boldizsar 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Pécs Hungarian footballers Association football defenders Hungary international footballers Hungary youth international footballers Pécsi MFC players Beerschot A.C. players Roda JC Kerkrade players OFI Crete F.C. players Belgian Pro League players Eredivisie players Super League Greece players Hungarian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Belgium Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in Greece Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Greece