Dániel Tőzsér (; born 12 May 1985) is a Hungarian professional

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official and a former

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. He works as a sporting director for

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. He also played for the Hungary national team. A left-footed player, he played on the central, defensive or the left side of midfield.

Club career

Dániel Tőzsér graduated through the youth ranks at

. He managed 1 first team appearance for

. Tőzsér transferred to Turkey with Galatasaray youth team in 2003, aged 17, but didn't manage to make any appearances for the first team. After one year with the club, Tőzsér moved to Hungarian club

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Ferencváros

Tőzsér signed a professional contract with Ferencváros in what turned out to be a successful two years at the club. Club manager, Bobby Davison, called Tőzsér ''the Hungarian

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''. In total Tőzsér made 54 apps and scored 3 goals over 2 years with the club, before moving to

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in 2006.

AEK Athens

With AEK Athens, Tőzsér managed 35 appearances and 3 goals. AEK manager Llorenç Serra Ferrer said he had talent and a great future ahead of him. Tőzsér wore the number 88. He scored his first goal against

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with a stunning strike. Tőzsér also played an important role in AEK's

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run and was voted man of the match against

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. Following the match and evidently impressed, Anderlecht attempted to sign Tőzsér, however AEK declined the offers. He also gave the assist for the goal of Nikos Liberopoulos against Hearts. After 2 years at the club, he departed to Belgian team Racing Genk.

Genk

On 5 June 2008, Genk announced the signing of Tőzsér on a four-year deal. According to several

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newspapers the Belgian club paid around €1.500,000. In Genk, Dániel would play alongside fellow Hungarian, Balázs Tóth. He stated that he hoped by doing well at Genk he would regain his place in the Hungary national team. He also stated that he wanted to win the Belgian title with Genk. On 16 August, he captained his side against Porto in a 4–2 defeat. On 21 July 2011, Tőzsér won the Belgian Supercup beating

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. Tőzsér scored the only goal of the match. On 23 August 2011, Tőzsér and his Hungarian teammate László Köteles played an important role in qualifying for the group stages of the UEFA Champions League 2011–12 season. Genk beat Maccabi Haifa 4-1 on penalties. On 13 September 2011, Tőzsér debuted in the

against

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. The result was a goalless draw.

Genoa

In February 2012, it was announced that Tözsér would be leaving Genk at the end of the season, with a four-year contract having been agreed with Italian side

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. Tözsér struggled for consistency in his first season, making only 22 appearances for the

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club. Having fallen out of favour with head coach Gian Piero Gasperini the following season, Tözsér joined long-term admirers

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on loan.

Watford (loan)

On 29 January 2014, Tőzsér joined Watford on loan for the remainder of the 2013–14 season, with a view to signing a permanent deal. Tőzsér made his Watford debut in a 2–0 win over

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on 2 February 2014, playing the full 90 minutes.

Parma

After two years at Genoa, and a loan spell in 2014 with Watford, Tőzsér signed for fellow

side

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on 5 July 2014 signing a two-year contract.

Return to Watford (loan)

Following his move to Parma in early July as part of the deal that Aleandro Rosi moved to Genoa., Tőzsér returned to Watford on 7 July 2014 signing a two-year loan deal with the option of a third. He scored his first goal for Watford in a 4–1 win against

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on 23 August 2014. On 1 November 2014, Tőzsér scored a superb free-kick in the 45th minute against Millwall in a 3–1 victory in the

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season. Tőzsér was cited as the Watford's unsung hero of the

by the journalist of ''Here Is The City''. Despite playing a crucial role in Watford's promotion to the Premier League, Tőzsér announced he would be leaving the club early, just one year into a two-year loan from Parma.

Queens Park Rangers

On 28 August 2015, Tőzsér completed a move to QPR on a two-year deal. The first of two of Watford's promotion winning side to sign for QPR during the summer transfer window. He scored his first goal for QPR in a 1–1 draw with

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on 23 February 2016.

Career statistics

International career

Tőzsér made his international debut on 14 December 2005 against

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. Tőzsér scored his first international goal against

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during a Euro 2008 Qualifier, putting

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two goals in front with a stunning free kick.

International goals

''Scores and results list Hungary's goal tally first.''

Personal life

Tőzsér married on 21 June 2008 to Zsanett Lénárt. On 3 September 2011, Tőzsér appeared on the breakfast football show

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Honours

Belgian Cup The Belgian Cup (; ; ) is the main knockout football competition in Belgium, run by the Royal Belgian FA. The competition started in 1908 with provincial selections as the "Belgian Provinces Cup". Starting from 1912 only actual clubs were allowed ...

: 2008–09 *

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: 2010–11 *

Belgian Super Cup The Belgian Super Cup ( ; ; ), ''Pro League Supercup'', is a Belgian club competition played as a single match between the Belgian Pro League champions (also received the Super Cup host) and the Belgian Cup winners. If both teams are the same, ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

References

External links

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Dániel Tőzsér fan site (In English)
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