János József Székely (born 13 May 1983) is a

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n former

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who played as a

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Career

Born in Timișoara of Hungarian heritage, he started his football career with local club Politehnica Timișoara, where he played 8 matches in

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between 2000 and 2002. In 2003, he was bought by

Universitatea Cluj Fotbal Club Universitatea Cluj (), commonly known as Universitatea Cluj or simply as U Cluj, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I, the first ...

for which he played 90 matches and managing to score 22 goals. After his good performance in Liga II

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, coaching Oțelul Galați at that time, decided to transfer him. He debuted for Oțelul Galați in a cup match against Steaua. His first match in Liga I, in February 2007, was a victory against

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Steaua București

On 6 May 2008 he signed a five-year contract with Steaua București, with a reported transfer fee of around 1,500,000 euro and the midfielder would earn 200,000 euros for season. On 23 July 2009 he scored the first goal of the second leg against

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, victory which enabled Steaua's qualification in the next round. Szekely was released from Steaua in June 2011, and then signed a contract for two and a half years with

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, in the Russian Premier League.

Korona Kielce

On 22 August 2012

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announced that Szekely would become a player for the Polish Ekstraklasa club. He signed a one-year contract.

Honours

Oțelul Galați *

UEFA Intertoto Cup The UEFA Intertoto Cup (from la, Inter, 'between' + german: toto, 'betting pool'),Most precisely, from (football pool); cf. often abbreviated and more known in the German-speaking world as UI Cup and originally called the International Foot ...

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Steaua București *

Cupa României The Cupa României ( en, Romanian Cup) is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football clubs in Romania, Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34 Cupa României, 1933–34, except during World War II. I ...

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ASA Târgu Mureș *

Supercupa României The Supercupa României ( en, Romanian Supercup) is a Romanian football championship contested by the winners of the Liga I and the Cupa României. It is usually played at the Arena Națională in Bucharest. The competition started off in 1994, ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Szekely, Janos 1983 births Living people Footballers from Timișoara Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent Romanian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Liga I players ASC Oțelul Galați players FCSB players FC Brașov (1936) players ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș players Liga II players FC Politehnica Timișoara players FC Universitatea Cluj players FCSB II players Russian Premier League players FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod players Ekstraklasa players Korona Kielce players US 1913 Seregno Calcio players Calcio Lecco 1912 players Romanian expatriate men's footballers Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy