Pál "Palkó" Dárdai (born 24 April 1999) is a 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 plays as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for

Nemzeti Bajnokság I The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, "National Championship"), also known as NB I, is the top level of the Hungarian football league system. The league is officially named OTP Bank Liga after its title sponsor OTP Bank. UEFA currently ranks the league 28th ...

club Fehérvár. Born in Germany, he plays for the Hungary national team.

Club career

Youth

Dárdai began his youth career at Seeburger SV in 2006, before moving to 1. FC Wilmersdorf in 2009. In 2011, Dárdai moved to the youth academy of

Hertha BSC Hertha, Berliner Sport-Club e. V., commonly known as Hertha BSC (), and sometimes referred to as Hertha Berlin, Hertha BSC Berlin, or simply Hertha, is a German professional football club based in the locality of Westend of the borough of Charl ...

, following his father's retirement from football after 14 years with Hertha.

Hertha BSC

Dárdai made his debut for

Hertha BSC II Hertha BSC II is the reserve team of Hertha BSC that is based in Berlin, Germany. Historically, during the time the senior team played in professional football the team has played as Hertha BSC Amateure. Since 2005 it permanently plays under its ...

on 18 March 2017, starting in an away match against Carl Zeiss Jena in the

Regionalliga Nordost The Regionalliga Nordost is the fourth tier of German football in the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Thuringia. These comprise the states of former East Germany as well as West Berlin. It i ...

. Dárdai scored to put Hertha 2–1 ahead, before being substituted out with the match finishing as a 2–2 draw. On 2 November 2017, Dárdai made his professional debut for

under his father in the

UEFA Europa League The UEFA Europa League (abbreviated as UEL, or sometimes, UEFA EL), formerly the UEFA Cup, is an annual football club competition organised since 1971 by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. It ...

, coming on as a substitute in the 79th minute for Alexander Esswein in the 2–0 home win against Ukrainian club

Zorya Luhansk FC Zorya Luhansk ( uk, ФК «Зоря» Луганськ ) is a Ukrainian football team. Zorya Luhansk is based in the city of Luhansk, Ukraine. However, because of the Russo-Ukrainian War, the team play their games at Slavutych-Arena in Zapori ...

Fehérvár FC

On 5 January 2021, Dárdai signed with

Fehérvár FC Fehérvár Football Club (commonly known as ''Fehérvár'', ''Vidi'', or ''MOL Fehérvár Football Club'' for sponsorship reasons), is a Hungarian professional football club based in Székesfehérvár, which plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the ...

of the

International career

Dárdai was a youth international for Germany, but when he transferred to Fehérvár he declared that from then on he wants to represent Hungary. He was included in the Hungarian squad for the 2021 European U-21 championship but was cut due to an injury. On 13 November 2022 Dárdai was called up to the Hungarian national team for the friendly games against Luxembourg and Greece and gained his first cap on the latter game as a substitute in the 72nd minute.

Personal life

Palkó is the oldest son of Hungarian manager and former footballer

Pál Dárdai Pál Dárdai (born 16 March 1976) is a Hungarian retired footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder, and last coached Hertha BSC. In a 20-year professional career, he played for over a decade with the same club, Hertha BSC, in Ger ...

, and the brother of

footballer Márton Dárdai. Palkó's grandfather was also a footballer and manager, and also named

Career statistics

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dardai, Palko 1999 births Living people Footballers from Berlin People with acquired Hungarian citizenship Hungarian footballers Hungary international footballers German footballers Germany youth international footballers German people of Hungarian descent Association football midfielders Hertha BSC II players Hertha BSC players Fehérvár FC players Bundesliga players Regionalliga players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players