Tamás Kádár (born 14 March 1990) is a Hungarian professional

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who plays for

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club

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. He is a defender and is equally capable at centre-back or left-back. He made his debut for

Zalaegerszegi TE Zalaegerszegi Torna Egylet Football Club (), commonly known as Zalaegerszegi TE, Zalaegerszeg or ZTE, is a football club from the city of Zalaegerszeg in Hungary. Zalaegerszeg has won one Hungarian League title in 2002. History ZTE traces it ...

at the age of 16 and has since gone on to win Hungary U-21 honours.

Club career

Zalaegerszeg

Kádár made his debut for

in 2006. He was offered trials by

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clubs Bolton Wanderers and Newcastle United in December 2007. He made 14 league appearances, four domestic cup appearances and two

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appearances for Zalaegerszegi TE.

Newcastle United

Kádár's transfer was allowed due to Hungary being within the

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. Normally a player must be 18 years old at minimum, but within the European Union players could be transferred at the age of 16. Local news reports in

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stated that Kádár had attended a reserve match at Newcastle on 8 January 2008, and would sign for the club in the coming days. Kádár became the 3rd youngster to sign for Newcastle in the January transfer window following the signings of Ben Tozer and Wesley Ngo Baheng. After some hold-ups as a result of

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's sacking, the deal was confirmed on 18 January, the same day that Kevin Keegan was unveiled to the press for his second stint as manager. During the 2008–09 season, Kádár was mostly plying his trade in the reserves but appeared on the bench as an unused substitute for Newcastle's home league match with

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and the FA Cup 3rd round game with

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. On 21 January 2009, he suffered a broken leg in a reserve match against Sunderland, ruling him out for six months. On 11 July 2009, he returned to action for Newcastle United, helping in their victory 3–0 over Shamrock Rovers. This was Newcastle's first pre-season match of the 2009–10 season. He made his full first team debut in the 4–3 victory over

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in the

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in August, before making his league debut on 31 August as part of a 1–0 home win against

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. Although behind Steven Taylor and

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in the pecking order, he has turned in some strong performances whenever new manager

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played him, especially when Taylor and Coloccini were out injured during various times of the season. In the 2010–2011 season, he was given a chance in the opening rounds of the

playing in central defence for their round two clash with minnows

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. Newcastle won 3-2 thanks to goals from Peter Lovenkrands,

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and Ryan Taylor. In the 2011–12 season of the

Kádár became close to the first squad after the injuries of Fabricio Coloccini and Steven Taylor. He was released by Newcastle United on 1 June 2012.

Huddersfield Town (loan)

On 10 January 2011, Kádár signed on loan at Football League One side

, managed by Lee Clark, who was a coach at Newcastle, when he originally signed for the Magpies. He made his debut in the 3–2 win over Plymouth Argyle at the

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, the following day. Following an injury picked up in the game at

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, he returned to Newcastle.

Roda JC Kerkrade

After a successful trial period, Kádár was officially signed by Dutch

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club

Roda JC Kerkrade Sportvereniging Roda Juliana Combinatie Kerkrade (; Ripuarian: ), also known as Roda JC Kerkrade () or commonly Roda JC or Roda, is a Dutch professional football club based in Kerkrade, Netherlands. Roda JC Kerkrade plays in the Eerste Divisie. ...

on 7 August 2012. Although in the

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season of the Eredivisie Kádár played 11 matches, he wanted to get more possibilities to play, therefore Roda loaned him to the Hungarian club Diósgyőr for the rest of the 2012–13 season.

Diósgyőr

On 3 June 2013, Kádár was signed by

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club

Diósgyőri VTK Diósgyőr-Vasgyári Testgyakorlók Köre, more commonly Diósgyőri VTK () is a Hungarian sports club from Diósgyőr district of Miskolc best known for its football team. Founded in 1910 by the local working class youth, the team plays in the ...

after playing 13 matches and scoring 1 goal in the

season of the Hungarian League on loan from Roda JC Kerkade.

Lech Poznań

On 29 January 2015, Kádár was signed by

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club Lech Poznań. He signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with the

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club. In the

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season Kádár made 29, and 4 2015–16 Polish Cup appearances.

Dynamo Kyiv

On 10 February 2017, Kádár signed a four-year contract with the Ukrainian champions

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Újpest

On 10 February 2022, Kádár returned to Hungary and signed with

International career

On 12 May 2008, Kádár received his first call up to the Hungary senior squad, though he did not make an appearance. He was recalled to the U21 side for several 2011 European Championship qualifiers. On 17 November 2010 Kádár played his first match for the national team against Lithuania at the

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in Székesfehérvár, Hungary. The final result was 2-0 to Hungary. He also played in the match that resulted in the 5–0 victory over

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at the

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in Hungary. Kádár gained a reputation of a defender who, while moving up on the left side from defense, could successfully spot and assist a quick attack: on 16 October 2012 against

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he gave an assist to Szalai which resulted in the second Hungarian goal, he provided an assist to

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against the Faroe Islands, and to Tamás Priskin against Norway. Kádár was selected for Hungary's

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squad. On 14 June 2016, Kádár played in the first group match in a 2–0 victory over

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at the

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match at Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux,

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, France. Three days later, on 18 June 2016, he played in a 1–1 draw against

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at the Stade Vélodrome,

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Image

Upon his arrival to the

club Lech Poznań, he was nicknamed Bad boy by the fans of the club for resembling Jesse Pinkman from the

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TV series Breaking Bad. He is known for his multitude of

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s, which he started collecting as a hobby after his club banned him from riding a motorcycle.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Hungary's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kádár goal''.

Honours

Newcastle United * Football League Championship: 2009–10 Diósgyőr *

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: 2013–14 Lech Poznań *

: 2014-15 *

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: 2015,

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References

External links

Tamás Kádár
profile at magyarfutball.hu

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