Zsombor Kerekes (, born 13 September 1973) is a former Hungarian

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. Kerekes was a forward who was born in

Senta Senta ( sr-cyrl, Сента, ; Hungarian: ''Zenta'', ; Romanian: ''Zenta'') is a town and municipality located in the North Banat District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated on the bank of the Tisa river in the ge ...

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(back then still part of SFR Yugoslavia) and was a member of the Hungarian minority in Serbia. Despite being born in Senta, he grew up in the nearly town

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, from where was his family descents. Kerekes started playing as senior for

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clubs

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and

FK Spartak Subotica Fudbalski klub Spartak Ždrepčeva Krv () is a professional football club from Subotica, Serbia, that plays in the Serbian SuperLiga. The club was founded in 1945 and was named after Jovan Mikić Spartak, the leader of the Partisans in Subotic ...

. Next, he signed with

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in the 1999–2000 season. He also played for

Pécsi MFC Pécsi Mecsek Football Club, commonly referred to as Pécsi MFC or simply PMFC, is a professional Hungarian football club based in Pécs, Baranya, that currently competes in the Hungarian second division. The club was established on 16 February ...

before joining Willem II. He scored one of his most memorable goals against the France national team in 2005. Kerekes retired from professional football in December 2009.

National team

Kerekes made his debut on 30 November 2004, in

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against the Slovakian national team.

International matches

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* * 1973 births Living people People from Senta Hungarians in Vojvodina Hungarian footballers Association football forwards Hungarian expatriate footballers Hungary international footballers OFK Bečej 1918 players FK Spartak Subotica players Nagykanizsai SC footballers Debreceni VSC players Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C. players Pécsi MFC players Willem II (football club) players Yugoslav First League players Expatriate footballers in Yugoslavia Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Yugoslavia Expatriate footballers in China Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands People from Ada, Serbia {{Hungary-footy-forward-stub