György Bognár (born 5 November 1961) is a retired Hungarian football player and current manager of

MTK Budapest FC Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre Budapest Futball Club or shortly MTK is a Hungarian football club based in Józsefváros, Budapest. The team currently plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság II. The club's colours are blue and white. As one of the most suc ...

International career

He made his debut for the Hungarian national team in 1985, and got 50 caps and 8 goals until 1994. He was a participant at the

1986 FIFA World Cup The 1986 FIFA World Cup was the 13th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June 1986. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-team format. Colombia ha ...

in Mexico, where Hungary failed to progress from the group stage.

Playing career

He had two successful periods. The first was with

and his second period was with

Budapesti VSC Budapesti Vasutas Sport Club-Zugló is a professional football club based in Zugló, Budapest, Hungary, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság III. The club was founded in 1911. Its football section became closed in 2001, but has now reopened ...

Managerial career

In 2020 he was appointed as the manager of

Paksi FC Paksi FC (''Paks'') () is a Hungarian football club based in Paks. Since its founding in 1952, it has played at either a county or national level. In 2006, it ascended to ''Borsodi Liga'', or NB I, the top division in Hungarian football, for the ...

. Interestingly, he was managing his son, István Bognár and his elder son works as the assistant coach.

Personal life

He is the father of István Bognár.

References

1961 births Living people People from Baja, Hungary Hungarian footballers Association football midfielders Hungary international footballers 1986 FIFA World Cup players MTK Budapest FC players Hungarian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in France SC Toulon players Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate footballers in Belgium Standard Liège players Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Budapesti VSC footballers Belgian First Division A players Ligue 1 players Hungarian football managers Budapesti VSC managers MTK Budapest FC managers FC Sopron managers Felcsút SE managers Paksi FC managers Budaörsi SC managers Nemzeti Bajnokság I managers Sportspeople from Bács-Kiskun County {{Hungary-footy-midfielder-stub