Krisztián Németh (; born 5 January 1989) is a Hungarian professional

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who currently plays for Hungarian club

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Club career

Born in

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, Németh started his career at hometown club ETO Győr where he played from 2003 to 2005 as a youth player.

MTK Budapest FC

In 2005, he signed for MTK Hungária, with whom he scored 18 goals in 37 league games and helped the club to finish as runners-up in the Hungarian National Championship I in 2006–07.

Liverpool

He signed a three-year contract with

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, alongside András Simon in the summer of 2007. He was regarded by the club as an upcoming talent and had been tipped for a bright future at the Merseyside club, who stated on their official site that "big things are expected of Németh." Though he is mostly used as a striker, he often drops into a deeper position during games, where he is able to take advantage of the additional space to make his trademark backheel passes. Németh scored twice on his debut for Liverpool Reserves on 27 November 2007 against

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. A week later, he scored twice in a 3–0 win against Everton Reserves at the

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. He scored a fifth goal in three games against Middlesbrough Reserves sending Liverpool to the top of the Premier Reserve League North. He later started for the reserves against Sunderland Reserves and lobbed the keeper giving Liverpool the win and sending them five points clear at the top of the league. In April 2008, Németh scored the only goal of the game against Blackburn Rovers Reserves which secured the Premier Reserve League North title. On 7 May, he scored the first goal as the Reserves beat Aston Villa reserves 3–0 at

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to clinch the Premier Reserve League national title. He was the Premier Reserve League North Top scorer in the 2007–08 season. His impressive displays in the latter half of the season earned him recognition as Liverpool Fans' Reserves Player of the Year for the 2007–08 season. On 30 July Nemeth was a second-half substitute in Liverpool's pre-season friendly against

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where he almost gave Liverpool the lead but the shot went just over the crossbar. On 2 August Nemeth was introduced as a second-half substitute in another pre-season friendly against Rangers. His shot was saved on 58 minutes but tapped in by

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. Then on 70 minutes he was fouled in the penalty area and

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scored the resulting penalty. Németh was handed the number 29 shirt for the 2008–09 season, previously he had no official first team number. On 26 January 2009, he signed for

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club

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in a one-month loan deal. A day later, he made his debut for ''the Seasiders'' as a 59th-minute substitute at

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, creating their best chance by teeing up David Fox. Blackpool lost 3–0, and it was discovered afterwards that he had fractured his cheek bone when he clashed with a QPR defender just 60 seconds into his debut. Németh was one of several reserve players brought along for the pre-season friendlies, where he started the games against St Gallen, Rapid Vienna and Thailand. He then scored a brace against

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in a 5–0 victory. Due to injuries, Németh was not able to fulfil his potential at Liverpool, and subsequently moved to Olympiakos on a permanent deal following his loan spell at AEK Athens.

AEK Athens

It was announced by Liverpool on 25 August 2009 that he would spend the 2009–10 season on loan to

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. After visiting AEK for the first time, he said he is looking forward to the challenge saying "I am coming to a big club and a great city." He then laid out his ambitions stating "I hope we can win the championship." On 30 August, he made his debut coming on as a first-half substitute against

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. He assisted

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for the only goal of the game with a great run, and was a constant threat to the Atromitos defence throughout. As a result of this, he was voted the

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in the Super Liga for that week. On 20 September, he scored his first goal for AEK, netting in a 1–1 draw with

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. Later that week on 23 September, he scored another goal in a 1–2 defeat to fierce rivals Olympiacos F.C. Upon returning from the

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, he featured in every match before the international break, most notably the 3–1 victory against

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on 9 November where he scored a header after being introduced as a half time substitute. As the season entered 2010, Nemeth struggled with an ankle injury picked up on international duty. This forced him out of several months, as he returned only for the last few games of the season, where he appeared mainly as a substitute. In the final game of the regular season against Asteras Tripolis, he provided both assists in a 2–0 home win, ensuring AEK went into the play-offs as the third placed team. Throughout the season Nemeth produced more assists than goals, meaning his contribution to AEK was still important, and helped them secure second place in the play-offs.

Olympiacos

On 19 August 2010, Olympiacos F.C. announced that they had concluded a deal with Liverpool to sign Németh on a 3-year deal. The fee was originally m, but later the fee was reduced to m. There is a clause in his Olympiacos contract that states Liverpool are due 25% of any future sale of the player by Olympiacos F.C. The deal was confirmed by Olympiacos F.C. on 23 August. Németh never made a competitive first-team appearance for Liverpool, despite playing for them in pre-season. On 3 November, Németh made his debut for Olympiacos, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 win against Ilioupoli F.C. in a

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tie. 3 days later on the 6th, Nemeth made his League debut for Olympiacos, assisting

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for the 4th goal within minutes of coming on in a 5–0 thrashing of

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. On 2 September 2011, he terminated his contract with

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Olympiacos Volos

On 28 January, he joined Olympiacos Volos on a 6-month loan. Németh scored his only goal for Olympiacos Volos against Panserraikos in a 3–0 home win. Finally, his team won the match by 3–0. At the end of the championship Németh returned to Olympiakos Piraeus and in the summer of 2011 he ended his contract with the Greek club.

MTK Budapest

On 4 November 2011 Németh signed a half-year contract with

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. He previously played for the Hungarian club. Németh did not want to join any other Hungarian club except for MTK. Therefore, he returned to his first club in order to help them back to the first division of the

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. Németh scored the only goal during his return to MTK against Soproni VSE in the 58th minute.

RKC Waalwijk

On 26 January Nemeth signed a six-month contract at RKC Waalwijk. Németh scored his first goal in the

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against

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in the 37th minute and the match ended with 1–0 victory. On 17 March Waalwijk beat

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by 1–0 thanks to Németh's goal in the 78th minute. At the end of the season Németh had to return to Olympiacos, although he preferred to play in the Netherlands. Németh scored four goals in seventeen matches in the Eredivisie 2011-12 season. After his return to the Greek club Németh terminated his contract with Olympiacos and declared to continue his career at one of the Eredivisie clubs. RKC Waalwijk appointed former

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manager

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, who tried to convince Németh to sign the contract with Waalwijk. Finally, Németh followed his former Waalwijk manager,

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to Roda JC in summer of 2012.

Roda JC Kerkrade

On 18 July 2012, Németh signed a two-year contract at Dutch

club

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. On 1 September 2012, Németh scored his first goal for Roda JC Kerkrade against Willem II in the 74th minute in the Eredivisie 2012–13 season. On 15 July 2014, Németh and Roda mutually terminated the contract between the player and the club. Nemeth became a

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. On 23 September 2014, it was revealed by

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that Németh refused the offer of

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. According to a Polish journal (sport.pl), the offer was -9000 monthly salary. On 18 December 2014,

revealed that Németh might be signed by

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club

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Sporting Kansas City

On 18 December 2014,

club

signed Németh.

manager,

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said that "the fact that he was spending time in Holland before coming to us will help him adapt to our team pretty quickly". On 6 April 2015, Németh scored his first goal in the

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against

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in a 3–2 victory in the 94th minute. On 19 April 2015, Németh scored his first goal in an away match against

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at the

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, in

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. The match ended with a 2–1 home win. On 26 April 2015, Németh scored in a 4–4 thriller at the

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against

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. On 5 May 2015, Németh recorded his first

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in MLS, scoring twice against

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on the way to a 4–2 home victory In June 2015, it was announced that Németh was the MLS Player of the Month for May. As of 1 October 2015, the 26-year-old striker has 14 goals and seven assists across all competitions for Sporting KC in his debut season and scored in the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final, which Sporting Kansas City won in penalties (7–6), after a final score of 1–1 against Philadelphia Union. On 3 December 2015, his goal in Sporting Kansas City's 1–0 away win over the

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on 3 October won the 2015 MLS Goal of the Year Award.

Al-Gharafa

On 29 January 2016, Németh was transferred to

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. In February 2017 it was reported Németh would like to return to MLS mentioning his former MLS club as having a "beautiful stadium that sells out every week"

New England Revolution

On 10 August 2017, Németh signed with Major League Soccer side

, who acquired him via a trade with

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. Columbus received $200,000 in Targeted Allocation Money, $200,000 in General Allocation Money and an international roster spot.

Sporting Kansas City

On 6 August 2018, Németh signed with Major League Soccer club

, who acquired him via a trade with

. New England received $350,000 in allocation money and a first-round pick in the

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. He scored a

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against the Montreal Impact on 30 March 2019.

FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda

On 26 February 2020, Slovakian club FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda announced that they had signed Németh after his contract had expired in Kansas City. Németh only made one appearance for FC DAC 1904 and did not score.

Columbus Crew SC

On 5 October 2020,

announced that they had signed Németh.

International career

Under 17's

Németh was a part of the Hungary under-17 squad that reached the

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finals in

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. His first half hat-trick against Sweden under-17s on 30 March 2006 secured the Hungarians a place at the finals with a 4–0 win. He scored two goals in the finals in Luxembourg as Hungary were knocked out in the group stages. He was named in the Hungarian under-17 Team of the Year in 2006. In 2007, he was named in the under-18 "Team of Europe". In 2008, he was named in the Hungarian under-19 Team of the Year.

Under 19's

In May 2008 he scored the goal against Portugal under-19s that put the Hungary under-19's through to the

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. He was also called up to the Hungarian senior squad and was an unused substitute in their 1–1 draw with

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. On 14 July he scored the only goal in Hungary under-19s 1–0 victory over Bulgaria under-19s in their first group game at the UEFA Under-19 European Championships at the

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in Prague, Czech Republic. He also played in their victory over Spain under-19s on 17 July as Hungary qualified for the semi-finals and Németh played in the 1–0 loss to Italy under 19s on 23 July. He scored seven goals in three matches for the Under-19s in a mini-tournament in

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Under 20s

In September 2009, he was called up to the Hungary U-20 squad for the

. He played in two of three group matches, scoring once against

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to help Hungary finish top. On 9 October, he played in Hungary's quarter-final match against

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. With the game level at 1–1 in extra time, he scored to make it 2–1 to the Hungarians, though Italy were quick to equalise. With just 3 minutes left of extra time, he latched onto a through ball from

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and slotted coolly past the 'keeper to secure Hungary's place in the semi-finals. In the semi-finals though, he was substituted at half-time in a 3–2 loss to Ghana. His tournament ended on a high however, winning a 90th-minute penalty in the third-place playoff match against Costa Rica, taking the game to extra time after Vladimir Koman converted. He then went on to score one of only two penalties in the shootout to seal third place for Hungary.

Under 21s

On 13 November 2009 in a qualification match for the

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he scored his first U21 goal after a reverse pass from clubmate András Simon, as Hungary beat Italy 2–0.

Senior national team

On 14 May 2010, Németh was called up to

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for the friendly matches against

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and

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. On 29 May, he made his international debut for Hungary as he came on as a substitute against Germany in the 61st minute. On 10 September 2013, Németh scored his first goal wearing the national Team's shirt in a 5–1 victory over

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in the

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match at the

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. On 31 May 2016, Nemeth was selected for the Hungarian squad at the

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tournament in France. On 14 June 2016, Németh played in the first group match in a 2–0 victory over

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at the

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match at

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. He also played in the last group match in a 3–3 draw against

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at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais,

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on 22 June 2016.

Career statistics

International

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

Honours

Liverpool Reserves * Premier Reserve League National: 2007–08 *

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: 2008–09 Olympiacos FC *

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Sporting Kansas City *

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Columbus Crew *

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Hungary *

semi-finalist:

Third place:

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Individual *Young Hungarian Player of the Year: 2006 *Europe U-18 Team: 2007 *Young Liverpool Player of the Year: 2008 *Liverpool Reserves Player of the Year: 2007–08 * MLS Goal of the Year Award:

Personal life

On 22 December 2014, along with

Roland Juhász Roland Juhász (; born 1 July 1983) is a Hungarian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Career MTK Budapest Juhász spent his youth career in Tápiószecső playing for the local club Tápiószecső FC. He started his ...

, Németh brought Christmas gifts to the Margaréta Gyermekotthon, an

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in Szátok,

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. Németh said that "it was incredibly touching to see those kids' performance that they learnt to welcome us".

References

External links

Krisztián Németh
profile at magyarfutball.hu * *
Krisztián Németh
at ''

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