Balázs Borbély (born 2 October 1979) is a former professional

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and current head coach of

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. His former clubs were TJ Družstevník Vrakúň, FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín and

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. At international level, he represented

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Club career

An ethnic Hungarian, Borbély was born in

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and began playing football for his home town club

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until joining

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, the club where he would enjoy his greatest success. He captained the Artmedia Petržalka side which reached the group stages of the

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. Following this success, he moved to German

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side

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, where he would spend one and a half seasons. He struggled through injury in his tenure at Kaiserslautern and returned to Artmedia Petržalka in the summer of 2007. He moved abroad again when Romanian club

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acquired Borbély to help strengthen their defensive midfield in January 2008. He would help Timișoara reach the play-off round of the

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where the club fell to German side

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International career

Borbély made 15 appearances for the Slovakia national team, including playing in the

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qualification rounds.

Coaching career

In the 2016–17 season Borbély coached the B-team of

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. He was announced as the new head coach of

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ahead of the 2017–18 season, for which the club played in the

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. In April 2024 Borbély was appointed head coach of Hungarian

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side

, five matches before the end of the 2023–24 season.

Honours

Player

Artmedia Petržalka * Slovakian League: 2004–05, 2007–08 * Slovakian Cup: 2003–04, 2007–08 * Slovak Super Cup: 2005

Manager

MFK Petržalka *

: Winners 2017–18

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Borbely, Balasz Living people 1979 births Footballers from Dunajská Streda Hungarians in Slovakia Men's association football midfielders Slovak men's footballers Slovak expatriate men's footballers FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda players FC Petržalka players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players FC Politehnica Timișoara players AEL Limassol players FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín players Slovakia men's international footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Romania Slovak First Football League players Liga I players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Cypriot First Division players Slovak football managers Slovak expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Hungary Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Győri ETO FC managers Nemzeti Bajnokság I managers