Boldizsár Bodor (; born 27 April 1982 in

Pécs Pécs ( , ; ; Slovak language, Slovak: ''Päťkostolie''; also known by #Name, alternative names) is List of cities and towns of Hungary#Largest cities in Hungary, the fifth largest city in Hungary, on the slopes of the Mecsek mountains in the c ...

) is a Hungarian

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player, who is currently playing for K.F.C. Antonia. His former clubs include

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Roda JC Sportvereniging Roda Juliana Combinatie Kerkrade (; ), shortly as Roda JC Kerkrade () or commonly Roda JC or simply Roda, is a Dutch professional football club based in Kerkrade, Netherlands. Roda JC Kerkrade plays in the Eerste Divisie. The c ...

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and

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. From 2000 to 2004, he played for K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot, the predecessor of Beerschot AC. He is a solid, versatile player with a good attitude and can play as a

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or in a defensive midfield role; his main traits are his excellent one-touch passes, accurate cross-field balls and bursts forward when the team are attacking. Bodor is also a freekick specialist and is renowned for a powerful left foot.

Career

After starting his career at Hungarian club Pécsi Mecsek FC in 1999 but left in 2000. Bodor then earned a move to Belgium club K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot in 2001 where he was initially mainly used a substitute, but managed to become a first team regular up until he left the club after the 2003–04 season. He then moved to the Dutch Eredivise in 2004 when he joined

. In 2004, he played for Roda JC in Europe in the

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competition. In 2008 Bodor scored a vital goal for

which was enough to keep them in the Eredivise during a relegation playoff after

had finished the season third from bottom. He remained a regular at Roda JC playing either as a left back or as a left winger for the club. He stayed at Roda until his contract expired in the summer of 2011 with his final match for Roda coming on 22 May against

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. During the 2010–11 season Bodor played 28 Eredivise games for Roda scoring 2 goals. On 23 July 2011, he played for

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against Sheffield Wednesday in a pre-season friendly where he came on for the injured Ben Parker. Bodor continued his trial with Leeds and was supposed to attend the club's trip to Norway after impressing Leeds manager

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, however the manager decided it would be better for Bodor to play in the local Leeds XI friendly against Bradford Park Avenue. Bodor also played for Leeds in their 3–2 win against

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at Elland Road, coming on as a second-half substitute. After the match manager Grayson said he would make a decision whether to sign Bodor and fellow trialist Alex Mendy in the next two days after saying he felt both trialists had done ok in their spells. Bodor was released from his trial spell on 4 August after failing to land a contract at Leeds. On 31 August 2011, he signed a one-year contract with a newly promoted

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side

. In 2012, he returned to his former club

, signing a one-year contract. After the bankruptcy of Beerschot, Bodor became a free agent. He signed with Netherlands side

in July 2013.

International career

After playing for the Hungary national side through various age groups, In November 2003 Bodor made his debut for the full Hungary national side in a 1–0 loss against

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. He has since managed to gain 24 caps for the national side.

Honours

Roda JC *

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: Runner-up 2008

International statistics

''(Statistics correct )''

References

External links

Voetbal International profile
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