István Bognár (born 6 May 1991) is a
Hungarian football
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midfielder
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who plays for
MTK Budapest
Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre (Hungarian for "Hungarian Circle of Physical Practitioners") is a multi-sports club from Budapest, founded in 1888. It has sections for football, handball, basketball, volleyball, futsal, ice hockey, water polo, cycl ...
.
Club career
He played in Újpest FC B, but was a member of Újpest FC first squad. He is the son of former Hungarian international player
György Bognár
György Bognár (born 5 November 1961) is a Hungarian professional football manager and former player, who is currently the manager of Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Paks. He is considered as one of the most successful active football managers havin ...
.
Ferencváros
On 10 January 2017, Bognár was signed by
Nemzeti Bajnokság I
The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, ), also known as NB I or Fizz Liga after its title sponsor, OTP Bank's webshop subsidiary, is a professional association football league in Hungary and the highest level of the Hungarian football league system.
Twelve ...
club
Ferencvárosi TC
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. Two days later it was also revealed that Ferencváros did not pay for Bognár for
Diósgyőri VTK
Diósgyőri Vasgyárak Testgyakorló Köre, more commonly Diósgyőri VTK () is a professional Association football, football club, part of the Hungarian sports club from Diósgyőr district of Miskolc. Founded in 1910 by the local working clas ...
because the two clubs rather exchanged their two players.
Busai was exchanged for Bognár by the two clubs.
Aris Limassol
On 1 February 2022, Bognár joined
Aris Limassol
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in Cyprus on loan.
International career
He was called up to the senior
Hungary
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squad to face
Faroe Islands
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in August 2016.
Club statistics
References
External links
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HLSZ
1991 births
Living people
Footballers from Liège
Hungarian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Újpest FC players
Mezőkövesdi SE footballers
Diósgyőri VTK players
Ferencvárosi TC footballers
MTK Budapest FC players
Paksi FC players
Aris Limassol FC players
Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
Nemzeti Bajnokság II players
Cypriot First Division players
Hungarian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
21st-century Hungarian sportsmen
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