Krisztián Vermes (born 7 July 1985) is a retired Hungarian

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...

, Vermes came through the youth ranks at

BVSC Budapest Budapesti Vasutas Sport Club-Zugló commonly known as BVSC-Zugló is a professional football club based in Zugló, Budapest, Hungary, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság II. The club was founded in 1911. Its football section became closed i ...

, clinching a move to

Újpest FC Újpest Football Club () is a Hungary, Hungarian professional association football, football club based in Újpest, Budapest, that competes in Nemzeti Bajnokság I. Formed in 1885, Újpest reached the first division of the Hungarian League in ...

for whom he made his professional league debut in the 2004–05 season. In summer 2008 he sealed a move to

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side

Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands. Sparta currently competes in the Eredivisie, the top flig ...

. He played 32 league and 3 KNVB cup games in 2008–09 season.

International career

Vermes made his debut for

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in a December 2005 friendly match against

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and earned his second and last cap so far in the same month against Caribbean minnows

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. Both games are recognized by

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and the Hungarian FA as full internationals but were played with a B-side.

External links

Profile at magyarfutball.hu
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1985 births Living people Footballers from Budapest Men's association football central defenders Men's association football fullbacks Hungarian men's footballers Hungary men's international footballers Újpest FC players Sparta Rotterdam players Mezőkövesdi SE footballers Kaposvári Rákóczi FC players Szolnoki MÁV FC footballers Kisvárda FC players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Nemzeti Bajnokság II players Eredivisie players Hungarian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands 21st-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-footy-defender-stub