Tamás Kádár (born 14 March 1990) is a Hungarian professional

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who plays for

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club

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 ...

. He is a defender and is equally capable at centre-back or left-back. He made his debut for

Zalaegerszegi TE Zalaegerszegi Torna Egylet Football Club (), commonly known as Zalaegerszegi TE, Zalaegerszeg or ZTE, is a Hungary, Hungarian professional association football, football club based in Zalaegerszeg. Zalaegerszeg has won one Hungarian League title ...

at the age of 16 and has since gone on to win Hungary U-21 honours.

Club career

Zalaegerszeg

Kádár made his debut for

in 2006. He was offered trials by

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and

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in December 2007. He made 14 league appearances, four domestic cup appearances and two

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appearances for Zalaegerszegi TE.

Newcastle United

Kádár's transfer was allowed due to Hungary being within the

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. Normally a player must be 18 years old at minimum, but within the European Union players could be transferred at the age of 16. Local news reports in

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stated that Kádár had attended a reserve match at Newcastle on 8 January 2008, and would sign for the club in the coming days. Kádár became the 3rd youngster to sign for Newcastle in the January transfer window following the signings of Ben Tozer and Wesley Ngo Baheng. After some hold-ups as a result of

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's sacking, the deal was confirmed on 18 January, the same day that

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was unveiled to the press for his second stint as manager. During the 2008–09 season, Kádár was mostly plying his trade in the reserves but appeared on the bench as an unused substitute for Newcastle's home league match with

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and the FA Cup 3rd round game with Hull City. On 21 January 2009, he suffered a broken leg in a reserve match against

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, ruling him out for six months. On 11 July 2009, he returned to action for Newcastle United, helping in their victory 3–0 over

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. This was Newcastle's first pre-season match of the 2009–10 season. He made his full first team debut in the 4–3 victory over

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in the League Cup in August, before making his league debut on 31 August as part of a 1–0 home win against

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. Although behind Steven Taylor and Fabricio Coloccini in the pecking order, he has turned in some strong performances whenever new manager

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played him, especially when Taylor and Coloccini were out injured during various times of the season. In the 2010–2011 season, he was given a chance in the opening rounds of the League Cup playing in central defence for their round two clash with minnows

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. Newcastle won 3-2 thanks to goals from Peter Lovenkrands, Shola Ameobi and Ryan Taylor. In the 2011–12 season of the

Kádár became close to the first squad after the injuries of Fabricio Coloccini and Steven Taylor. He was released by Newcastle United on 1 June 2012.

Huddersfield Town (loan)

On 10 January 2011, Kádár signed on loan at

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side

, managed by Lee Clark, who was a coach at Newcastle, when he originally signed for the Magpies. He made his debut in the 3–2 win over Plymouth Argyle at the Galpharm Stadium, the following day. Following an injury picked up in the game at

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, he returned to Newcastle.

Roda JC Kerkrade

After a successful trial period, Kádár was officially signed by Dutch

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club

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on 7 August 2012. Although in the 2012–13 season of the Eredivisie Kádár played 11 matches, he wanted to get more possibilities to play, therefore Roda loaned him to the Hungarian club Diósgyőr for the rest of the 2012–13 season.

Diósgyőr

On 3 June 2013, Kádár was signed by

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club

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after playing 13 matches and scoring 1 goal in the 2012–13 season of the Hungarian League on loan from Roda JC Kerkade.

Lech Poznań

On 29 January 2015, Kádár was signed by

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club

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. He signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with the Polish club. In the 2015–16 Ekstraklasa season Kádár made 29, and 4 2015–16 Polish Cup appearances.

Dynamo Kyiv

On 10 February 2017, Kádár signed a four-year contract with the Ukrainian champions

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Újpest

On 10 February 2022, Kádár returned to Hungary and signed with

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Paks

On 14 July 2022, Kádár signed with

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MTK Budapest

On 15 June 2023, it was announced that Kádár had signed a contract with

International career

On 12 May 2008, Kádár received his first call up to the Hungary senior squad, though he did not make an appearance. He was recalled to the U21 side for several 2011 European Championship qualifiers. On 17 November 2010 Kádár played his first match for the national team against

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at the Stadion Sóstói in

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, Hungary. The final result was 2-0 to Hungary. He also played in the match that resulted in the 5–0 victory over

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at the Puskás Ferenc Stadium in Hungary. Kádár gained a reputation of a defender who, while moving up on the left side from defense, could successfully spot and assist a quick attack: on 16 October 2012 against

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he gave an assist to Szalai which resulted in the second Hungarian goal, he provided an assist to Dániel Böde against the Faroe Islands, and to Tamás Priskin against Norway. Kádár was selected for Hungary's Euro 2016 squad. On 14 June 2016, Kádár played in the first group match in a 2–0 victory over

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at the UEFA Euro 2016 Group F match at

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, France. Three days later, on 18 June 2016, he played in a 1–1 draw against

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at the

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Upon his arrival to the

club

, he was nicknamed Bad boy by the fans of the club for resembling Jesse Pinkman from the

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. He is known for his multitude of

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s, which he started collecting as a hobby after his club banned him from riding a motorcycle.

Career statistics

Club

International

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

Honours

Newcastle United *

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: 2009–10 Diósgyőr * Hungarian League Cup: 2013–14 Lech Poznań *

: 2014-15 *

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2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

Dynamo Kyiv * Ukrainian Super Cup:

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Shandong Luneng *

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References

External links

Tamás Kádár
profile at magyarfutball.hu

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kadar, Tamas 1990 births Footballers from Veszprém Living people Men's association football defenders Hungarian men's footballers Hungary men's youth international footballers Hungary men's under-21 international footballers Hungary men's international footballers Zalaegerszegi TE players Newcastle United F.C. players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Roda JC Kerkrade players Diósgyőri VTK players Lech Poznań players FC Dynamo Kyiv players Shandong Taishan F.C. players Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C. players Újpest FC players Paksi FC players MTK Budapest FC players English Football League players Eredivisie players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Ekstraklasa players Ukrainian Premier League players Chinese Super League players UEFA Euro 2016 players Hungarian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in China Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in China 21st-century Hungarian sportsmen