Tamás Vaskó (; born 20 February 1984) is a Hungarian former

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Career

Vaskó started to play football in smaller clubs and joined Vasas in 1998. Three years later he started to play for

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 ...

, and he has been with the team ever since, except for a year he spent on loan with

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. In 2006, despite his young age, he became the captain of

. Vaskó was on trial at

Southampton F.C. Southampton Football Club is a professional football club based in Southampton, Hampshire, England. The club competes in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. Their home ground since 2001 has been St Mary's Stadium, befor ...

during July 2007, but he failed to make sufficient impression and was not signed by the

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club. Vaskó has now sealed a year-long loan deal with newly promoted League 1 runners up

Bristol City Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England. The team compete in the , the second level of the English football league system. Founded in 1894, the club competed in the Southern League and Western L ...

. At the end of the loan deal Bristol City have the option of signing the defender on a 3-year contract. In the games he has played he has made an impression, scoring a goal against Burnley and defending well. However, he was sent back to

after

did not wish to sign him permanently. Now is a player of US Avellino Italy second division. However, his spell at

seems to have made a lasting impression on the club's management, who have been rumoured to have made a bid to resign the Centre Half permanently. But instead he moved to Italian side Avellino. His loan spell ended after the 2009 season and he returned to

Nickname

His nickname whilst at

was 'The White Rhino' because of his immense size.

Club statistics

References

External links

Tamás Vaskó profile
at bcfc.co.uk * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vasko, Tamas 1984 births Footballers from Budapest Living people Hungarian men's footballers Men's association football central defenders Hungary men's international footballers Újpest FC players Tatabányai SC players Bristol City F.C. players US Avellino 1912 players Fehérvár FC players Kecskeméti TE players Mezőkövesdi SE footballers Puskás Akadémia FC players Dunaújváros FC players Békéscsaba 1912 Előre footballers Vasas SC players Egri FC players Aqvital FC Csákvár players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players English Football League players Serie B players Nemzeti Bajnokság II players Hungarian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in England Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Italy 21st-century Hungarian sportsmen