Zoltán Vitelki (born 13 September 1970) is a Hungarian

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manager and a former player. He is the manager of

FC Tiszaújváros Football Club Tiszaújváros is a professional football club based in Tiszaújváros, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság III Nemzeti Bajnokság III (''NB III'', ''National Championship III'') is th ...

Playing career

He spent most of his playing career in his hometown, at his youth club in Diósgyőr, but he also played in Kazincbarcika, Vác and Mezőkövesd. He played mostly in the

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, but also in the

Nemzeti Bajnokság II The NB II, currently known as the Merkantil Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons, is the second tier of Hungarian football. At the end of the 2004–05 season, the tournament format was changed from one division of 14 teams to two divisions: ''Ke ...

Managerial career

After his retirement in 2008, he remained close to Diósgyőr football as a youth coach. As a diversion, he played two seasons with the then NB III Mezőkövesd team in the 2008–2009 season. He retired after the 2009–2010 season, in which Mezőkövesd finished 5th in the NB II Eastern Group. He also worked as a field coach for DVTK from 2010 to 2012, and then from the end of April 2015 he became the head coach of the adult team for 5 matches until the end of the season. He holds a UEFA A license, allowing him to manage the team for 60 days. On 2 March 2017, following the dismissal of

Ferenc Horváth Ferenc Horváth (born 6 May 1973) is a Hungarian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is now a manager, most recently coaching at Budapest Honvéd FC. He made his debut for the Hungary national team in 1996, and got 32 ...

, he was again appointed as caretaker coach for two matches. From the summer of 2017 to April 2018, he was the head coach of the second division Kazincbarcika. In June 2018, he became the head coach of the second division Budafoki MTE. He was dismissed after only 14 rounds, on 29 October, after his team was in 18th place in the table, which was relegated. In December 2019, following the resignation of

András Herczeg András Herczeg (born 11 July 1956) is a Hungarian football manager and former player, who is the manager of Debreceni VSC. He worked as the manager of the Debreceni VSC between 2007 and 2010. He led his team to the group stages of the Champi ...

, Vitelki was appointed head coach of Debrecen. He held this position until June 2020. After

Gábor Boér Gábor Boér (born 19 December 1982) is a Hungarian professional football manager and former player, who is currently the manager of Nemzeti Bajnokság II club Fehérvár. Early life and education Boér started playing football at a young age ...

resigned before the season, he was appointed head coach of Kolorcity Kazincbarcika on 21 July 2020. He left this position in December 2020 due to the team's lack of results. In March 2021, he signed for NB III team Eger. He left in the summer of 2021. After that, he got a job with FC Tiszaújváros, which he has been doing continuously in the

Nemzeti Bajnokság III Nemzeti Bajnokság III (''NB III'', ''National Championship III'') is the third tier of Football in Hungary, Hungarian football (from the autumn of 1997 till the spring of 2005, NB III was the fourth tier, the third was NB II). The tier contains ...

since 2021.

External links

Magyar Futball

HLSZ statistics
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vitelki, Zoltan 1969 births Living people Footballers from Miskolc Hungarian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen Diósgyőri VTK players Kazincbarcikai SC footballers Vác FC players Mezőkövesdi SE footballers Hungarian football managers Nemzeti Bajnokság I managers Nemzeti Bajnokság II managers Nemzeti Bajnokság III managers Diósgyőri VTK managers Debreceni VSC managers Eger FC managers Kazincbarcikai SC managers Budafoki MTE managers