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Norbert Mészáros

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Norbert Mészáros
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-08-19) 19 August 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Pápa, Hungary
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre Back
Team information
Current team
Hajdúszoboszló
Youth career
1994–2000 Pápa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 Dunaújváros 26 (1)
2002–2003 BKV Előre 17 (3)
2003–2004 Siófok 26 (2)
2004–2005 Energie Cottbus 24 (2)
2005–2019 Debrecen 263 (9)
2019–2020 Debrecen II 6 (0)
2020–2022 Tiszafüred 52 (1)
2022– Hajdúszoboszló 12 (0)
International career
2012–2013 Hungary 9 (0)
Managerial career
2019–2020 Debrecen II (player-assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 February 2023

Norbert Mészáros (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈnorbɛrt ˈmeːsaːroʃ]; born 19 August 1980) is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays for Hajdúszoboszló. He is usually deployed as a central defender but can also play left back.

Club career

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Born in Pápa, Mészáros started playing football with his local team Pápai ELC. In 2000, his career took off when he signed for Dunaújváros FC. Other teams he played for include BKV Előre, BFC Siófok and the German team FC Energie Cottbus. Since 2005, Mészáros has played for OTP Bank Liga side Debreceni VSC.

Debrecen

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On 8 September 2010, Mészáros was suspended by UEFA along with teammate Vukašin Poleksić, as a match between Debrecen and Fiorentina in the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League was investigated for match-fixing. Both players appealed and on 5 May 2011 the Court of Arbitration for Sport announced its decision, with the ban of Poleksić being upheld and Mészáros' ban being rescinded. UEFA's evidence against Mészáros failed to prove "to the comfortable satisfaction" of the panel that he violated the rules.[1]

Mészáros won the Hungarian League with Debrecen in the 2009–10 season despite his team losing to Kecskeméti TE in the last match.[2] On 26 May 2010, Debrecen beat Zalaegerszegi TE 3–2 in the Hungarian Cup final at the Ferenc Puskás Stadium.[3]

On 1 May 2012, Mészáros won the Hungarian Cup with Debrecen by beating MTK Budapest on a penalty shoot-out in the 2011–12 season. This was the fifth Hungarian Cup trophy for Debrecen.[4]

On 12 May 2012, Mészáros won another Hungarian League title with Debrecen after beating Pécsi MFC 4–0 at the Stadion Oláh Gábor Út. This was the sixth Hungarian League title for the Hajdús.[5][6]

In the summer 2019 it was announced, that Mészáros would continue as a playing assistant manager for the second team of Debrecen and also would be available for the first team if they needed him.[7]

International career

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Mészáros made his debut for the Hungary national team on 1 June 2012 in the 2–1 win over the Czech Republic in a friendly.

Career statistics

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As of 26 February 2019
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dunaújváros 2000–01 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 1
BKV Előre 2002–03 17 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 19 4
Siófok 2003–04 26 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 28 2
Energie Cottbus 2004–05 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 2
Debrecen 2005–06 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 0
2006–07 21 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 29 1
2007–08 25 0 1 0 7 0 2 0 35 0
2008–09 27 3 3 0 3 0 3 0 36 3
2009–10 17 1 2 0 1 0 10 0 30 1
2010–11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011–12 28 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 34 2
2012–13 24 1 1 0 2 0 6 0 33 1
2013–14 23 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 26 0
2014–15 14 0 1 0 4 1 6 0 25 1
2015–16 29 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 36 0
2016–17 25 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 28 1
2017–18 19 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 26 0
2018–19 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Total 263 9 36 0 18 1 36 0 353 10
Career total 356 17 40 1 17 1 36 0 449 19

Honours

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Debrecen

References

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  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Season review: Hungary". UEFA. 9 July 2010.
  3. ^ "Debrecen complete double with Hungarian Cup". UEFA. 26 May 2010.
  4. ^ "Debrecen lift cup after shoot-out success". UEFA.com. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  5. ^ "Debrecen 4-0 Pécs". UEFA.com. 12 May 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  6. ^ "Debrecen crowned champions of Hungary". UEFA.com. 12 May 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  7. ^ DVSC: Mészáros Norbert játékos-pályaedzőként folytatja, nemzetisport.hu, 5 July 2019
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