Márton Fülöp

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Márton Fülöp
Personal information
Full name	Márton Fülöp
Date of birth	May 3, 1983
Place of birth	Budapest, Hungary
Height	6'6" / 1.98 m
Position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Sunderland (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
Number	32
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004- 2005 2005 2006-	MTK Hungaria BKV Elöre Bodajk FC Tottenham Hotspur → Chesterfield (loan) → Coventry City (loan) → Sunderland (loan)	0? (?) 0? (?) 0? (?) 00 (0) 07 (0) 31 (0) 01 (0)
National team**
2005-	Hungary	1
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:40, 9 December 2006 (UTC). ** National team caps and goals correct as of August 3, 2006.

Fülöp Márton (surname first in Hungarian), (born May 3, 1983), is a Hungarian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Tottenham Hotspur.

Fülöp signed for Tottenham in the summer of 2004 from MTK Hungaria for an undisclosed fee. In the 2004-05 season he was loaned out to Chesterfield and played in seven games before being recalled to Spurs as cover for Radek Černý due to an injury to Paul Robinson. In the 2005-06 season he has been the first-choice for Coventry City. He has yet to make a first team appearance in a competitive match for Tottenham but was on the bench 16 times and played 9 reserve matches in the '04-'05 season.

Since signing for Tottenham, Fülöp has made his full International debut for the Hungarian National team, coming on at half-time against France and managing to not concede a goal although Hungary lost 2-1 as well as a number of U-21 games to add to the 10 U-21 caps he had when he signed for Spurs. In early 2006 he stated that he does not intend to stay at Tottenham Hotspur as he admitted it would be hard to get past number one Paul Robinson. He had expressed a desire to join Coventry City full-time. However, in November 2006, he signed for Sunderland, on a month's loan, and is expected to complete a permanent transfer in January when the transfer window opens, with Ben Alnwick joining Tottenham Hotspur. Sunderland are expected to receive a cash payment of £1 million. Fülöp signing for Sunderland has angered Coventry supporters who thought they would sign him permanently after his superb form for the club last season.

Fulop made his debut for Sunderland on December 9, 2006 in the 2-1 victory over Luton.

[edit] External links

• Márton Fülöp career stats at Soccerbase

Sunderland A.F.C. - Current Squad
1 Alnwick | 2 Wright | 3 Nyatanga | 5 Cunningham | 6 Caldwell | 8 Whitehead | 10 S. Elliott | 11 Murphy | 12 Nosworthy | 13 Ward | 15 D. Collins | 16 Hysén | 20 Brown | 23 Leadbitter | 24 Carson | 26 R. Elliott | 27 Varga | 28 Kavanagh | 29 Hartley | 30 Richardson | 31 Connolly | 32 Fülöp | 33 Wallace | 34 Yorke | 36 Miller | Manager: Keane