István Ferenczi

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Personal information
István "stan" Ferenczi
Full name	István "stan" Ferenczi
Date of birth	September 14, 1977 (1977-09-14) (age 30)
Place of birth	Győr, Hungary
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Barnsley
Number	13
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995-1998 1998-1999 2000 2000-2002 2002 2003-2004 2004 2005 2005-2006 2006 2007-	Győri ETO ZTE Győri ETO MTK → Levski Sofia (loan) VfL Osnabrück Vasas SC Çaykur Rizespor Debrecen ZTE Barnsley	34 0(5) 24 0(8) 14 0(3) 64 (25) 00 0(0) 05 0(1) 15 0(8) 15 0(4) 11 0(5) 16 0(5) 53 (11)
National team²
2001-	Hungary	09 0(2)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 04:52, 15 April 2008 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 13:13, 9 February 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

This article is about the Hungarian Footballer. For the sculptor with a very similar name, see István Ferenczy.

István "stan" Ferenczi (born 14 September 1977 in Győr, Győr-Moson-Sopron) is a Hungarian international football striker, currently playing for Barnsley.

1 Barnsley career
- 1.1 2006-2007
- 1.2 2007-2008
2 International goals
3 Honours
4 Notes
5 External links

[edit] Barnsley career

[edit] 2006-2007

Istvan Ferenczi signed for Barnsley on 31 January 2007 - transfer deadline day and incidentally the same week Barnsley captured fellow Hungarian Péter Rajczi. Istvan made his Barnsley debut against Cardiff City on 2 February 2007 from the bench. He scored his first goal in the game at Southampton when he headed home a Martin Devaney cross. In the following fixture against Hull City, Istvan scored a brace. The first he slid under the keeper after a defensive error and the second a bullet header from a Brian Howard cross. Istvan carried on his impressive scoring record as he scored the winning goal against Stoke City on 26 February 2007. He was played through by Péter Rajczi and bent the ball round the keeper.

He added his fifth goal in four starts on 3 March, terrifically heading in a Martin Devaney cross but in a 3-1 defeat at Oakwell against Norwich City. He failed to hit the target against Sunderland the following Saturday as Barnsley lost 2-0, but scored a last minute clincher against Plymouth Argyle on 14 March in a terrific 4-2 away win. He is a big fans favourite and has gained the nicknames Stan and Steve.

[edit] 2007-2008

Ferenczi started the first game of the season against Coventry City and was tugged and pulled all over the place by Elliott Ward but had no favours given to him by the referee. Three days later in the Carling Cup he got off the mark for the season after coming off the bench by heading home Rob Kozluk's cross.

He got off the mark in the League on 25 August in Barnsley's home game with Plymouth when he swept home Kayode Odejayi's low cross.

He suffered an ankle injury against Cardiff at Oakwell and missed five weeks, but he returned with a bang with new strike partner Jon Macken and bagged two goals in as many games against Preston and Blackpool, both headers from Brian Howard free kicks.

In May 2008, Simon Davey transfer-listed Ferenczi along with four other players.^[1]