Istvan Bakx

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Personal information
Istvan Bakx
Full name	Istvan Bakx
Date of birth	January 20, 1986 (1986-01-20) (age 22)
Place of birth	Vlissingen, Netherlands
Playing position	winger-forward
Club information
Current club	KV Kortrijk
Number	9
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-	Sparta Rotterdam HSV Hoek KV Kortrijk	2 (0) ? (?) 33 (12)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 March 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Istvan Bakx (born January 20, 1986 in Vlissingen) is a Dutch football player. He is a left-footed winger or striker.

1 Club career
- 1.1 The Google Striker
2 International career
3 References

[edit] Club career

Bakx was discovered by Sparta Rotterdam in 2005, while he was playing for VV Kloetinge in the Hoofdklasse, the highest Dutch amateur league. At the end of the season, Sparta offered Bakx a new contract. But Bakx refused to sign and went to HSV Hoek, another team playing in the Hoofdklasse. Bakx was chosen as player of the year at the end of his season in Hoek. In July 2007, Bakx went to Belgian second division side KV Kortrijk.

[edit] The Google Striker

Bakx gained some notability in Belgium with his transfer to Kortrijk. Manager Hein Vanhaezebrouck was searching for a left-footed attacker and had typed in those words at search engine Google. Search results showed a positive report on Bakx, and Haezebrouck contacted Kortrijk's head scout. As these scouting reports were also positive, Bakx' transfer to Kortrijk became a fact. As a result, Belgian media nicknamed Bakx the Google striker. Bakx threw high eyes in Belgium together with KV Kortrijk after their 5-1 Belgian Cup shock victory against AA Gent, in which Bakx scored a hat-trick. Sadly for Bakx and Kortrijk, Gent won the return 4-0, defeating Kortrijk on aggregate.