Ákos Buzsáky

Ákos Buzsáky (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈaːkoʃ ˈbuʒaːki]; born 7 May 1982) is a Hungarian footballer who plays for Premier League club Queens Park Rangers as a midfielder, having previously played for MTK Hungária, FC Porto, Academica de Coimbra and Plymouth Argyle. He has been capped by Hungary at international level.

Club career

Buzsáky started his career at Grund 1986 FC, before moving on to MTK Hungária FC. He then joined Porto under José Mourinho for £400,000 in July 2002. He was later loaned out to Portuguese Superliga side Academica de Coimbra in 2003–04. He had been playing for Porto's 'B' side in the Portuguese third division prior to signing for English side Plymouth Argyle.

Buzsáky joined Plymouth on loan until the end of the 2004–05 season after the former Hungarian Under-21 international captain impressed manager Bobby Williamson during a behind-closed-doors friendly against Torquay United. On the last day of his loan spell with Argyle, fans held up paper signs that read "Mr Chairman sign Akos now!" and "Buy Akos, Buy Akos!". This led to the board spending around £225,000 to make his move permanent, offering him a three-year contract.

He was a first team regular for Plymouth, and his form resulted in him being linked with West Bromwich Albion and Bolton Wanderers. After scoring 3 goals in the month, he was named one of the players of the month by the ITV programme "The Championship" for January 2007.

In October 2007 Buzsáky informed Plymouth he would not sign a new contract when his ran out in the summer, allegedly due to Plymouth's refusual to pay a fee to his agent. He was subsequently loaned to Queens Park Rangers (QPR), and the move was made permanent on 2 January 2008 for an undisclosed fee (believed to be £500,000). Buzsaky signed a 2½ year Contract.^[3]

On 2 January 2008, QPR announced that they had signed Buzsáky permanently, with his contract running until the summer of 2010, with great relief for the fans.^[4] Buzsáky won the Kiyan Prince Goal of the Season award for a side footed lob against Blackpool. However, his first full season at QPR proved to be a frustrating one due to an injury he picked up in a Carling Cup tie away to Manchester United. Following his comeback to fitness Buzsáky played a large part in the opening part of the 09/10 season. However in December 2009, following the 3–1 defeat away to Watford, it was reported that he was involved in a confrontation with manager Jim Magilton, where it was reported that Buzsáky was assaulted by Magilton. This led to Magilton being suspended by QPR^[5] and subsequently leaving the club by mutual consent on 16 December 2009.^[6]

Club Statistics

(Statistics correct as of 3 February 2010)

International career

Buzsáky is a full international for Hungary gaining his first cap on 3 September 2005 against Malta in Budapest. He scored his first international against European champions Greece on 21 November 2007 in a Euro 2008 qualifier.

He scored his first international goal for Hungary on the 21 November 2007, in a 2–1 defeat at home against Greece, although the goal is credited by some sources as a Kostas Katsouranis own goal as it took a big deflection off the Greek midfielder.

(Statistics correct as of 14 November 2008)

Honours

Club

• MTK Hungária
  • Hungarian Cup: 2000
  • Hungarian League: Runner-up 2000

• FC Porto
  • UEFA Cup: 2003
  • Super Cup "Cândido de Oliveira": 2003

• Queens Park Rangers
  • Football League Championship: 2010–11

Individual

• Young Hungarian Player of the Year: 2003
• Player of the Month in The Championship: January 2007

References

External links

• Ákos Buzsáky player profile at qpr.co.uk
• Ákos Buzsáky player profile at pafc.co.uk
• Ákos Buzsáky career stats at Soccerbase
• Ákos Buzsáky international profile at Hungarian Football Federation website (Hungarian)
• Career and stats at ForaDeJogo.net