Gábor Gyepes playing for Cardiff City. |
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Gábor Gyepes | ||
| Date of birth | 26 June 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Budapest, Hungary | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Cardiff City | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Ferencváros | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1999–2005 | Ferencváros | 112 | (12) |
| 2005–2007 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 20 | (0) |
| 2008 | Northampton Town | 15 | (0) |
| 2008– | Cardiff City | 64 | (4) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2002– | Hungary | 26 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 September 2010. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Gábor Gyepes (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈɡaːbor ˈɟɛpɛʃ]; born 26 June 1981) is a Hungarian professional footballer, currently playing for Football League Championship side Cardiff City and the Hungary national team.
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Gyepes began his career at Ferencváros in his home country. As a youngster in the clubs youth system he played in all outfield positions, including scoring 20 times in his last 16 games during his final year in the youth side. He made his first team debut in 1999 and went on to establish himself in the side over the following years, including playing in the Champions League qualifiers and then the UEFA Cup.[1]
In July 2005, Gyepes joined Football League Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers initially on loan from Ferencváros after impressing during a trial week.[2] He made his debut for the club on 23 August 2005 in a 5–1 League Cup rout of Chester City.
He became a regular fixture at centre back during the season, partnering Joleon Lescott, and his move was made permanent when he signed a two-and-a-half year contract in December 2005 for £400,000.[3] This deal later led to an FA charge against Gyepes' agent for improper practice.[4] However, he ruptured cruciate knee ligaments on 25 March 2006, during a 3–1 defeat against Sheffield Wednesday and underwent surgery to repair the injury[5] and was told that he would never play football again. This injury ruled him out of the whole of the following season, despite making a reserve appearance in February 2007. After suffering a further setback, it was reported that his contract with Wolves had been terminated by mutual consent in April 2007 so Gyepes could continue his rehabilitation in Hungary.[6]
After regaining full fitness, the defender returned to England and won a contract at Northampton Town in January 2008 that ran until the end of the season, having previously worked with manager Stuart Gray at Wolves.[7] Gyepes also spent time on trial at Queens Park Rangers as his agent also represented their Hungarian international Ákos Buzsáky. He made his debut for the side on 12 February 2008 in a 1–0 defeat to Yeovil Town and,[8] after establishing himself in the first team, he signed a new contract in April 2008 to keep him at the club until the end of the 2008–09 season. The contract included a release clause allowing him to discuss a transfer to any club offering a particular fee to Northampton Town.[9]
On 19 August 2008, Gyepes completed a move to Football League Championship side Cardiff City, as a replacement for Glenn Loovens who had completed a move to Celtic several days before, after they offered the required amount to trigger the clause, thought to be in the region of £200,000.[10] He made his debut for the club on 25 October when he came on as a substitute to replace captain Darren Purse during a 1–0 win over Nottingham Forest. After a poor defensive performance during a 2–1 defeat to Plymouth Argyle in November manager Dave Jones made several changes to the side, including handing Gyepes his first start in place of club captain Darren Purse in a 2–2 draw with Reading.[11] After settling in the first team, including being named in the Championship team of the week for the first week of December,[12] Gyepes scored his first goal for the Bluebirds with the second goal in the 2–1 win over Ipswich Town. After making over 21 appearances during the season, he signed a new three year deal at Cardiff after activating a clause in his contract.[13]
The start of the 2009–10 season saw Gyepes relegated to the bench behind new signings Mark Hudson and Anthony Gerrard, his only appearances in the opening three months of the season coming in the Football League Cup. He made his first league appearance of the season on 21 November 2009 in a 1–0 defeat against Barnsley, in place of the injured Anthony Gerrard. After a long spell in the team he scored his 3rd goal for the Bluebirds as he aims to stay in the team until the end of the season.
During the 2010-11 season, Gyepes started in the defense after giving Anthony Gerrard to Hull City on loan but however was dropped for January signing Dekel Keinan, then in March, Hudson suffered an injury keeping him out for the majority of the reminder of the season, but Kevin McNaughton was chosen to partner Keinan in the heart of the defense. On 22 May, Gyepes said he would never play under Dave Jones again.[14]
However Jones was sacked at the end of the season, and Malky Mackay took his place, but Gyepes still didn't find himself in the team for the first game but started the next game against Oxford United.[15] Gyepes got his first goal of the season in a 5-3 victory over Huddersfield Town in the following round of the League Cup.[16]
Gyepes made his debut for Hungary in 2002 and played 22 times in the following three years. However his knee injury sustained while playing for Wolves meant he fell out of favour. In March 2009, his form playing for Cardiff saw him receive his first call up in three years for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers against Albania and Malta.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 13 February 2002 | Limassol, Cyprus | Switzerland | 1–2 | 1–2 | Friendly |
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2005–06 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 2006–07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Subtotal | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Northampton Town | 2007–08 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 2008–09 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Subtotal | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Cardiff City | 2008–09 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 |
| 2009–10 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | |
| 2010–11 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | |
| 2011-12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Subtotal | 64 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 5 | |
| Total | 99 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 5 | |
Gyepes and his wife, figure skater Diána Póth, married on 12 July 2008.[17]
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