Vladimir Koman

Vladimir Koman

Koman with Sampdoria in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Vladimir Koman Junior
Date of birth	(1989-03-16) 16 March 1989
Place of birth	Uzhgorod, Ukrainian SSR
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Winger, Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club	FC Ural (on loan from Krasnodar)
Number	78
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2005–2012	Sampdoria	35	(0)
2008–2009	→ Avellino (loan)	28	(4)
2009–2010	→ Bari (loan)	16	(2)
2012	Monaco	17	(0)
2012–	Krasnodar	26	(1)
2013–	→ FC Ural (loan)	10	(0)
National team‡
2005–2006	Hungary U17	9	(1)
2006–2007	Hungary U19	9	(1)
2008–2009	Hungary U20	11	(6)
2009–2010	Hungary U21	5	(2)
2010–	Hungary	34	(7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 December 2013. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 October 2013

Vladimir Koman Jr. (born 16 March 1989) is a Hungarian footballer who plays for FC Ural on loan from FC Krasnodar and the Hungarian national football team as a winger or an attacking midfielder.

Club career

Koman was born in Uzhgorod, in the Ukrainian SSR. When he was a child, in 1991, his family moved to Szombathely where he played his first games for the local football team Haladás and made his debut on NB2 league at just 15 years. His father, Volodymyr Koman was also a football player. Koman played 25 matches and scored 3 goals in the 2004-05 season of the Hungarian National Championship II.

Sampdoria

Koman made his Serie A debut on 7 April 2007 in a home match against Torino directly from the starting lineup,^[1] and gave the assist for the only goal in the game, scored by Emiliano Bonazzoli. He then led Sampdoria to win the 2007–08 Campionato Primavera title, and also took part at the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship captaining the Hungary U-19 team.

He spent the 2008–09 season on loan to Avellino.^[2] Koman played 28 matches and scoed four goals in the Serie B squad of US Avellino. Koman had been loaned out to A.S. Bari for the 2009–10 season. He scored his first Serie A goal against Palermo in a 4–2 win on 30 January 2010, thus making him the first Hungarian player to score in the Italian top flight in the last 15 years. He ended up the season with two goals in 16 appearances. He re-joined Sampdoria for the 2010–11 season. In the 2010–11 season of the Serie A Koman became a permanent member of the Genovese squad. In the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League, Koman assisted a goal against PSV Eindhoven. Koman scored his first goal against Metalist Kharkiv in the 32nd minute of match in the Europa League. Koman was appointed as a captain against Debreceni VSC in the last round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League season.

Monaco

On 31 January 2012 Koman was transferred to AS Monaco FC on a four-and-a-half deal.^[3][4] Koman's contract with Sampdoria was due to expire in May 2012. On 15 April Koman was interviewed after the victory against Metz. He iterated that he is expecting his first goal and he enjoys playing in the Ligue 2.^[5] However, after playing 17 matches he left the club for FC Krasnodar in order to play in the first division of a top league.

FC Krasnodar

In June 2012 Koman signed a contract with Russian Premier League club FC Krasnodar. On 23 July 2012 Koman debuted in the Russian Premier League against Rubin Kazan with 2-1 victory. He scored his first goal against FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod at an eventual 1-1 away draw.

Due to lack of playing minutes, in the summer transfer window, Koman was loaned out to fellow league club, FC Ural, and made his debut in his new team, on 16 September 2013, against Dynamo Moscow, where he played the full match.

International career

Koman was part of the Hungarian national team, which won the bronze medal on the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.^[6] He scored five goals in six matches which made him second on the top goalscorers' list behind Dominic Adiyiah of Ghana. He has been recently called up to the Hungary by national coach Erwin Koeman for the friendlies against Germany and The Netherlands in late May and early June 2010. He made his international debut for Hungary against Germany on 29 May 2010. Koman scored his first international goal against Moldova in the Szusza Ferenc Stadium in the Euro 2012 qualifier.^[7] Finally, Hungary beat Moldova 2–1 on home turf. Koman's scored his second goal against San Marino in the Puskás Ferenc Stadium in the Euro 2012 qualifier.^[8] On 7 June 2011, Koman scored his third goal in the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifier match against San Marino.^[9] Hungary won the match 3–0 in San Marino. Koman scored the first goal of the four against Iceland at the Puskás Ferenc Stadium. The match finished 4–0 to Hungary.^[10] On 7 September, Hungary started the FIFA world cup 2014 qualifying with a 5-0 win in Andorra, Koman scored the fifth Hungarian goal in the 82nd minute.^[11] On 16 October 2012, Hungary battle back to beat Turkey at home 3-1. Koman scored the equalizer which gave the courage for the national team to beat Turkey.^[12][13] On 10 September 2013, Koman gave two assists, one for his ex-U-21 teammate Németh who scored his first goal wearing the national Team's shirt and one for Tamás Hajnal, in a 5-1 victory over Estonia in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match at the Puskás Ferenc Stadium. ^[14][15][16]

Club statistics

As of 16 September 2013^[17]

International statistics

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	7 September 2010	Szusza Stadium, Budapest	Moldova	2–0	2–1	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
2.	8 October 2010	Puskás Stadium, Budapest	San Marino	6–0	8–0	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
3.	7 June 2011	Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle	San Marino	3–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
4.	10 August 2011	Puskás Stadium, Budapest	Iceland	1–0	4–0	International Friendly
5.	11 September 2011	Puskás Stadium, Budapest	Liechtenstein	4–0	5–0	International Friendly
6.	7 September 2012	Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella	Andorra	5–0	5–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying
7.	16 October 2012	Puskás Stadium, Budapest	Turkey	1–1	3–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying

Honours

Club

Sampdoria

• Trofeo Giacinto Facchetti: 2007–08

National team

Hungary

• UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship:
  • Final tournament: 2006

• UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship:
  • Semi-finalist: 2008

• FIFA U-20 World Cup:
  • Third place: 2009

Individual

• 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup Silver Shoe

References

External links

• Vladimir Koman profile at magyarfutball.hu
• Vladimir Koman
• Transfermarkt Profile