Norbert Mészáros

Norbert Mészáros (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈnorbɛrt ˈmeːsaːroʃ]; born 19 August 1980) is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays for Hajdúszoboszló. He is usually deployed as a central defender but can also play left back.

The native form of this personal name is Mészáros Norbert. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Norbert Mészáros
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-08-19) 19 August 1980
Place of birth Pápa, Hungary
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre Back
Team information
Current team
 Hajdúszoboszló
Youth career
1994–2000 Pápa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 Dunaújváros 26 (1)
2002–2003 BKV Előre 17 (3)
2003–2004 Siófok 26 (2)
2004–2005 Energie Cottbus 24 (2)
2005–2019 Debrecen 263 (9)
2019–2020 Debrecen II 6 (0)
2020–2022 Tiszafüred 52 (1)
2022– Hajdúszoboszló 12 (0)
International career
2012–2013 Hungary 9 (0)
Managerial career
2019–2020 Debrecen II (player-assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 February 2023

Club career

Born in Pápa, Mészáros started playing football with his local team Pápai ELC. In 2000, his career took off when he signed for Dunaújváros FC. Other teams he played for include BKV Előre, BFC Siófok and the German team FC Energie Cottbus. Since 2005, Mészáros has played for OTP Bank Liga side Debreceni VSC.

Debrecen

On 8 September 2010, Mészáros was suspended by UEFA along with teammate Vukašin Poleksić, as a match between Debrecen and Fiorentina in the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League was investigated for match-fixing. Both players appealed and on 5 May 2011 the Court of Arbitration for Sport announced its decision, with the ban of Poleksić being upheld and Mészáros' ban being rescinded. UEFA's evidence against Mészáros failed to prove "to the comfortable satisfaction" of the panel that he violated the rules.[1]

Mészáros won the Hungarian League with Debrecen in the 2009–10 season despite his team losing to Kecskeméti TE in the last match.[2] On 26 May 2010, Debrecen beat Zalaegerszegi TE 3–2 in the Hungarian Cup final at the Ferenc Puskás Stadium.[3]

On 1 May 2012, Mészáros won the Hungarian Cup with Debrecen by beating MTK Budapest on a penalty shoot-out in the 2011–12 season. This was the fifth Hungarian Cup trophy for Debrecen.[4]

On 12 May 2012, Mészáros won another Hungarian League title with Debrecen after beating Pécsi MFC 4–0 at the Stadion Oláh Gábor Út. This was the sixth Hungarian League title for the Hajdús.[5][6]

In the summer 2019 it was announced, that Mészáros would continue as a playing assistant manager for the second team of Debrecen and also would be available for the first team if they needed him.[7]

International career

Mészáros made his debut for the Hungary national team on 1 June 2012 in the 2–1 win over the Czech Republic in a friendly.

Career statistics
As of 26 February 2019
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dunaújváros 2000–01 261000000261
BKV Előre 2002–03 173210000194
Siófok 2003–04 262200000282
Energie Cottbus 2004–05 242000000242
Debrecen 2005–06 90000020110
2006–07 211800000291
2007–08 250107020350
2008–09 273303030363
2009–10 1712010100301
2010–11 0000000000
2011–12 282600000342
2012–13 241102060331
2013–14 230101010260
2014–15 140104160251
2015–16 290200050360
2016–17 251000030281
2017–18 190700000260
2018–19 2040000060
Total 263936018136035310
Career total 3561740117136044919

Honours

Debrecen

References
  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Season review: Hungary". UEFA. 9 July 2010.
  3. "Debrecen complete double with Hungarian Cup". UEFA. 26 May 2010.
  4. "Debrecen lift cup after shoot-out success". UEFA.com. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  5. "Debrecen 4-0 Pécs". UEFA.com. 12 May 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  6. "Debrecen crowned champions of Hungary". UEFA.com. 12 May 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  7. DVSC: Mészáros Norbert játékos-pályaedzőként folytatja, nemzetisport.hu, 5 July 2019
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