Róbert Waltner

Róbert Waltner (born 20 September 1977) is a Hungarian football coach and a former player.

The native form of this personal name is Waltner Róbert. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Róbert Waltner
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-09-20) 20 September 1977
Place of birth Kaposvár, Hungary
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1996 Kaposfő 15 (6)
1997–1998 Kaposvár 29 (7)
1998–1999 Videoton 32 (12)
1999–2000 Újpest 13 (3)
2000–2002 Zalaegerszeg 70 (29)
2002–2003 Boca Juniors 0 (0)
2003–2004 Anorthosis 5 (1)
2004–2005 Zalaegerszeg 30 (17)
2005–2006 Vasas 39 (5)
2006–2009 Zalaegerszeg 71 (46)
2007–2008 → Al Dhafra (loan) 13 (9)
2009–2012 Mattersburg 68 (18)
2012–2014 Kaposvár 31 (9)
2014 Siófok 4 (0)
2014–2015 Pápa 17 (1)
2016 Balatonlelle 5 (5)
International career
1998–1999 Hungary U21 5 (1)
2001–2004 Hungary 6 (0)
Managerial career
2017–2020 Kaposvár
2020–2021 Siófok
2021–2022 Zalaegerszeg
2022–2023 Paks
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Waltner was a forward during his playing career, and is most remembered for representing Zalaegerszeg during three different spells and is the club's all-time top scorer with 92 league goals.

He was part of the Zalaegerszeg side that won the club's first league title in the 2001–02 season, under manager Péter Bozsik.[2][3] In the third qualifying round of the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League, Waltner was part of the Zalaegerszeg squad that faced English giants Manchester United. In the first leg, ZTE provided a stunning shock by winning 1–0 with a last minute goal from Béla Koplárovics.[4]

Coaching career

Waltner resigned as a head coach of Zalaegerszeg on 25 March 2022.[5]

On 26 May 2022, he was appointed as the coach of Paks.[6] On 13 February 2023, he was sacked from Paks.[7]

Honours

Zalaegerszegi

Boca Juniors

Individual

References
  1. Róbert Waltner at WorldFootball.net
  2. "Hungary round-up: Zalaegerszeg zoom to top". UEFA. 4 May 2002. Retrieved 4 May 2002.
  3. "Hungary round-up: All too easy for Zalaegerszeg". UEFA. 15 March 2002. Retrieved 15 March 2002.
  4. "Zalaegerszeg 1–0 Manchester United". UEFA. 14 August 2002. Retrieved 14 August 2002.
  5. "Waltner Róbert távozik" (Press release) (in Hungarian). Zalaegerszeg. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  6. Á, V. "NB I: Waltner Róbert lett a Paksi FC vezetőedzője – hivatalos - NSO". www.nemzetisport.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  7. nemzetisport.hu. "Paks: Waltnert felmentették, Bognár lehet az utód; a támadó Törökor". www.nemzetisport.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 14 February 2023.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.