Zoltán Kádár
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 4 October 1966 | ||
Place of birth | Ozun, Romania | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1984–1987 | Tractorul Brașov | ||
1987–1991 | Universitatea Cluj | 123 | (19) |
1991–1995 | Dinamo București | 135 | (16) |
1996–2000 | Schaffhausen | 134 | (5) |
2000–2005 | Frauenfeld | ||
Total | 392 | (40) | |
National team | |||
1991–1994 | Romania | 7 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
2000–2005 | Frauenfeld | ||
2005–2011 | Winterthur U18 | ||
2011–2012 | Grasshopper U18 | ||
2012–2017 | Grasshopper (assistant) | ||
2017–2019 | FC Zürich (assistant) | ||
2019–2020 | Grasshopper (assistant) | ||
2020 | Grasshopper | ||
2020–2021 | Grasshopper (assistant) | ||
2021 | Grasshopper | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Zoltán Kádár (born 4 October 1966)[1] is a former Romanian of Hungarian descent international footballer and current coach.[2][3]
Career[]
He was born in Ozun, Romania in 1966. At the age of 18 he moved to Brașov to play for local club Tractorul. In 1987, he enrolled at the Babeș-Bolyai University, subsequently he switched to the university club FC Universitatea Cluj.[1][2]
In 1991 Kádár was signed by FC Dinamo Bucharest on the initiation of club president Vasile Ianul for a fee of US$30,000. Kádár spent four years in Dinamo, during which period he won the Romanian League (1992) and also played in the UEFA Cup.[1][2][4][5]
In January 1996 Kádár returned to Universitatea for a brief period; he eventually retired at the end of the season and opened a restaurant in Gherla. Not much later, however, he was approached by fellow footballer Gábor Gerstenmájer, who then played in Switzerland. Kádár finally changed his mind and returned to active football. He moved to Switzerland to play for FC Schaffhausen, where he spent four seasons before in 2000 the club got relegated and Kádár switched to fourth division team FC Frauenfeld as a player-coach.[1][2]
In his second season in Frauenfeld the club won promotion, subsequently Kádár moved to FC Winterthur. He retired in 2005 and became a youth coach at Winterthur.[1][2]
International career[]
Zoltán Kádár played 7 friendly games for Romania, making his debut on 17 April 1991 when coach Mircea Rădulescu sent him on the field in the 87th minute in order to replace Gabi Balint in a 2–0 away victory against Spain.[6][7] His last game for the national team was on 13 February 1994 in a 2–1 victory against the United States.[6]
Honours[]
Dinamo București
References[]
- ^ a b c d e Dobre, Adi (30 June 2008). Egyelőre nem akarnak hazajönni. Erdélyi Napló. Volume 20, No 148.
- ^ a b c d e "Fostul internațional român Zoltan Kadar, numit antrenor la cea mai titrată echipă din fotbalul elvețian" [Former Romanian international Zoltan Kadar, named coach of the most titled team in Swiss football] (in Romanian). Fanatik.ro. 16 May 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ "Ex-dinamovistul Zoltan Kadar, planuri mari la Grasshopper Zurich. "A fost o surpriză plăcută!"" [Former Dinamo player Zoltan Kadar, big plans at Grasshopper Zurich. "It was a pleasant surprise!"] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 31 May 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ a b Zoltán Kádár at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Zoltán Kádár at WorldFootball.net
- ^ a b "Zoltán Kádár". European Football. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ "Spain 0-2 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
External links[]
- Zoltán Kádár at FootballDatabase.eu
- 1966 births
- Living people
- People from Covasna County
- Romanian footballers
- Romanian football managers
- Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent
- Liga I players
- Liga II players
- Romanian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- FC Universitatea Cluj players
- FC Dinamo București players
- FC Schaffhausen players
- FC Frauenfeld players
- Association football midfielders
- Grasshopper Club Zürich managers
- Romania international footballers