Pál Dárdai

Pál Dárdai
Pál Dárdai
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Personal information
Date of birth 16 March 1976 (1976-03-16) (age 35)
Place of birth Pécs, Hungary
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 12 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
Pécsi Munkás
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1995 Pécsi Munkás 68 (11)
1996 BVSC 22 (3)
1997–2011 Hertha BSC 297 (17)
National team
1998–2010 Hungary 61 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Pál Dárdai (born 16 March 1976) is a retired Hungarian footballer who played mainly a defensive midfielder.

In a 20-year professional career, he played for over a decade in the same team, Hertha BSC in Germany. With 286 Bundesliga appearances, he is the club's most capped player.

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Club career

Born in Pécs, Dárdai started his professional career with local Pécsi Mecsek FC, moving in January 1996 to BVSC Budapest. He helped his new club finish second in both the league and cup.

In the same month of the following year, he signed with German second division side Hertha BSC, appearing in 10 games before the end of the season, with the club being promoted. In 1998–99, he contributed with 21 games (only six starts however) as the team finished in third position, only trailing vice-champions Bayer 04 Leverkusen by one point.

From then onwards, Dárdai became an essential first-team member for Hertha, as it qualified several times for the UEFA Cup. After appearing sparingly from 2004–06 (33 matches combined), he again featured heavily in the following years. From 2009, his appearances became less and less frequent: after only one game in the 2010–11 season - with The Old Lady eventually returning to the top level - and also being demoted to the reserve team, the 35-year old retired from football, having appeared in 286 first division games, more than any other player in the club's history.

Club statistics

Season Club Country Competition Matches Goals
1991–92 Pécsi Munkás  Hungary NBI 4 0
1992–93 Pécsi Munkás  Hungary NBI 10 1
1993–94 Pécsi Munkás  Hungary NBI 10 1
1994–95 Pécsi Munkás  Hungary NBI 30 4
1995–96 Pécsi Munkás  Hungary NBI 14 5
1995–96 BVSC Budapest  Hungary NBI 7 0
1996–97 BVSC Budapest  Hungary NBI 15 3
1996–97 Hertha BSC  Germany 2. Bundesliga 10 0
1997–98 Hertha BSC  Germany Bundesliga 14 0
1998–99 Hertha BSC  Germany Bundesliga 21 1
1999–00 Hertha BSC  Germany Bundesliga 15 1
2000–01 Hertha BSC  Germany Bundesliga 24 2
2001–02 Hertha BSC  Germany Bundesliga 27 3
2002–03 Hertha BSC  Germany Bundesliga 29 4
2003–04 Hertha BSC  Germany Bundesliga 29 0
2004–05 Hertha BSC  Germany Bundesliga 17 0
2005–06 Hertha BSC  Germany Bundesliga 16 2
2006–07 Hertha BSC  Germany Bundesliga 28 3
2007–08 Hertha BSC  Germany Bundesliga 23 0
2008–09 Hertha BSC  Germany Bundesliga 26 1
2009–10 Hertha BSC  Germany Bundesliga 17 0
2010–11 Hertha BSC  Germany 2. Bundesliga 1 0

International career

Dárdai began playing for Hungary with the U21s, in 1996. He made his senior debut in a friendly against Slovenia on 19 August 1998, and scored his first international goal on 10 October, in an UEFA Euro 2000 qualifier against Azerbaijan, in the 58th minute of a 4–0 triumph.

Often cast as starting central midfielder alongside Krisztián Lisztes, under managers Bertalan Bicskei and Imre Gellei, Dárdai captained the national side seven times during 2006, netting twice. On 15 November 2006, he was not included in Péter Várhidi's provisional 25-man squad for Euro 2008 qualifiers, but featured in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying stages, as Hungary was now managed by Erwin Koeman.[1]

Pál Dárdai: International goals
Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 10 October 1998 Baku  Azerbaijan 1–0 4–0 Euro 2000 qualifying
2 7 September 2002 Reykjavík  Iceland 2–0 2–0 Friendly
3 20 November 2002 Budapest  Moldova 1–1 1–1 Friendly
4 30 May 2006 Manchester  England 1–2 1–3 Friendly
5 24 May 2006 Zenica  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–0 3–1 Euro 2008 qualifying

Honours

Team

Individual

  • Hungarian Footballer of the Year: 2006[2]
  • Hertha BSC most capped player (366 times)

Personal life

Dárdai is married and has three sons: Pál, Márton and Bence. His brother, Balázs, also a footballer, died during a friendly match in 20 July 2002. He was only 23 years old.

Dárdai's father, also named Pál Dardái, was also a footballer.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Dardai: Anything is possible". FIFA.com. 1 September 2008. http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=867118.html#dardai+anything+possible. Retrieved 1 September 2008. 
  2. ^ "Dárdai Pálé a Magyar Aranylabda" (in Hungarian). Sport Geza. 14 November 2006. http://sportgeza.hu/futball/aranyl1114/. Retrieved 14 November 2006. 
  3. ^ "Pál Dárdai Sr.". Player History. http://www.playerhistory.com/Default.aspx?page=player_details&playerID=178677. Retrieved 19 April 2011. 

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