- Márkó Futács
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Márkó Futács 
Personal information Full name Márkó Futács Date of birth 22 February 1990 Place of birth Budapest, Hungary Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Playing position Forward Club information Current club Portsmouth Number 9 Youth career III. Kerületi VSE –2006 Ferencvárosi TC 2006–2009 AS Nancy Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2009–2011 SV Werder Bremen II 13 (3) 2010–2011 → FC Ingolstadt 04 (loan) 23 (2) 2011– Portsmouth 5 (0) National team‡ Hungary U-18 3 (5) 2009–2010 Hungary U20 8 (4) 2010– Hungary U21 13 (4) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 July 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2011Márkó Futács (born 22 February 1990 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian footballer who plays as striker for Football League Championship club Portsmouth.
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Club career
Werder Bremen
Futács started his youth career at III. Kerületi TUE from Óbuda in his hometown Budapest. He soon transferred to second-tier club Ferencvárosi TC from the IXth district of Budapest. In the summer of 2006, he went to France, signing for AS Nancy. Futács quickly ascended up the ranks, scoring 18 goals in 21 matches with the under-18 team. In the 2007–08 season, Futács was already part of AS Nancy B, the club's second team. In early 2009, Futács signed a professional contract at SV Werder Bremen II until June 2011.[1] About the transfer, manager Klaus Allofs said: "Marko is a young player with perspective who we have observed for some time now. The opportunity was good to bring him to us so we decided to take the step. We hope that he can continue to develop with us." He made his Werder Bremen first-team debut on 20 July 2009 in a pre-season 2–1 win over VfL Wolfsburg, replacing Marcelo Moreno Martins in the 60th minute. Futács scored two goals in four friendly matches with Bremen in the summer of 2009.
Portsmouth
On 26 August 2011, Futács signed a one-year deal with Portsmouth, with an option for a further year.[2] After he joined Portsmouth he said, "Portsmouth is a great club with big names such as Kanu".[3] He made his league debut as a late substitute in the 4–3 defeat away to West Ham in September 2011. He obtained his first goal for Portsmouth in a friendly game against Russian Premier League side FC Rostov
International career
Futács was a member of the bronze medal winning U-20 Hungary squad in the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt.[4] Futács scored one goal in the tournament in the semi-finals against Ghana.[5] Futács is currently playing for the U-21 squad.
Honours
- DFB-Supercup: 2009–10 with Werder Bremen (unofficial)
- FIFA U-20 World Cup:
- Third place: 2009
Career statistics
- As of 27 August 2011.
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Nancy B 2008–09 12 3 - - - 12 3 Total 12 3 - - - 12 3 Werder Bremen II 2009–10 13 3 - - - 13 3 Total 13 3 - - - 13 3 Ingolstadt (loan) 2010–11 23 2 2 0 - - 25 2 Total 23 2 2 0 - - 25 2 Portsmouth 2011–12 5 0 0 0 - -|5|0 0 Total 5 0 0 0 - - 0 0 References
- ^ "Werder sign young Hungarian". SkySports.com. 3 February 2009. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11881_4891896,00.html. Retrieved 3 February 2009.
- ^ "Portsmouth sign Hungarian striker Markos Futacs". BBC. 26 August 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/14686443.stm. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
- ^ "Pompey Sign Futacs". portsmouthfc.co.uk. 26 August 2011. http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/Pompey-Sign-Futacs-2500.aspx.
- ^ "2009 FIFA World Cup U-20". UEFA.com. 16 October 2009. http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/u20worldcup/egypt2009/results/index.html. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ^ "Ghana to face Brazil in U20 final". BBC. 13 October 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/8305577.stm. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
External links
- Márkó Futács at fussballdaten.de (German)
- Márkó Futács at transfermarkt.de (German)
Portsmouth F.C. – current squad Categories:- 1990 births
- Living people
- Hungarian footballers
- Hungarian expatriate footballers
- Werder Bremen II players
- FC Ingolstadt 04 players
- Portsmouth F.C. players
- Association football forwards
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in England
- The Football League players
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