Krisztián Lisztes

Football player infobox
playername = Krisztián Lisztes
height = height|m=1.79
fullname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1976|7|2
cityofbirth = Budapest
countryofbirth = Hungary
currentclub = REAC
clubnumber = 21
position = Centre Midfielder
youthyears = 1985-1993
youthclubs = Ferencvárosi TC
years = 1993-1996
1996-2001
2001-2005
2005-2006
2008
2008-
clubs = Ferencvárosi TC
VfB Stuttgart
Werder Bremen
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Ferencvarosi TC
Rákospalotai EAC
caps(goals) = 080 (19)
109 (12)
092 0(8)
005 0(0)
011 0(0)
nationalyears = 1994-2004
nationalteam = Hungary
nationalcaps(goals) = 049 0(9)

Krisztián Lisztes [IPA|ˈkristiaːn ˈlistɛʃ] (born July 2, 1976 in Budapest) is a Hungarian professional footballer.

Lisztes began his professional career as a midfielder, playing for the Hungarian team Ferencvárosi TC, where he was brought up through the youth academy. He was considered by many as one of the biggest talents of Hungarian football. He became a member of the first team in 1993 at the age of 17, when he had to replace Hungary's then probably biggest star Lajos Détári on a quick note when he was transferred to Italy.

In 1994 he debuted in the Hungarian national team where to this day he gained 49 caps and scored 9 goals. He was last capped in 2004.

He led Ferencvaros to the group stages of the UEFA Champions League in 1995, making them the first and as yet only Hungarian team to get there. Scoring the first goal against Grasshoppers in a 3-0 victory, he also became the first ever Hungarian player to score in the Champions League group stages.

During the 1995/1996 season, he was a member of the Hungarian Olympic Football team, which won qualification to the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Hungary lost all of their three group matches on the Olympics, their opponent including future gold medal winners Nigeria, and Brazil with the likes of Dida, Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Roberto Carlos and Juninho Paulista in their squad. This was the last occasion to this day, when the Hungarian football team managed to qualify for the Olympics.

His performances at the European level caught the attention of several big clubs and he would go on to join VfB Stuttgart in 1996. Many considered this move as premature as Stuttgart's then playmaker Bulgarian Krasimir Balakov had a solid place in the team, and Lisztes indeed had to spend some time on the reserves bench, but later he became a regular in the team, and played there till 2001 before moving to SV Werder Bremen. His successes include German Cup triumphs with Stuttgart in 1997 and Werder in 2004, as well as the 2004 league title with Werder.

In 2004 he sustained an injury and never fully regained his fitness at Werder. In 2005, following trials with Wigan Athletic of the Premier League and A.C. ChievoVerona of the Serie A, he joined Borussia Mönchengladbach, but failed to make a serious impact as a result of his continued injury problems. After a brief spell in Croatia with Hajduk Split he rejoined his childhood team Ferencvárosi TC in February 2008, but moved on to REAC only after a few months. On August 3, 2008 he scored his first goal in the Hungarian premier league after 12 years.

He is married and has one daughter.

Honours

*flagicon|Hungary "'Ferencvárosi TC
**"'Hungarian League: 1995, 1996
**"'Hungarian Cup: 1994, 1995
**"'Hungarian Super Cup: 1993, 1994, 1995

*flagicon|Germany "'VfB Stuttgart
**"'German Cup: 1997
**"'Cup Winners' Cup: Runner-up 1998
**"'UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2000

*flagicon|Germany "'Werder Bremen
**"'German Champion: 2004
**"'German Cup: 2004

*"'Hungarian "Player of the Year": 2002