- István Kozma
Football player infobox
playername = István Kozma
fullname = István Kozma
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1964|12|03
cityofbirth =Pásztó
countryofbirth =Hungary
currentclub = Retired
clubnumber =
position =Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1983–1989
1989–1992
1992–1993
1993–1995
1995–1997
1997–1999
1999
2000
2000–2001
clubs =Újpesti Dózsa
Dunfermline
LiverpoolÚjpest FC
APOELÚjpest FC
VideotonTatabánya Újpest FC
caps(goals) = 156 (10)
090 0(8)
006 0(0)
058 (15)
040 0(5)
033 0(0)
014 0(1)
011 0(0)
020 0(3)
nationalyears = 1986-1995
nationalteam = Hungary
nationalcaps(goals) = 040 0(1)
pcupdate = 15:39 18 April 2008
ntupdate = 15:39 18 April 2008István Kozma (born
3 December 1964 ,Pásztó ) was a Hungarian football player who played in midfield.Career
tart of career
He began his career at Salgotarjani TC in his native country of Hungary. Kozma then moved to
Újpest FC and then to French Ligue 1 champions Bordeaux. In December 1989 he was signed byJim Leishman for Scottish team Dunfermline Athletic for £550,000 which is still the clubs record transfer fee.Big money moves
At Dunfermline Kozma became a firm fan favourite playing 103 times and scoring 9 goals. In February 1992 he was a shock purchase for Liverpool, with
Graeme Souness signing the Hungarian for £300,000. Unfortunately, Kozma never looked like breaking into the first team at Liverpool. In the 1991-1992 season he made 6 league appearances, two in theFA Cup and one in the League Cup. However, in 1992-1993 he would make just one appearance as a substitute in a Premier League game, before being released in July 1993. His poor performance at Liverpool earned him in 2007 the dubious success of being rated byTimes Online as the fourth worst ever player to play in the Premiership. [ [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article2025420.ece The 50 worst footballers] ]Return to Eastern Europe
He then returned to
Újpest FC .In 1995-96 he played for APOEL where, after amazing performances, he led his team to
the Double .International career
Kozma played 40 times for the Hungarian national side, scoring once.
External links
* [http://www.dafc.net/index2.php?ID=1078&CATEGORY2= Profile at dafc.net]
References
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