Istvan Bakx

Football player infobox
playername= Istvan Bakx
fullname = Istvan Bakx
nickname =


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1986|1|20
cityofbirth = Vlissingen
countryofbirth = Netherlands
height = height|m=1.74
currentclub = K.V. Kortri jk
clubnumber = 9
contractend= July 2009
position = winger-forward
youthyears = 1992-1996
1996
1996-2003
youthclubs = Zeeland Sport
Feyenoord
RCS
years = 2003-2005
2005-2006
2006-2007
2007-
clubs = V.V. Kloetinge
Sparta Rotterdam
HSV Hoek
KV Kortrijk
caps(goals) =? (?) 2 (0) ? (?) 33 (12)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 13 March 2008
ntupdate =

Istvan Bakx (born January 20, 1986 in Vlissingen) is a Dutch football player. He is a left-footed winger or striker.

Club career

Bakx was discovered by Sparta Rotterdam in 2005, while he was playing for VV Kloetinge in the Hoofdklasse, the highest Dutch amateur league. At the end of the season, Sparta offered Bakx a new contract. But Bakx refused to sign and went to HSV Hoek, another team playing in the Hoofdklasse. Bakx was chosen as "player of the year" at the end of his season in Hoek. In July 2007, Bakx went to Belgian second division side KV Kortrijk.

The Google Striker

Bakx gained some notability in Belgium with his transfer to Kortrijk. Manager Hein Vanhaezebrouck was searching for a left-footed attacker and had typed in those words at search engine Google. Search results showed a positive report on Bakx, and Vanhaezebrouck contacted Kortrijk's head scout. As these scouting reports were also positive, Bakx' transfer to Kortrijk became a fact. As a result, Belgian media nicknamed Bakx "the Google striker". Bakx impressed in Belgium as part of the KV Kortrijk side that chalked up a shock 5-1 Belgian Cup victory against AA Gent, in which Bakx scored a hat-trick. Sadly for Bakx and Kortrijk, Gent won the return 4-0, defeating Kortrijk on aggregate.

International career

On March 13, 2008, Bakx was taken up into the pre-selection for Jong Oranje for the match against Estonia.cite news
title = Bakx opgenomen in preselectie Jong Oranje
url = http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza.be/voetbal/lagere%2Bklassen/1.269060
publisher = Sporza
date = 2008-03-13
accessdate = 2008-03-13]

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