Barnabás_Varga
Barnabás Varga
Hungarian footballer (born 1994)
Barnabás Varga (born 25 October 1994) is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays for Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Ferencváros and Hungary national team as a forward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1994-10-25) 25 October 1994 (age 29) | ||
| Place of birth | Szombathely, Hungary | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ferencváros | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2010 | Illés Akadémia[1] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2016 | SV Eberau | ||
| 2016–2019 | SV Mattersburg II | 57 | (51) |
| 2016–2019 | SV Mattersburg | 16 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | SV Lafnitz | 29 | (11) |
| 2020–2022 | Gyirmót | 58 | (26) |
| 2022–2023 | Paks | 31 | (26) |
| 2023– | Ferencváros | 23 | (20) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023– | Hungary | 9 | (4) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024, 23:28 (UTC) | |||
With 26 goals for Paks, Varga was the top scorer of the 2022–23 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season.
Ferencváros
On 1 June 2023, he moved to then defending champions, Ferencváros.[2]
On 6 August 2023, he scored his first goal in the 2023–24 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season against Fehérvár FC at the Sóstói Stadion.[3] On 27 August, he scored a hat-trick in a 6–1 victory over former club Paks in the fifth game day of the league season.[4] He followed this up with another hat-trick in the club's next league match, a 6–2 win over Zalaegerszeg on 3 September.
On 22 October 2023, he was injured in a Nemzeti Bajnokság I match against Diósgyőri VTK.[5] Ferencváros manager, Dejan Stanković, said that Varga paid for his matches in the national team.[6][7] Therefore, he had to miss the UEFA Europa League match against K.R.C. Genk.[8]
In an interview with M4 Sport, Gábor Kubatov, the president of Ferencváros, said that he is happy that he had been convinced to purchase the top scorer of the 2022–23 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season. However, Kubatov was hesitating during the aummer of 2023 to sign or not to sign Varga.[9]
In January 2024, he started training with the team after his injury.[10]
On 6 February 2024, he scored four goals in a 5-1 victory over arch-rivals MTK Budapest FC.[11][12][13] After the match, Dejan Stanković, Ferencváros manager, said that Varga is a fascinating football player.[14] In an interview, published on Nemzeti Sport, Varga said that scoring four goals was really beneficial for his soul after his long injury.[15]
On 20 April 2024, the Ferencváros–Kisvárda tie ended with a goalless draw at the Groupama Aréna on the 29th match day of the 2023–24 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season[16] which meant that Ferencváros won their 35th championship.[17][18]
On 15 May 2024, Ferencváros were defeated by Paks 2–0 in the 2024 Magyar Kupa Final at the Puskás Aréna.[19][20]
On 27 March 2023, Varga made his first appearance as a substitute for the Hungary national team in an UEFA Euro qualifying match against Bulgaria.[21] Three games later, he scored his first goal in the third qulifying group stage match against Lithuania.[22]
On 7 September 2023, he scored the first Hungarian goal in a 2–1 victory against Serbia national football team in the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying match at the Stadion Rajko Mitic in Belgrade, Serbia.[23]
On 14 October 2023, he scored the first Hungarian goal in a 2–1 victory over Serbia at the Puskás Aréna in the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying match.[24][25]
On 25 October.2023, it was revealed that Varga would not play against Bulgaria and Montenegro in the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying due to injury.[26]
Ferencvárosi TC
Individual
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I top goalscorer: 2022–23 - with 26 goals,[27] 2023–24[28]
In an article, published on Nemzeti Sport, Gábor Thury said that Varga is a player who reached his peak at the end of his career.[29] Varga was about to give up his career in his early 20s, when he received an offer from SV Mattersburg.
He resides in a small village, Szentpéterfa, located close to the Austrian border. In an interview published on Nemzeti Sport, he said that when he retires he wants to spend his life there.[30]
Club
- As of match played 15 May 2024[31]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[lower-alpha 1] | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lafnitz | 2016–17 | Austrian Bundesliga | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | 1 | |
| 2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | Austrian 2. Liga | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | 14 | 4 | ||
| 2019–20 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | – | 16 | 8 | |||
| Total | 45 | 12 | 1 | 1 | – | 46 | 13 | |||
| Gyirmót | 2019–20 | Nemzeti Bajnokság II | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 1 | |
| 2020–21 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 3 | – | 25 | 15 | |||
| 2021–22 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 29 | 13 | 1 | 0 | – | 30 | 13 | ||
| Total | 58 | 26 | 2 | 3 | – | 60 | 29 | |||
| Paks | 2022–23 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 31 | 26 | 2 | 3 | – | 33 | 29 | |
| Ferencváros | 2023–24 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 23 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 13[lower-alpha 2] | 9 | 39 | 29 |
| Career total | 157 | 84 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 178 | 100 | ||
- Includes Austrian Cup, Magyar Kupa
- Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, eleven appearances and nine goals in UEFA Europa Conference League
International
- As of match played 26 March 2024[32]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 2023 | 7 | 4 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 9 | 4 | |
- Scores and results list Hungary's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Varga goal.[32]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 June 2023 | Puskás Aréna, Budapest, Hungary |  Lithuania | 1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying |
| 2 | 7 September 2023 | Red Star Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia |  Serbia | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| 3 | 14 October 2023 | Puskás Aréna, Budapest, Hungary | 1–0 | 2–1 | ||
| 4 | 17 October 2023 | Darius and Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas, Lithuania | Lithuania | 2–2 | 2–2 |
- Profile at WorldFootball, worldfootball.net
- "Hungarian national team top scorer joins Fradi". fradi.hu. 1 June 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- "Fehérvár vs. Ferencváros - 6 August 2023 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
- "Ferencváros vs. Paks - 27 August 2023 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
- Nemzet, Magyar (2023-10-23). "Sztankovics Varga Barnabás sérüléséről: Megfizette a válogatottság árát". Sztankovics Varga Barnabás sérüléséről: Megfizette a válogatottság árát (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2023-10-25.
- István, Kocsmár-Tóth (2023-10-23). "Ilyen nincs! Sérülés miatt kellett lecserélni a magyar válogatott alapemberét". index.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2023-10-25.
- "Dejan Sztankovics: "Varga Barnabás megfizeti az árát, hogy rengeteg meccset játszik"". Sportal.hu (in Hungarian). 2023-10-22. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
- nemzetisport.hu (2023). "Ekl: Varga Barna kihagyhatja a Genk elleni meccset - NSO". www.nemzetisport.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2023-10-25.
- "Kubatov: Örülök, hogy meggyőztek Varga Barnabás leigazolásáról". telex (in Hungarian). 2023-12-14. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
- "FTC: Varga Barnabás újra a csapattal edzett". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). 2024-01-23. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
- "Videó: Varga-show a Groupamában, a Fradi csatára három és fél perc alatt szerzett három gólt". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). 2024-02-06. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
- "Ferencváros vs. MTK - 6 February 2024 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
- "A Fradi 5-1-re ütötte ki az MTK-t, Varga Barnabás egymaga négy gólt rúgott". telex (in Hungarian). 2024-02-07. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
- "NB I: Lenyűgöző játékos – Sztankovics is dicsérte a mesternégyest szerző Varga Barnabást". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). 2024-02-07. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
- "NB I: Jólesett a lelkemnek – Varga Barnabás a négy gólja után". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). 2024-02-07. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
- "Ferencváros vs. Kisvárda - 20 April 2024 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
- "Klubrekord! Sorozatban hatodszor bajnok a Ferencváros". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). 2024-04-20. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
- FC, PAKSI (2024-05-15). "KUPAGYŐZTESEK LETTÜNK!". paksifc.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2024-05-17.
- "Defeat in the MOL Hungarian Cup final". www.fradi.hu. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
- ""Akár a külföld is benne lehet" – az NB I gólkirályjelöltje Bognár Györggyel még magasabb fokozatba kapcsolt". m4sport.hu (in hungarian). 25 April 2023.
- "Sallai bomba, Varga első góllal tette emlékezetessé litvánok elleni meccsét". sport365.hu (in Hungarian). 20 June 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- UEFA.com. "Serbia-Hungary | European Qualifiers 2024". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
- nemzetisport.hu (2023). "Ahogy köll: itthon is megvertük a szerbeket - NSO". www.nemzetisport.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2023-10-15.
- UEFA.com. "Hungary-Serbia | European Qualifiers 2024". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2023-10-15.
- nemzetisport.hu (2023). "FTC: az Eb-selejtezőkön sem játszhat már Varga Barnabás - NSO". www.nemzetisport.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2023-10-25.
- "Varga Barnabás lett az NB1 gólkirálya (2022/2023)" (in Hungarian). Hunfoci.hu. 29 May 2023.
- "Góllövő lista". mlsz.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 3 November 2023.
- nemzetisport.hu (2023). "Későn érő klasszis – Thury Gábor jegyzete - NSO". www.nemzetisport.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2023-12-22.
- nemzetisport.hu (2023). "Mindenhol jó, de legjobb otthon! – Varga Barnabás karácsonya Szentp". www.nemzetisport.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2023-12-24.
- "Barnabás Varga". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- "Varga, Barnabás". National Football Teams. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- Barnabás Varga at Soccerway
- MLSZ Profile
- International Career
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