Hungarian footballers currently making us proud in the UK

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Over the last few years there have been many different Hungarian players pulling their trade in British football. The names that instantly spring to mind are the likes of Zoltán Gera, Ádám Bogdán and Gábor Király. They have all played in the Premier League within the last 10 years.

Gera notably played for West Bromwich Albion and Fulham, Bogdan for Liverpool and Bolton Wanderers and Kiraly for Crystal Palace and Aston Villa. Gera is the top scoring player from Hungary in the history of English football – the tricky winger netted 17 times in 172 appearances in the Premier League. István Kozma was the first player from Hungary to play in the Premier League as he first featured for Liverpool in September 1992. There was almost a 12 year wait for the first Hungarian to score in the Premier League though, Gera accomplished that feat in August 2004. Despite these statistics, no Hungarian has played in England’s top flight since Bogdan in 2016.

There are four players from Hungary who do play in the UK though, shall we take a look who?

Ádám Nagy – Bristol City

Ádám Nagy is currently playing for Bristol City (sponsored by Dunder Casino – see full review of them here at CasinoRange) in the Championship. Nagy started his career with Hungarian giants Ferencváros before completing a move over to Italian side Bologna in a £2.5 million deal back in 2016. During his time in his homeland, Nagy won a league title, a League Cup, a Super Cup and two Magyar Kupas. The energetic midfielder spent three seasons in Italy prior to joining Bristol City in 2019. 2019-20 was a mixed season for both Bristol City and Nagy. The now 25-year-old made 23 appearances in his debut season in English football, scoring one goal. His goal came against Queens Park Rangers in just his second appearance for the Robins.

Nagy has played for the Hungary national team at both youth and senior level. He played seven times for the U20s and once for the U21s. He was part of the squad that went to Euro 2016 and made two appearances at the tournament in France.

Nagy scored his first goal for his country against Finland in Groupama Arena in Budapest.

This goal came in a group game in the Nations League but was not enough to earn Hungary the win as the game finished 3-3. Hungary did enough in that campaign to gain promotion from League C into League B though as they finished runners up to Finland in the group.

Dániel Gyollai – Peterborough United

Dániel Gyollai is a talented young goalkeeper who has spent time playing with three different clubs in England.