János Balogh (soccer player)

János Balogh
Personnel
Surname	János Balogh
birthday	November 29, 1982
place of birth	Debrecen ,  Hungary
size	1.92 m
position	goalkeeper
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2000-2004	Debreceni VSC	37 (0)
2004-2005	FC Sopron	30 (0)
2005-2006	Nyíregyháza Spartacus FC	3 (0)
2006-2009	Debreceni VSC	23 (0)
2008-2009	→  Heart of Midlothian  (loan)	19 (0)
2009–2012	Heart of Midlothian	16 (0)
2012–	Nyíregyháza Spartacus FC	13 (0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1996-1997	Hungary U-14	1 (0)
1998-1999	Hungary U-16	6 (0)
1999-2000	Hungary U-17	2 (0)
2007	Hungary	1 (0)
1 Only league games are given. As of December 18, 2012

János Balogh (born November 29, 1982 in Debrecen ) is a Hungarian football goalkeeper and former national player.

Career

Balogh first played for VSC Debrecen , with whom he was Hungarian champion in 2007 and two cup winners. During an interlude at FC Sopron , he also won the 2005 Cup with West Hungary. In 2008 he switched to the Scottish Premier League club Heart of Midlothian on loan , which signed him in 2009 for a transfer fee of € 200,000. After he had not played a game for the Scots since 2010, he moved back to Hungary in March 2012 to Nyíregyháza Spartacus FC , for which he was already active for a short time in the 2005/06 season.

National team

Balogh played once for the Hungarian national team . On September 12, 2007 he made his debut in a European Championship qualifier against Turkey (final score: 0: 3) . Before that he played for the U-14, U-16 and U-17 juniors of Hungary .

successes

With the Debreceni VSC

• Hungarian champion : 2007
• Hungarian Cup Winner : 2001 and 2008
• Hungarian Super Cup: 2008

With FC Sopron

• Hungarian Cup Winner : 2005

Web links

• Janos Balogh in the database of transfermarkt.de