Mátyás Bíró

This article covers the Romanian ice hockey player; on the Hungarian reformer of the same name see Matthias Devai .

Mátyás Bíró
Date of birth	May 17, 1994
place of birth	Miercurea Ciuc , Romania
size	178 cm
Weight	72 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
2009-2010	SC Miercurea Ciuc
2010-2014	HK Nitra
2014-2015	HSC Csíkszereda
since 2015	ASC Corona 2010 Brașov

Mátyás Bíró (born May 17, 1994 in Miercurea Ciuc ) is a Romanian ice hockey player who has been playing in the Romanian Ice Hockey League and the MOL League at the ASC Corona 2010 Brașov since 2015 .

Career

Club

Mátyás Bíró, who belongs to the Hungarian-speaking Szekler minority in Romania , began his career at SC Miercurea Ciuc , the traditional Szekler club for which he played in the Hungarian U18 league. In 2010 he moved to Slovakia to HK Nitra , where he played in the club's various youth teams. In 2014 he returned to Romania, where he played a season for HSC Csíkszereda , as SC Miercurea Ciuc is now called, in the Romanian ice hockey league and the MOL league . Since 2015 he has been on the ice at ASC Corona 2010 Brașov, also in the Romanian league and the MOL league. In 2017 he became Romanian champion with the club .

International

Bíró plays internationally in contrast to other Szeklers who compete for Hungary , for his native Romania . He was already active in the junior sector at world championships: he participated in the U18 world championships in 2010 , 2011 and 2012 when he was the top scorer among the defenders, as well as in the U20 world championships in 2012 when he was voted the best player on his team and together with his compatriot Roberto Gliga third best scorer behind the two Estonians Robert Rooba and Artjom Gornostajev and together with Gliga and Zsombor Molnár second best preparer after Gornostajev, participated in Division II in 2013 and 2014 respectively.

Bíró made his debut in the men's national team at the 2014 World Cup when the Romanians had to accept relegation to Division II. He then played in Division II in 2015 and 2017 , when he and the Serb Marko Sretović were the third-best goal setter behind the Belgian Mitch Morgan and the Serb Dominik Crnogorac , where he was promoted to Division I. There he then played in the World Championship 2018 .

successes

• 2012 Promotion to Division II, Group A, at the U20 World Championship Division II, Group B.
• 2015 Promotion to Division I, Group B, at the World Championship of Division II, Group A.
• 2017 Romanian champion with the ASC Corona 2010 Brașov
• 2017 Promotion to Division I, Group B, at the World Championship Division II, Group A

MOL league statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	4th	134	19th	21st	40	30th
Playoffs	2	17th	2	2	4th	0

(Status: end of the 2017/18 season)

Web links

• Mátyás Bíró at eliteprospects.com (English)