Ádám Nagy

Ádám Nagy (born 17 June 1995) is a Hungarian professional football player who plays as a midfielder for Bristol City and the Hungary national team. He began his career at Ferencváros, making his professional debut for the reserves in August 2013 and for the first team in May 2015. Nagy won 8 caps and scored 1 goal for Hungary at youth level. He made his full international debut against Northern Ireland on 7 September 2015 coming on as a substitute[3] and was chosen for UEFA Euro 2016.

The native form of this personal name is Nagy Ádám. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Ádám Nagy
Nagy playing for Hungary at UEFA Euro 2016
Personal information
Full name Ádám Nagy[1]
Date of birth (1995-06-17) 17 June 1995
Place of birth Budapest, Hungary
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Bristol City
Number 4
Youth career
2003–2005 Goldball '94
2005–2007 Vasas
2008 Aramis SE
2009 Kelen SC
2009–2010 Tabáni Spartacus
2010–2011 Szent István SE
2012–2013 VSI Rio Maior
2013 Ferencváros
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Ferencváros II 26 (1)
2014–2016 Ferencváros 26 (0)
2015 → Budafok (loan) 1 (0)
2016–2019 Bologna 51 (1)
2019– Bristol City 41 (2)
National team‡
2015 Hungary U20 7 (1)
2015 Hungary U21 1 (0)
2015– Hungary 44 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 February 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2020

Career

Early years

Nagy was born in Budapest, Hungary. After starting his career at Goldball '94 FC, he played for Tabáni Spartacus SKE and Szent István SE.[4] In 2008, he had a brief spell at the futsal club Aramis Sport Egyesület.[5]

At the age of 16, he went to La Manga Club to join the football academy created by English football development academy VisionPro Sports Institute. In January 2012, the academy moved to Portugal forming the VSI Rio Maior Football Club, and established themselves in the lower levels of the Santarém Football Association Juniors Championship.[6] The project was led by former Premier League players such as Ian Wright and Mark Hughes. The academy was coached by English coach Paul Simpson and the team was composed of young players, between the ages of 16 and 19, from Portugal, Hungary, Angola, Wales, England, Congo and Spain.[7] The project ended in March 2013, due to mis-management of funds by the VSI Chairman and directors.[8]

Ferencváros

On 13 August 2013, Nagy signed with Ferencváros.[9] He made his professional debut in the 2013–14 campaign, with the II-team in the third division. He made his first appearance in the competition on 24 August 2013, playing in the 0–2 home loss against Felsőtárkány. On 30 August 2015 he scored his first goal in their 7–0 win at Ebes.

On 12 May 2015, Nagy made his debut for made his official debut for Ferencváros, playing in a 3–0 home win against Honvéd for the season's League Cup. Four days later, he played his first match in the Nemzeti Bajnokság against Paksi FC. The match ended with a 1–0 victory for the Budapest team. Nagy entered the pitch in the 46th minute as a substitute for Ugrai.[10] On 20 May 2015, Nagy helped his team win the 2015 Magyar Kupa Final by playing 70 minutes in the final.

On 2 April 2016, Nagy became Hungarian League champion with Ferencváros after losing to Debrecen 2–1 at the Nagyerdei Stadion in the 2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season.[11]

On 10 June 2016, Nagy was listed among the top 10 young talents at the Euro 2016. The list was created by Sports Illustrated and includes football players such as Kingsley Coman, Julian Draxler, and Raphaël Guerreiro.[12]

During the European Championship, Nagy attracted attention from clubs such as Benfica, Olympique de Marseille and Leicester City.[13]

Bologna

On 14 July 2016, Nagy joined Italian side Bologna after an impressive performance with the national team at the UEFA Euro 2016.[14] In December 2016 he was voted Bologna's Player of the Month for December.[15] In a friendly before the 2017–18 Serie A season, Nagy scored the 8th goal for Bologna.

In April of the 2017–18 Serie A season, he was voted as the third best player, preceded by Simone Verdi and Andrea Poli in the team by the voters of the official website of Bologna FC.[16] However, the 2017-18 season was not as successful as the previous season for Nagy since he made only 12 appearances throughout the season. On 15 April 2018, he scored his first Serie A goal for Bologna against Hellas Verona F.C. in 94th minute at the Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna.[17]

In the 2018–19 Serie A season Nagy made only 14 appearances among which 10 times he was in the starting line-up during the coaching of Filippo Inzaghi and Siniša Mihajlović, and during the summer of 2019 he repeatedly iterated that he would like to leave Bologna.

Bristol City

On 8 August 2019, Nagy joined English Championship side Bristol City on a three-year deal with the option for a fourth year.[18][19] On 10 August 2019, he debuted in the 2019–20 EFL Championship against Birmingham City F.C. at St Andrew's[20] and scored his first goal against QPR in the next game.[21]

International career

Nagy was part of the Hungarian U-20 team at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup,[22] playing in four games (three starts) in an eventual Round of 16 exit.

On 7 September 2015, Nagy played his first match in the Hungary national football team in a 1–1 draw against Northern Ireland in a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group F match at Windsor Park. He entered the pitch in the 23rd minute as a substitute for Elek.[23]

Nagy was selected for Hungary's Euro 2016 squad.[24]

On 14 June 2016, Nagy played in the first group match in a 2–0 victory over Austria at the UEFA Euro 2016 Group F match at Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.[25] Three days later on 18 June 2016 he played in a 1–1 draw against Iceland at the Stade Vélodrome, Marseille.[26]

On 18 November 2018, he scored his first goal for the national team against Finland at the Groupama Aréna, Budapest, in a 2018–19 UEFA Nations League C match.[27]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 5 December 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ferencváros II 2013–14 NB III 261———261
Ferencváros 2014–15[28] NB I 1010500070
2015–16[28] NB I 25040001[lower-alpha 1]0300
Total 260505010370
Bologna 2016–17[28] Serie A 25030——280
2017–18[28] Serie A 12110——131
2018–19[28] Serie A 14020——160
Total 51160——571
Bristol City 2019–20[29] Championship 2312010—261
2020–21[30] Championship 712000—91
Total 3024010—352
Career total 133415060201564
  1. Appearance in Szuperkupa

International
As of match 6 September 2020[31]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Hungary 201550
2016100
201780
201861
201970
202020
Total381

International goals
As of match played 11 June 2019. Hungary score listed first, score column indicates score after each Nagy goal.[31]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 18 November 2018Groupama Arena, Budapest, Hungary29 Finland2–02–02018–19 UEFA Nations League C

Honours

Ferencváros

Individual

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Bristol City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 10. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  2. https://www.bolognafc.it/player/adam-nagy
  3. at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. "Három éve figyelte Nagy Ádámot a FourFourTwo" [FourFourTwo has been watching Ádám Nagy for three years] (in Hungarian). FourFourTwo. 22 March 2013. Archived from the original on 18 October 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  5. "Akit eltanácsoltak a futballtól, most a legértékesebb" (in Hungarian). Index. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  6. "Destaque da Hungria já jogou em Rio Maior" [Highlight of Hungary has played in Rio Maior]. Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 20 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  7. "A Wright good business plan". A Marca. 1 November 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  8. "VISIONPRO SPORTS FECHA ACADEMIA DE FUTEBOL EM PORTUGAL" [VISIONPRO SPORTS CLOSES FOOTBALL ACADEMY IN PORTUGAL]. Record (in Portuguese). 22 March 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  9. "Nagy Ádám aláírt" [Nagy Ádám signed] (in Hungarian). Ferencváros TC. 16 August 2013. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  10. "Paks 0–1 Ferencváros". Soccerway.com. 16 May 2015.
  11. "Ferencváros crowned Hungarian champions". UEFA.com. 2 April 2016.
  12. "EB 2016: NAGY ÁDÁM A 10 LEGNAGYOBB TEHETSÉG KÖZÖTT A SPORTS ILLUSTRATEDNÉL". nemzetisportNemzeti Sport. 10 June 2016.
  13. "Leicester City corre contra o Benfica por Nagy" [Leicester City runs against Benfica by Nagy] (in Portuguese). maisfutebol. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  14. "Official: Bologna sign Nagy". Football Italia. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  15. "Adam Nagy MVP del mese di dicembre".
  16. https://www.bolognafc.it/en/verdi-voted-mvp-for-april/
  17. https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2018/04/15/italy/serie-a/bologna-fc-1909/hellas-verona-fc/2539089/
  18. "Nagy completes City move". Bristol City. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  19. "Bristol City sign Hungarian midfielder Adam Nagy from Bologna & Stoke striker Benik Afobe on season-long loan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  20. "Birmingham City 1-1 Bristol City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  21. "Bristol City 2-0 QPR". BBC. 17 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  22. Fifa u20 world cup squad (hungarian)
  23. "Northern Ireland 1–1 Hungary". Soccerway.com. 7 September 2015.
  24. "Hungary on the offensive with EURO squad". UEFA.com. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  25. "UEFA Euro 2016: Austria 0–2 Hungary". UEFA.com.
  26. "UEFA Euro 2016: Iceland 1–1 Hungary". UEFA.com.
  27. https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2018/11/18/europe/uefa-nations-league/hungary/finland/2720479/
  28. Ádám Nagy at Soccerway. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  29. "Games played by Ádám Nagy in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  30. "Games played by Ádám Nagy in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  31. "Nagy, Ádám". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  32. "Keserédes bajnokavatás – debreceni vereség után lett biztos az FTC-arany" (in Hungarian).
  33. "Gólzápor a zivatarban – kupagyőztes a Ferencváros!" (in Hungarian).
  34. "Kupagyőztes a bajnokcsapat – Gera döntötte el az MK-finálét" (in Hungarian).
  35. "A Ferencvárosé lett a "történelmi" Ligakupa" (in Hungarian).
  36. "A Fradié a Szuperkupa is – újra legyőzte a Vidit!" (in Hungarian).
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.