Richard Magyar

Richard Magyar (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈmɒɟɒr]; born 3 May 1991) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a defender for Hammarby IF. His father is of Hungarian descent.

Richard Magyar
Magyar in 2011
Personal information
Full name Richard Göran Emil Magyar
Date of birth (1991-05-03) 3 May 1991
Place of birth Malmö, Sweden
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Hammarby IF
Number 4
Youth career
2007 BK Astrio
2008–2009 Halmstads BK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Halmstads BK 106 (6)
2014–2015 FC Aarau 7 (0)
2015–2017 Hammarby 41 (1)
2017–2019 Greuther Fürth II 2 (1)
2017–2019 Greuther Fürth 47 (4)
2019– Hammarby IF 28 (3)
National team‡
2010 Sweden U19 2 (0)
2011–2012 Sweden U21 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 August 2012

Career

Magyar started his career in Åkarps IF at the age of 8, followed by a moved to GoIF Nike. At the age of 15 he went on trial for Malmö FF but eventually signed for Lunds BK in 2006, however, the spell was only one year as his family moved to Halmstad, where he signed for BK Astrio.[1] In 2008, he moved to local rival Halmstads BK, spending only a year in the youth squad and was also part of U21 squad that won the first U21 Allsvenska championship.[2] Prior to the 2010 season he was lifted from youth squad and put as a trainee in the senior squad.[3] After sitting on the bench for several games, he made his debut on 5 May for Halmstads BK against Kalmar FF, starting as teammate Tomas Žvirgždauskas had picked up an injury.[4]

Before the 2014 season, Magyar was appointed as the new team captain at Halmstad.[5] After the season, he left the club when his contract expired, making 106 senior appearances in total for the side.

In January 2015, he signed a short time-contract with the Swiss club FC Aarau.[6] At his new club, Magyar teamed up with another former player of Halmstad BK, midfielder Dusan Djuric. He eventually played 6 games during the spring of 2015, but was unable to prevent Aarau from being relegated from the Swiss Super League when the season came to its end.

In the midseason of the 2015 Allsvenskan, he returned to his native country signing a two and a half year-deal with newly promoted Hammarby IF from Stockholm.[7]

In June 2017, Magyar joined 2. Bundesliga side SpVgg Greuther Fürth on a two-year contract.[8] He played 47 games for the club, scoring four goals, across two seasons.

On 11 July 2019, Magyar returned to his former club Hammarby IF, signing a three-year contract.[9]

International career

In May 2011, Magyar was for the first time summoned to the Swedish U21 team. However, an injury forced Magyar to miss out. Marcus Törnstrand was called up to replace Magyar.[10]

Career statistics
As of match played 27 January 2018[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Halmstad 2010 Allsvenskan 3010—40
2011 22010—230
2012 Superettan 274412[lower-alpha 1]1336
2013 Allsvenskan 291302[lower-alpha 2]0341
2014 25110—261
Total 1066101411208
Aarau 2014–15 Super League 7000—70
Hammarby 2015 Allsvenskan 11050—160
2016 20130—231
2017 10000—100
Total 4118000491
Greuther Fürth II 2017–18 Regionalliga Bayern 11——11
Greuther Fürth 2017–18 2. Bundesliga 10210—112
Career total 165101914118812
  1. Appearances in the Superettan promotion play-offs
  2. Appearances in the Allsvenskan relegation play-offs

References
  1. "Richard Magyars häftiga resa" (in Swedish). hbk.se. 2010-04-15. Archived from the original on 2010-08-12. Retrieved 2010-05-17.
  2. "Folksam U21 serier 2009" (in Swedish). svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 2010-05-14.
  3. "Ny kvartett lärlingar" (in Swedish). hbk.se. Archived from the original on 2012-04-06. Retrieved 2010-05-14.
  4. "Bästa presenten för Richard" (in Swedish). hbk.se. 2010-05-04. Archived from the original on 2010-08-21. Retrieved 2010-05-14.
  5. "Han blir ny lagkapten efter Stefan Selakovic" (in Swedish). Expressen. 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  6. "Klart: Richard Magyar flyttar till Schweiz" (in Swedish). Expressen. 2015-01-17. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  7. "Officiellt: Magyar och Khalili klara för Hammarby" (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. 2015-07-07. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  8. "Zwei Neuzugänge: Fürth bastelt an der Zukunft". kicker Online (in German). 5 June 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  9. "Jóhannsson och Magyar klara för Hammarby". Hammarby Fotboll (in Swedish). July 11, 2019. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
  10. "Magyar tackar nej till U21-landslaget" (in Swedish). hallandsposten.se. 2011-05-28. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
  11. Richard Magyar at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 February 2018.


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