Barnabás Varga

Hungarian footballer (born 1994)

Barnabás Varga
Varga with SV Mattersburg in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-10-25) 25 October 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Szombathely, Hungary
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Ferencváros
Number 19
Youth career
2009–2010 Illés Akadémia[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2016 SV Eberau
2016–2019 SV Mattersburg II 57 (51)
2016–2019 SV Mattersburg 16 (1)
2019–2020 SV Lafnitz 29 (11)
2020–2022 Gyirmót 58 (26)
2022–2023 Paks 31 (26)
2023– Ferencváros 24 (20)
International career‡
2023– Hungary 13 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 June 2024, 19:50 (UTC)

Barnabás Varga (born 25 October 1994) is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Ferencváros and Hungary national team.

Club career

With 26 goals for Paks, Varga was the top scorer of the 2022–23 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season.

On 1 June 2023, Varga moved to then defending champions, Ferencváros.[2]

On 27 July 2023, Varga scored his first European goal against Shamrock Rovers in the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League [3]

On 6 August 2023, Varga scored his first goal in the 2023–24 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season against Fehérvár FC at the Sóstói Stadion.[4] On 27 August, he scored a hat-trick in a 6–1 victory over former club Paks in the fifth game day of the league season.[5] He followed this up with another hat-trick in the club's next league match, a 6–2 win over Zalaegerszeg on 3 September.

On 22 October 2023, Varga was injured in a Nemzeti Bajnokság I match against Diósgyőri VTK.[6] Ferencváros manager, Dejan Stanković, said that Varga paid for his matches in the national team.[7][8] Therefore, he had to miss the UEFA Europa League match against K.R.C. Genk.[9]

In an interview with M4 Sport, Gábor Kubatov, the president of Ferencváros, said that he is happy that he had been convinced to purchase the top scorer of the 2022–23 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season. However, Kubatov was hesitating during the aummer of 2023 to sign or not to sign Varga.[10]

In January 2024, Varga started training with the team after his injury.[11]

On 6 February 2024, Varga scored four goals in a 5–1 victory over arch-rivals MTK Budapest FC.[12][13][14] After the match, Dejan Stanković, Ferencváros manager, said that Varga is a fascinating football player.[15] In an interview, published on Nemzeti Sport, Varga said that scoring four goals was really beneficial for his soul after his long injury.[16]

On 20 April 2024, the Ferencváros–Kisvárda tie ended with a goalless draw at the Groupama Aréna on the 29th match day of the 2023–24 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season[17] which meant that Ferencváros won their 35th championship.[18][19]

On 15 May 2024, Ferencváros were defeated by Paks 2–0 in the 2024 Magyar Kupa Final at the Puskás Aréna.[20][21]

International career

On 27 March 2023, Varga made his first appearance as a substitute for the Hungary national team in an UEFA Euro qualifying match against Bulgaria.[22] Three games later, he scored his first goal in the third qulifying group stage match against Lithuania.[23]

On 7 September 2023, Varga scored the first Hungarian goal in a 2–1 victory against Serbia in the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying match at the Stadion Rajko Mitic in Belgrade, Serbia.[24]

On 14 October 2023, Varga scored the first Hungarian goal in a 2–1 victory over Serbia at the Puskás Aréna in the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying match.[25][26]

On 14 May 2024, Varga was named in Hungary's squad for UEFA Euro 2024.[27] On 8 June 2024, he scored two goals in a friendly tie against Israel at the Nagyerdei Stadion.[28][29][30] Prior to the Euro 2024, he was included along with Robert Andrich, Jasir Asani, Abdülkerim Bardakcı, Álex Grimaldo, and Maximilian Mittelstädt by the The Guardian among the six "late bloomers" who could shine at the championship.[31] In the team's first match of the tournament, Varga scored Hungary's only goal as they were beaten 3–1 by Switzerland in Cologne.[32]

On 23 June 2024, during the Euro 2024 group match against Scotland, Varga was rendered unconscious and landed in a fencing response,[33] following a free kick and clash with Scotland's goalkeeper Angus Gunn. After a 10 minute wait he was stretchered off the pitch. After the match, it was reported Varga was in a conscious and stable condition.[34]

Personal life

In an article, published on Nemzeti Sport, Gábor Thury said that Varga is a player who reached his peak at the end of his career.[35] Varga was about to give up his career in his early 20s, when he received an offer from SV Mattersburg.

Varga resides in a small village, Szentpéterfa, located close to the Austrian border. In an interview published on Nemzeti Sport, he said that when he retires he wants to spend his life there.[36]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 19 May 2024[37]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lafnitz 2016–17 Austrian Bundesliga 11 1 0 0 – 11 1
2017–18 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
2018–19 5 0 0 0 – 5 0
2018–19 Austrian 2. Liga 14 4 0 0 – 14 4
2019–20 15 7 1 1 – 16 8
Total 45 12 1 1 – 46 13
Gyirmót 2019–20 Nemzeti Bajnokság II 5 1 0 0 – 5 1
2020–21 24 12 1 3 – 25 15
2021–22 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 29 13 1 0 – 30 13
Total 58 26 2 3 – 60 29
Paks 2022–23 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 31 26 2 3 – 33 29
Ferencváros 2023–24 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 24 20 3 0 13[b] 9 40 29
Career total 158 84 8 7 13 9 179 100
  1. ^ Includes Austrian Cup, Magyar Kupa
  2. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, eleven appearances and nine goals in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 19 June 2024[38]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Hungary 2023 7 4
2024 6 3
Total 13 7
Scores and results list Hungary's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Varga goal.[38]
List of international goals scored by Barnabás Varga
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 20 June 2023 Puskás Aréna, Budapest, Hungary  Lithuania 1–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
2 7 September 2023 Red Star Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia  Serbia 1–1 2–1
3 14 October 2023 Puskás Aréna, Budapest, Hungary  Serbia 1–0 2–1
4 17 October 2023 Darius and Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas, Lithuania  Lithuania 2–2 2–2
5 8 June 2024 Nagyerdei Stadion, Debrecen, Hungary  Israel 2–0 3–0 Friendly
6 3–0
7 15 June 2024 RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany   Switzerland 1–2 1–3 UEFA Euro 2024

Honours

Ferencvárosi TC

Individual

References

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External links

  • Barnabás Varga at Soccerway
  • MLSZ Profile
  • International Career
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