György Bognár

György Bognár
Bognár with Paks in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (1961-11-05) 5 November 1961
Place of birth Baja, Hungary
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Centre midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Paks (manager)
Youth career
1974–1979 Bajai SK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1988 MTK Budapest 141 (16)
1988–1991 Toulon 61 (8)
1991 Standard Liège 18 (0)
1992–1996 BVSC 110 (38)
Total 330 (62)
International career
1985–1994 Hungary 50 (8)
Managerial career
1997–1998 BVSC
1998–2001 MTK Budapest (youth)
2001–2002 MTK Budapest
2002 Sopron
2004 Rákospalota
2004 Budapest Honvéd
2008 Felcsút
2008–2009 Puskás Akadémia (U-19)
2009 III. Kerület
2010–2012 Baja
2012–2014 Csákvár
2014–2016 Csákvár (director of football)
2016 Puskás Akadémia (director of football)
2016 Budaörs (director of football)
2017 Budaörs
2017–2020 Budaörs (director of football)
2020–2022 Paks
2022 MTK Budapest
2023– Paks
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

György Bognár (born 5 November 1961) is a Hungarian professional football manager and former player, who is currently the manager of Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Paks.[1] He is considered as one of the most successful active football managers having won the Magyar Kupa in two consecutive years with Paks beating Ferencvárosi TC.

International career

He made his debut for the Hungary national team in 1985, and got 50 caps and 8 goals until 1994.[2] He was a participant at the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, where Hungary failed to progress from the group stage.

Managerial career

MTK Budapest

On 16 May 2022, he was appointed as the sports director of MTK Budapest FC.[3] On 23 October 2022, he was sacked.[4]

Paks

On 14 February 2023, Bognár returned to Paks.[5]

On 10 April 2024, he renewed his contract with Paks.[6]

On 15 May 2024, he won the 2024 Magyar Kupa Final with Paks by beating Ferencváros 2–0 at the Puskás Aréna.[7][8] In an interview, published in Nemzeti Sport, he said that the main aim of Paks would be to avoid relegation even if the club were really successful in the 2023-24 season.[9]

In the 2023–24 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season Paks were competing with Ferencváros for the title, however, in the last couple of matches Paks could not keep up with the financially more stable Budapest-based club and, finally, Paks finished second.[10]

On 7 May 2025, he renewed his contract with Paks.[11] On 14 May 2025, he won the 2025 Magyar Kupa final with Paksi FC after beating Ferencvárosi TC 4–3 on penalty shoot-out.[12] Before the match, Bognár said that the president of Ferencváros is a clown at a press conference.[13] After the victory at the 2025 Magyar Kupa final, Bognár said that for the Hungarian football it is better if Ferencváros wins the Nemzeti Bajnokság I.[14][15]

Personal life

He is the father of István Bognár. In 2021 he and his son were transported to hospital due to COVID-19.[16] He was married to Rita Tamás.[17] In 2016, his ex-wife stood by him when Bognár received very negative comments on his behaviour in the Hungarian media.[18]

Controversies

Duting his spell in Sopron, he was reported to take out 10 million Hungarian Forints from the club's account and he spent the amount in casionos, hence his nickname ' kaszinós Gyuri' (in English: Casino Gyuri).[19] However, no legal case was taken and his visits to local gambling services remains an urban legend.

In 2019, he said, as the manager of Budaörsi SC, that "it is a mistake to downgrade a second division match centrally" (in Hungarian: "egy felnőtt férfi NB II-es mérkőzést hiba központilag lebutítani"). He made a clear reference to the gender of the referee, Katalin Kulcsár.[20]

During the UEFA Euro 2020, he was an expert on television. However, his insensitive comment caused outrage among tv spectators when Danish Christian Eriksen collapsed in a match against Finland.[21] Shortly after the incident, he was banned from tv broadcasts. A couple of days later, he apologized for his comments.[22]

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ "György Bognár". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 2 September 2006.
  2. ^ Mamrud, Roberto. "Hungary - Record International Players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2 September 2006.
  3. ^ László, Szily (16 May 2022). "Bognár György lett az MTK szakmai igazgatója". 444 (in Hungarian). Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  4. ^ "ELFOGYOTT A TÜRELEM AZ MTK-NÁL, MENESZTETTÉK BOGNÁR GYÖRGYÖT". www.eurosport.hu. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Bognár György az új vezetőedző!" [György Bognár is the new head coach!] (in Hungarian). Paks. 14 February 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Bognár György meghosszabbította szerződését Pakson". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). 10 April 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  7. ^ FC, PAKSI (15 May 2024). "KUPAGYŐZTESEK LETTÜNK!". paksifc.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Defeat in the MOL Hungarian Cup final". www.fradi.hu. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  9. ^ Sári, Roland (15 May 2024). ""FŐ CÉLUNK A KÖVETKEZŐ IDÉNYBEN IS A BENNMARADÁS LESZ..." – BOGNÁR GYÖRGY AZ MK-GYŐZELEM UTÁN".
  10. ^ "A Paks két tizenegyest is kihagyott, mégis nyert a Kisvárda ellen, és ezüstérmes!". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). 18 May 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Bognár György hosszabbított a Pakssal – hivatalos". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). 7 May 2025. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  12. ^ "Bognár udvaribolondozta Kubatovot, majd megnyerte a kupadöntőt a Pakssal a Fradi ellen". telex (in Hungarian). 14 May 2025. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  13. ^ Nemzet, Magyar (13 May 2025). "Ez már nem játék: Bognár György udvari bolondnak nevezte Kubatov Gábort". Ez már nem játék: Bognár György udvari bolondnak nevezte Kubatov Gábort (in Hungarian). Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  14. ^ "Bognár György szerint jobban jár a magyar futball, ha a Fradi a bajnok". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). 15 May 2025. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  15. ^ "Bognár György: Jobban jár a magyar futball, ha a Fradi indul a BL-ben, de azért ahol tudjuk, ütjük-verjük őket". M4 Sport (in Hungarian). 14 May 2025. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  16. ^ A, Z. (29 March 2021). "NB I: koronavírus-fertőzés miatt kórházban kezelik Bognár Györgyöt". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  17. ^ "Tamás Rita: Természetes, hogy ha a párunk bajban van, nem hagyjuk ott". telex (in Hungarian). 21 October 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  18. ^ "Volt felesége fakadt ki Bognár György védelmében". Nemzeti Sport FFT archivum (in Hungarian). 3 July 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  19. ^ "Ezért "Kaszinós Gyuri" Bognár beceneve". Üllői út 129. (in Hungarian). 17 December 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  20. ^ "Szexista primitívséget nyilatkozott az edző, beidézte a fegyelmi bizottság" (in Hungarian). 20 September 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  21. ^ Zoltán, Haszán (18 June 2021). "Bognár György már nem fog több meccset elemezni az Európa-bajnokságon a köztévében". 444 (in Hungarian). Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  22. ^ Á, H. (13 June 2021). "Eb 2020: Szeretnék elnézést kérni mindenkitől – Bognár György". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  23. ^ "A hónap legjobbjai - 2024/2024 évad, szeptember" (in Hungarian). mlsz.hu. 15 October 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
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