László Bénes

László Bénes
Bénes with Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-09-09) 9 September 1997
Place of birth Dunajská Streda, Slovakia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Union Berlin
Number 20
Youth career
GBS Šamorín
2007–2011 DAC Dunajská Streda
2011–2014 ETO Győr
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 ETO Győr 1 (0)
2015–2016 Žilina 31 (2)
2015 Žilina B 6 (0)
2016–2022 Borussia Mönchengladbach 53 (1)
2016–2018 Borussia Mönchengladbach II 16 (1)
2019 → Holstein Kiel (loan) 15 (2)
2021 → FC Augsburg (loan) 12 (1)
2022–2024 Hamburger SV 60 (19)
2024– Union Berlin 23 (1)
International career‡
2013–2014 Slovakia U16 1 (0)
2013 Slovakia U17 2 (0)
2014 Slovakia U18 2 (0)
2014–2015 Slovakia U19 8 (3)
2015–2018 Slovakia U21 12 (3)
2017– Slovakia 32 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:34, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:27, 23 March 2025 (UTC)

László Bénes (born 9 September 1997) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Union Berlin and the Slovakia national team.

Early life

Bénes was born in Dunajská Streda (a predominantly ethnic Hungarian town) in Slovakia to an ethnic Hungarian family.[1] He has a younger brother named Krisztián, who plays football on an amateur level in Slovak lower divisions.[2][3]

Club career

Bénes first began with GBS Šamorín in 2007, before moving to DAC Dunajská Streda.[4] He left DAC Dunajská Streda in 2011 to play for Hungarian team ETO Győr.[5] He made one senior appearance for the club, a 2-0 win over Budapest Honvéd on 6 December 2014.[6] He was offered a new contract by ETO Győr in 2015, but rejected it as his release clause was too high, so on 6 February 2015, Bénes signed a three-year deal with Fortuna Liga side MŠK Žilina.[7][8]

On 1 July 2016, he joined Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach.[9]

On 28 January 2019, Bénes moved to 2. Bundesliga side Holstein Kiel for the second half of the season.[10] He debuted in an away match against 1. FC Heidenheim, coming on as a substitute for Jonas Meffert in the 68th minute of the match.[11]

On 1 February 2021, Bénes moved to Bundesliga club FC Augsburg, on a loan deal until the end of the season.[12]

On 21 June 2022, Bénes signed a four-year contract with Hamburger SV.[13]

Whilst representing Slovakia at UEFA Euro 2024, it was announced that Bénes had signed with Union Berlin.[14] The transfer took place after a series of equivalent rumours, with the media-estimated transfer fee at about €5 million.[15]

International career

Bénes made his international debut as a substitute to Ondrej Duda in the 89th minute of the 2–1 victory against Lithuania.[16] Due to number of prolonged injuries and low playing time in Mönchengladbach, Bénes made no further appearances in the national team under Kozák, who resigned in October 2018.[17]

On 28 May 2019, coach Pavel Hapal called him up for a double fixture in June - a home friendly match against Jordan.[18] Subsequently, the core of the U21 squad became known as Hapal's children, including Bénes.[19]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 May 2025[20][21]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Győr 2014–15 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 0
Žilina 2014–15 Slovak First League 8 0 0 0 – – 8 0
2015–16 23 2 3 0 – 8 0 34 2
Total 31 2 3 0 0 0 8 0 42 2
Žilina II 2014–15 Slovak 2. Liga 6 0 – – – 6 0
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2016–17 Bundesliga 8 1 2 0 – 0 0 10 1
2017–18 2 0 0 0 – – 2 0
2018–19 1 0 0 0 – – 1 0
2019–20 22 0 2 0 – 4 0 28 0
2020–21 7 0 1 1 – 2 0 10 1
2021–22 13 0 1 0 – 0 0 14 0
Total 53 1 6 1 – 6 0 65 2
Borussia Mönchengladbach II 2016–17 Regionalliga West 13 1 – – – 13 1
2017–18 1 0 – – – 1 0
2018–19 2 0 – – – 2 0
Total 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 1
Holstein Kiel (loan) 2018–19 2. Bundesliga 15 2 1 0 – – 16 2
FC Augsburg (loan) 2020–21 Bundesliga 12 1 0 0 – – 12 1
Hamburger SV 2022–23 2. Bundesliga 33 6 1 0 – – 34 6
2023–24 27 13 3 0 – – 30 13
Total 60 19 4 0 – – 64 19
Union Berlin 2024–25 Bundesliga 23 1 2 0 – – 25 1
Career total 217 27 16 1 4 0 14 0 251 28

International

As of match played 23 March 2025
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Slovakia 2017 1 0
2019 2 0
2021 4 1
2022 4 0
2023 7 0
2024 12 1
2025 2 0
Total 32 2
Scores and results list Slovakia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bénes goal.
List of international goals scored by László Bénes
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 1 June 2021 Keine Sorgen Arena, Ried im Innkreis, Austria  Bulgaria 1–1 1–1 Friendly
2 10 June 2024 Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava, Slovakia  Wales 4–0 4–0 Friendly

References

  1. ^ "Bénes László soha nem akart magyar válogatott lenni". Origo Sport (in Hungarian). New Wave Media Group. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  2. ^ "KISALFOLD - Bénes Krisztián Mosonmagyaróváron". KISALFOLD - Bénes Krisztián Mosonmagyaróváron (in Hungarian). 13 July 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Kristian Bénes". sportnet.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Bénes László első német gólja" (in Hungarian). 13 September 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Laslo Benes Signs with HSV: Contract until 2026". 22 June 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Honvéd vs. Győri ETO 0 - 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  7. ^ "ETO: a szlovák válogatottat választaná a magyar helyett a távozó támadó" (in Hungarian). 12 February 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Do Žiliny mieri sedemnäst'ročný Lászlo Bénes | Prestupy a ?pekul?cie". Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  9. ^ "Borussia verpflichtet László Bénes". Borussia Mönchengladbach. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016.
  10. ^ "Gladbach verleiht Benes nach Kiel". Kicker (in German). 29 January 2019.
  11. ^ "László Bénes debutoval v drese Holstein Kiel". Profutbal (in Slovak). Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  12. ^ "Gladbacher Laszlo Bénes wird an den FC Augsburg verliehen" [Laszlo Bénes is loaned to FC Augsburg]. Westdeutsche Zeitung (in German). 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  13. ^ "László Bénes signs with HSV: Contract until 2026". Hamburger SV. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  14. ^ "László Bénes signs for Union". Union Berlin. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  15. ^ "Správy sa potvrdili. Bénes bude v novej sezóne hrať v Bundeslige". Sportnet (in Slovak). 28 June 2024. Archived from the original on 30 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  16. ^ "Slovensko vyhralo v Litve o gól a udržalo si druhé miesto v skupine". Sme (in Slovak). Petit Press. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  17. ^ "Šokujúca správa z reprezentácie: Kozák rezignoval! Toto má byť dôvod". Športky.sk (in Slovak). 14 October 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  18. ^ "SR A | V Hapalovej nominácii 29 hráčov, po Jordánsku sa zúži na 23". Slovak Football Association (in Slovak). 28 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  19. ^ "Hapalove deti: Vytlačia mladíci reprezentačné stálice?". profutbal.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  20. ^ "L. Bénes". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  21. ^ "László Bénes | Club matches". WorldFootball. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
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