Bertalan Kun (born 6 May 1999) is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Budafok.

Bertalan Kun
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-05-06) 6 May 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Veszprém, Hungary
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Budafok
Number 48
Youth career
2005–2011 Veszprém FC USE
2011–2018 PSV Eindhoven
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Jong PSV 24 (1)
2019–2020 Győri ETO 11 (0)
2020–2021 Zalaegerszeg 1 (0)
2021–2022 Proleter Novi Sad 23 (1)
2023 Kozármisleny 10 (1)
2023–2024 Veszprém 21 (2)
2024– Budafok 3 (0)
International career
2012–2014 Hungary U15 5 (1)
2014–2015 Hungary U16 10 (1)
2015–2016 Hungary U17 2 (0)
2016–2017 Hungary U18 5 (0)
2016 Hungary U19 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 August 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 September 2021

Playing career

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Early career

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Bertalan Kun started to play in Veszprém FC USE in 2005 when he was six. His first coach was Miklós Kelemen. From the U6 team he reached the higher levels. In the 2010–2011 season, when Csaba Kozma was his coach, he scored 11 goals in 20 games in the U13 team of North-West group of NBII. One year later he scored 58 goals in 16 games and he became the top scorer of his level.

His father got a two-year job contract in the Netherlands and his son moved with him to Eindhoven. There he joined the PSV D1 team[1] which was trained in the De Herdgang training complex. In 2011 PSV Eindhoven launched an application for the international transfer of underage players but the FIFA rejected it at the first time. After this, they sent this petition twice but none of them were successful. However, on 25 August 2015 they received the permission when the European Union authorizes the transfers of the players over the age of 16 within the EU. Between 2011 and 2015 Bertalan Kun could play in PSV Eindhoven because his club sent him to many international tournaments and friendly games.

He debuted among the adults on 6 November 2016 when he got an opportunity in Jong PSV which is the reserve team of PSV Eindhoven in the Dutch second division. He was replaced in the 65 minutes in a league game against FC Volendam but they lose 0–1. In December there were rumours in the press about several Premier League and Portuguese first division club want to sign him. The news was confirmed by his manager.

Győri ETO

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After leaving Jong PSV in the summer 2019, Kun returned to Hungary and signed a deal until the summer 2021 with Győri ETO FC on 8 October 2019.[2]

Next he played one season with Zalaegerszeg.[3]

Proleter

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In September 2021 he signed ŵith Serbian side FK Proleter Novi Sad.[4]

Kozármisleny

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On 14 December 2022, Kun signed with second-tier NB II club Kozármisleny.[5]

International career

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He was called up to his first national team (Hungary national Under-15 football team) in November 2013 from György Korolovszky. His debut was against Slovakia (0-0) on 5 November 2013. His debut score was against Turkey (3-3) on 10 April 2014.[6]

He was called up to the U16 team in August 2014 from István Mihalecz. He played ten times here and he scored in the 4th minute of a Hungary – Latvia game (4-0) on 10 March 2015.[7]

He was called up to the U17 team in September 2015, under manager Zoltán Szélesi. He would play in this national team only twice. He was not entered to the European U17 Championship in 2016.[8]

In August 2016 Antal Németh called up him to the U18 team. He made his debut against Russia in this age group on 16 August 2016.[9]

In October 2016 the U19 team manager, Michael Boris called up him to the Hungary national team. He debuted against Greece on 13 October and he played the whole game.

Career statistics

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As of match played 26 November 2018
Clubs Season League National Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Jong PSV 2016–17 2 0 0 0 2 0
Jong PSV 2017–18 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jong PSV 2018–19 11 0 0 0 11 0
Career total 13 0 0 0 13 0
National team Years Apps Goals
Hungary U15 2013-2014 5 1
Hungary U16 2014-2015 10 1
Hungary U17 2015 2 0
Hungary U18 2016- 5 0
Hungary U19 2016- 1 0
Totals 22 2

References

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  1. ^ "PSVJeugd.nl - D1". Archived from the original on 2016-09-10. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
  2. ^ NB II: Hollandiából hazatérő középpályással erősít az ETO, nemzetisport.hu, 8 October 2019
  3. ^ "Húngria - B. Kun - Dados do jogador, novidades e estatísticas da carreira - Soccerway".
  4. ^ "Zvanično: Proleter doveo Kuna za efikasniju igru | MozzartSport".
  5. ^ "PSV-BEN NEVELKEDŐ LABDARÚGÓVAL ERŐSÍTETTÜNK" [WE STRENGTHENED WITH A FOOTBALLER WHO GREW UP IN PSV] (in Hungarian). Kozármisleny. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  6. ^ http://www.mlsz.hu/blog/2014/04/10/golgazdag-dontetlen-torokorszagban/
  7. ^ http://www.mlsz.hu/blog/2015/03/10/u16-szunetig-eldolt-a-lettek-elleni-merkozes/
  8. ^ http://www.mlsz.hu/blog/2015/09/21/u17-a-macedonok-ellen-tartjuk-a-selejtezok-foprobajat/
  9. ^ http://www.mlsz.hu/blog/2016/08/16/egygolos-vereseg-a-jezek-torna-nyitanyan/
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