János Székely

This article is about the Romanian footballer. For the Hungarian writer, see János Székely (writer).

János Székely
János Székely training at Steaua
Personal information
Full name János József Székely
Date of birth (1983-05-13) 13 May 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Timișoara, Romania
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right winger / Left winger
Team information
Current team
 Lecco U17 (head coach)
Youth career
0000–2001 Politehnica Timișoara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2003 Politehnica Timișoara 8 (0)
2003–2006 Universitatea Cluj 90 (22)
2007–2008 Oțelul Galați 41 (9)
2008–2011 Steaua București 48 (6)
2011–2012 Volga Nizhny Novgorod 7 (0)
2012 Korona Kielce 8 (1)
2013 Universitatea Cluj 8 (3)
2014 FC Brașov 8 (0)
2014–2015 ASA Târgu Mureș 7 (0)
2015–2017 Seregno 43 (6)
2017 Lecco 3 (0)
2018–2019 FBC Saronno
Total 271 (47)
Managerial career
2021–2023 Seregno U18
2023– Lecco U17
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

János József Székely (born 13 May 1983) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a right winger.

Career

Born in Timișoara of Hungarian heritage, he started his football career with local club Politehnica Timișoara, where he played 8 matches in Liga II between 2000 and 2002.

In 2003, he was bought by Universitatea Cluj for which he played 90 matches and managing to score 22 goals. After his good performance in Liga II Petre Grigoraş, coaching Oțelul Galați at that time, decided to transfer him. He debuted for Oțelul Galați in a cup match against Steaua. His first match in Liga I, in February 2007, was a victory against Unirea Urziceni.

Steaua București

On 6 May 2008 he signed a five-year[1] contract with Steaua București, with a reported transfer fee of around 1,500,000 euro and the midfielder would earn 200,000 euros for season.

On 23 July 2009 he scored the first goal of the second leg against Újpest FC, victory which enabled Steaua's qualification in the next round.

Szekely was released from Steaua in June 2011, and then signed a contract for two and a half years with Volga Nizhny Novgorod, in the Russian Premier League.[2]

Korona Kielce

On 22 August 2012, Korona Kielce announced that Szekely would become a player for the Polish Ekstraklasa club.[3] He signed a one-year contract.

Honours

Oțelul Galați

Steaua București

References

  1. ^ "Janos Szekely, primul transfer". Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
  2. ^ Dat afara de la Steaua, Szekely a ajuns in Rusia
  3. ^ "Korona Kielce S.A. Oficjalny Serwis Internetowy Szekely w Koronie!". Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2012.