Ákos Elek

The native form of this personal name is Elek Ákos. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Ákos Elek
Elek playing for Videoton in 2010
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-07-21) 21 July 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Ózd, Hungary
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
Putnok
2003–2005 Kazincbarcika
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2008 Kazincbarcika 64 (13)
2008–2012 Videoton 78 (10)
2012 → Eskişehirspor (loan) 3 (0)
2012–2015 Diósgyőr 67 (5)
2015 Changchun Yatai 28 (2)
2016–2017 Diósgyőr 29 (5)
2017–2018 Kairat 50 (1)
2019–2021 Fehérvár 35 (1)
2020 → Fehérvár II 3 (0)
International career
2009–2010 Hungary U21 2 (0)
2010–2018 Hungary 49 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 February 2021

Ákos Elek (born 21 July 1988) is a retired Hungarian professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder for last time un MOL Vidi FC in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I.

Club career

Kazincbarcika

Elek started his career in the Kazincbarcikai SC in 2005. The team played in the Hungarian Second Division. He scored his only goal against Makó FC.

Videoton FC

In 2008 Elek signed a contract with the Videoton FC. He played his first match against Siófok on 26 July 2006. In 2010-11 Nemzeti Bajnokság I Elek won the Hungarian League with his club.

Diósgyőr

On 25 July 2012, Elek was signed by Hungarian League club Diósgyőr.[1]

Changchun Yatai

On 18 January 2015, Elek signed a two-year contract with Changchun Yatai F.C.[2]

Diósgyőr - 2nd spell

Kairat

On 8 March 2017, Kairat announced the singing of Elek on a two-year contract, with the option of an additional third year.[3]

MOL Vidi

On 8 January 2019, Elek returned to MOL Vidi FC.[4]

International career

Elek playing for Hungary against Poland

Being a permanent member of his club in Videoton Elek was invited to join the Hungary national team by Hungarian coach Sándor Egervári. Elek scored his first international goal against Iceland at the Puskás Ferenc Stadium. The match finished 4–0.[5]

Elek was selected for Hungary's Euro 2016 squad.[6]

He played in the last group match in a 3–3 draw against Portugal at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon on 22 June 2016.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 20 June 2020[8][9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Fehérvár/Videoton 2008–09 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 11 0 – – 11 0
2009–10 28 5 2 0 – – 30 5
2010–11 26 4 3 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 34 5
2011–12 13 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 – 17 2
Total 78 10 6 1 3 0 4 1 1 0 97 12
Eskişehirspor (loan) 2011–12 Süper Lig 3 0 0 0 – – – 3 0
Diósgyőri 2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 27 1 2 0 0 0 – – 29 1
2013–14 25 3 8 1 2 0 – – 35 4
2014–15 15 1 1 0 1 0 5 1 – 22 2
Total 67 5 11 1 3 0 5 1 - - 86 7
Changchun Yatai 2015 Chinese Super League 28 2 – – – 28 2
Diósgyőri 2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 11 4 0 0 – – – 11 4
2016–17 18 1 2 0 – – – 20 1
Total 29 5 2 0 - - - - - - 31 5
Kairat 2017 Kazakhstan Premier League 28 0 3 0 – 4 0 0 0 35 0
2018 22 1 0 0 – 5 0 1 0 28 1
Total 50 1 3 0 - - 9 0 1 0 63 1
Fehérvár 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 12 0 4 1 – 0 0 0 0 16 1
2019–20 23 1 6 0 – 4 0 0 0 33 1
Total 35 1 10 1 - - 4 0 - - 49 2
Career total 290 24 32 3 6 0 22 2 2 0 352 29

International

As of match played 6 June 2018[9]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Hungary 2010 7 0
2011 10 1
2012 7 0
2013 5 0
2014 3 0
2015 6 0
2016 5 0
2017 3 0
2018 3 0
Total 49 1
Scores and results list Hungary's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Elek goal.
List of international goals scored by Ákos Elek
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 10 August 2011 Puskas Ferenc Stadium, Budapest  Iceland 4–0 4–0 Friendly

Honours

Videoton

Diósgyőr

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Elek Ákos Diósgyőrben folytatja. A két klub vezetői ma délután állapodtak meg a középpályás átigazolásáról". Official Website of Videoton. 25 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Kína: Elek Ákos két évre aláírt a Csangcsun Jatajhoz". Nemzeti Sport. 18 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Официально: Акош Элэк – игрок Кайрата". fckairat.com (in Russian). FC Kairat. 8 March 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Elek Ákos a MOL Vidi FC játékosa!". molvidi.hu/ (in Hungarian). MOL Vidi FC. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Hungary 4-0 Iceland". UEFA. 10 August 2011. Archived from the original on 13 November 2011.
  6. ^ "Hungary on the offensive with EURO squad". UEFA.com. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  7. ^ "UEFA Euro 2016: Hungary 3–3 Portugal". UEFA.com.
  8. ^ "A.Elek". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  9. ^ a b "Ákos Elek". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
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