Patrick Farkas

Patrick Farkas
Farkas with Red Bull Salzburg in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-09-09) 9 September 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Oberwart, Austria
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Fullback
Club information
Current team
SV Oberwart
Number 23
Youth career
2001–2004 ASK Oberdorf
2004–2006 SV Oberwart
2006–2009 AKA Burgenland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2017 SV Mattersburg 238 (9)
2017–2021 Red Bull Salzburg 48 (1)
2021–2022 Luzern 7 (0)
2022–2023 TSV Hartberg 30 (0)
2023– SV Oberwart 16 (1)
National team
2007 Austria U16 1 (0)
2008–2009 Austria U17 14 (0)
2009 Austria U18 1 (0)
2010 Austria U19 7 (0)
2011 Austria U20 3 (0)
2010–2014 Austria U21 24 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 November 2023

Patrick Farkas (born 9 September 1992) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays for Austrian Regionalliga club SV Oberwart.[1]

Club career

Farkas started in 2001 with ASK Oberdorf. In summer 2004 he went on to SV Oberwart. From 2006 to 2008 he was at the Bundesnachwuchszentrum (BNZ) Burgenland. 2008 at the age of 15 he came to SV Mattersburg, where he spent most of the time of his professional career. He played 238 matches for SV Mattersburg and scored 9 goals. In 2017 he went on to FC Red Bull Salzburg.[2]

On 23 December 2019, it was reported that Farkas had suffered a stroke in training on 21 October.[3] He made his comeback on the pitch on9 February 2020 in the cup game against SKU Amstetten, where he set up the final goal.[4] In a total of four seasons in Salzburg, the defender made 48 Bundesliga appearances, and he played a total of 61 games for the Salzburg.

After six months with FC Luzern, he returned to Austria in January 2022 and joined TSV Hartberg.[5] In 2023 he moved to SV Oberwart.

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Patrick Farkas at Soccerway
  2. "FARKAS, BERISHA, LEITGEB, WOLF SIGN; IGOR, HAIDARA UP; DABBUR, YABO BACK". Red Bull Salzburg (in German). Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  3. "FC Salzburg defender Patrick Farkas suffered stroke in training". ESPN. 23 December 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  4. "Patrick Farkas: Erster Einsatz bei Cup". 10 February 2020.
  5. "Patrick Farkas wechselt von Luzern nach Hartberg" (Press release) (in German). TSV Hartberg. Archived from the original on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.