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The native form of this personal name is Buzsáky Ákos. This article uses the Western name order.

Ákos Buzsáky

Personal information
Date of birth	7 May 1982 (1982-05-07) (age 27)
Place of birth	Budapest, Hungary
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Centre Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Queens Park Rangers
Number	10
Youth career
	Grund FC 1986
	MTK Hungária
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1999–2002	MTK Hungaria	53	(5)
2002–2005	FC Porto	3	(0)
2003–2004	→ Académica (loan)	11	(1)
2005	→ Plymouth Argyle (loan)	15	(1)
2005–2007	Plymouth Argyle	81	(7)
2007	→ Queens Park Rangers (loan)	12	(6)
2008–	Queens Park Rangers	50	(12)
National team
1996–1997	Hungary U-14	2	(0)
1998–1999	Hungary U-16	12	(5)
1999–2000	Hungary U-17	6	(2)
2005–	Hungary	18	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:06, 30 November 2009 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Ákos Buzsáky (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈaːkoʃ ˈbuʒaːki]; born 7 May 1982) is a Hungarian footballer who plays as a midfielder. He currently plays for English side Queens Park Rangers.

Club career

Buzsáky started his career at GRUND 1986 FC after that he continued MTK Hungária FC, and joined Porto under José Mourinho for £400,000 in July 2002. He was later loaned out to Portuguese Superliga side Academica de Coimbra in 2003-04. He had been playing for Porto's 'B' side in the Portuguese third division prior to signing for English side Plymouth Argyle.

Buzsáky joined Plymouth on loan until the end of the 2004-05 season after the former Hungarian Under-21 international captain impressed manager Bobby Williamson during a behind-closed-doors friendly against Torquay United. On the last day of his loan spell with Argyle, fans held up paper signs that read "Mr Chairman sign Akos now!" and "Buy Akos, Buy Akos!". This led to the board spending around £225,000 to make his move permanent, offering him a three-year contract.

He was a first team regular for Plymouth, and his form resulted in him being linked with West Bromwich Albion and Bolton Wanderers. After scoring 3 goals in the month, he was named one of the players of the month by the ITV programme "The Championship" for January 2007.

In October 2007 Buzsáky informed Plymouth he would not sign a new contract when his ran out in the summer, allegedly due to Plymouth's refusual to pay a fee to his agent. He was subsequently loaned to Queens Park Rangers, and the move was made permanent on 2 January 2008 for an undisclosed fee (believed to be £500,000). Buzsaky signed a 2 1/2 year Contract.^[1]

On 2 January 2008, QPR announced that they had signed Akos permanently, with his contract running until the summer of 2010, with great relief for the fans.^[2] However, in December 2009, following the 3-1 defeat away to Watford, it was reported that he was involved in a confrontation with manager Jim Magilton, where it was reported that Ákos Buzsáky was assaulted by Magilton. This led to Magilton being suspended by QPR^[3] and subsequently leaving the club by mutual consent on 16 December 2009.^[4]

Honours

Club

• MTK Hungária
  • Hungarian Cup: 2000
  • Hungarian League: Runner-up 2000

• FC Porto
  • Super Cup "Cândido de Oliveira": 2003

Individual

• Young Hungarian Player of the Year: 2003

Club Statistics

(Statistics correct as of 14 November 2008)

International career

Buzsáky is a full international for Hungary gaining his first cap on 3 September 2005 against Malta in Budapest. He scored his first international against European champions Greece on 21 November 2007 in a Euro 2008 qualifier.

He scored his first international goal for Hungary on the 21 November 2007, in a 2-1 defeat at home against Greece, although the goal is credited by some sources as a Kostas Katsouranis own goal as it took a big deflection off the Greek midfielder.

International Goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	21 November 2007	Budapest, Hungary	Greece	1-2[5]	Loss	UEFA Euro 2008 Qual.
2.	Oktober 14, 2009	Copenhagen, Denmark	Denmark	0-1	Win	FIFA World Cup 2010 Qual.

(Statistics correct as of 14 November 2008)

References

External links

• Ákos Buzsáky player profile at qpr.co.uk
• Ákos Buzsáky player profile at pafc.co.uk
• Ákos Buzsáky career stats at Soccerbase
• Ákos Buzsáky international profile at Hungarian Football Federation website (Hungarian)
• Ákos Buzsáky fansite (English
• Queens Park Rangers Hungarian Fansite
• Career and stats at ForaDeJogo.net