Bertalan Kun

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

Bertalan Kun
Personal information
Full name Bertalan Kun
Date of birth (1999-05-06) 6 May 1999
Place of birth Veszprém, Hungary
Height 181 cm (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Zalaegerszegi TE
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– Zalaegerszeg 0 (0)
National team
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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:19, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

Playing career

Early career

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.

PSV

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

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]

International career

U15: He got his first invitation to the Hungarian national U15 team in November 2013 from György Korolovszky. His debut was against Slovakia (0-0) on 5 November 2013. He scored at the first time in a Hungary – Turkey (3-3) game on 10 April 2014.[3]

U16: He got his invitation to the Hungarian national 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.[4]

U17: He became a player of the Hungarian national U17 team in September 2015 which was managed by Zoltán Szélesi. He could play in this national team only twice. He was not entered to the European U17 Championship in 2016.[5]

U18: In August 2016 Antal Németh called him in to the Hungarian national U18 team. He made his debut against Russia in this age group on 16 August 2016.[6]

U19: In October 2016 the manager of the U19 team, Michael Boris called him in to the Hungarian national team. He debuted against Greece on 13 October and he played out the whole game.

Career statistics
As of match played 26 November 2018
Clubs Season League National Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Jong PSV 2016–17 200020
Jong PSV 2017–18 000000
Jong PSV 2018–19 11000110
Career total 13000130
National teamYearsAppsGoals
Hungary U15 2013-201451
Hungary U16 2014-2015101
Hungary U17 201520
Hungary U18 2016-50
Hungary U19 2016-10
Totals 222

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-09-10. Retrieved 2016-12-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. NB II: Hollandiából hazatérő középpályással erősít az ETO, nemzetisport.hu, 8 October 2019
  3. http://www.mlsz.hu/blog/2014/04/10/golgazdag-dontetlen-torokorszagban/
  4. http://www.mlsz.hu/blog/2015/03/10/u16-szunetig-eldolt-a-lettek-elleni-merkozes/
  5. http://www.mlsz.hu/blog/2015/09/21/u17-a-macedonok-ellen-tartjuk-a-selejtezok-foprobajat/
  6. http://www.mlsz.hu/blog/2016/08/16/egygolos-vereseg-a-jezek-torna-nyitanyan/
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