István Urbányi (born 17 April 1967 in Salgótarján) is a Hungarian former football player and coach.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1967-04-17) 17 April 1967 (age 55) | ||
Place of birth | Salgótarján, Hungary | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Mátranováki Vasas | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1980–1986 | Salgótarjáni BTC | 68 | (8) |
1987–1988 | Bp. Honvéd | 3 | (0) |
1988–1990 | Győri Rába ETO | 58 | (2) |
1990–1992 | Bp. Honvéd | 42 | (2) |
1992–1995 | BVSC | 68 | (6) |
1995–1997 | Kispest-Honvéd | 38 | (1) |
1997–1998 | San Jose Clash | 23 | (1) |
1998 | Kispest-Honvéd | 14 | (1) |
National team | |||
1990 | Hungary | 2 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
2002 | BKV Előre | ||
2003–2004 | MTK (academy) | ||
2005–2006 | Újpest FC (academy) | ||
2006–2008 | Újpest FC | ||
2009–2010 | Maldives | ||
2010 | Kecskeméti TE | ||
2011–2013 | Maldives | ||
2014–2016 | Sporting Kansas City (academy) | ||
2016–2017 | Gyirmót SE | ||
2017–2018 | UMKC | ||
2018 | Kaw Valley FC | ||
2018–2020 | Sporting Kansas City (academy staff) | ||
2020–2021 | Honvéd (sporting director) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
As a player, he spent most of his career at Bp. Honvéd and Győri ETO as a defender and midfielder. In 1990, he played two games for Hungary
After a nearly two decade-long career, in 1999 he also trialled with FK Lofoten in Norway.[1]
He was the head coach of Újpest FC from December 2006 to April 2008. In the end of February 2009, he was appointed as the head coach of the national team of Maldives.[2] His first assignment as the coach of the Maldives was the AFC Challenge Cup qualification, where Maldives faced Bhutan, Philippines and Turkmenistan.[3] His contract ran out in 2010 and following the sides could not reach an agreement over an extension, Urbányi left the Maldives.[4] After a brief spell on the bench of Kecskeméti TE, he was recalled by the Football Association of Maldives and worked again in the island nation between October 2011 and December 2013.[5] He joined the ranks of the Sporting Kansas City youth academy as a coach after the invitation of his longtime friend and team manager Peter Vermes[6][7]
István Urbányi managerial positions | |||||||||
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