István Kovács (footballer, born 1992)

The native form of this personal name is Kovács István. This article uses the Western name order.

István Kovács

Personal information
Full name	István Ádám Kovács
Date of birth	(1992-03-27) 27 March 1992
Place of birth	Szombathely, Hungary
Height
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Videoton
Number	10
Youth career
2006–2008	Haladás
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2012	Haladás	18	(2)
2012–	Videoton	105	(14)
International career‡
2008–2009	Hungary U-17	?	(?)
2011–	Hungary U-21	10	(1)
2013–	Hungary	5	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 December 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 November 2015

István Kovács (born 27 March 1992 in Szombathely) is a Hungarian football player who currently plays for Videoton. He is a midfielder who began his career at Haladas, where he played very well during the first half of the 2011/2012 season. His impressive performances earned him a move to Hungarian giants Videoton in January 2012. So far he hasn't been able to fight himself into the starting 11 but if he keeps going no doubt he could be a star in the future.

Nickname

His nickname whilst at Haladas was 'Little Pelé', named for the Brazilian ace Pelé. The 'little' signifies him as a protégé of Pelé, rather than a comment on his size or stature. This nickname has followed him to Videoton FC. Kovács regularly studies recorded video footage of many famous footballers, especially Pelé.

Club statistics

As of 26 October 2014

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Haladás	2008–09	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	8	0
	2009–10	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	6	0
	2010–11	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
	2011–12	15	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	18	2
	Total	18	2	4	0	13	0	0	0	35	2
Videoton	2011–12	10	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	18	0
	2012–13	29	4	5	2	4	0	8	0	46	6
	2013–14	23	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	29	1
	2014–15	10	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	13	5
	Total	72	9	13	2	11	1	10	0	106	12
Career totals		90	11	17	2	24	1	10	0	141	14

International career

On 22 March 2013, he made his international debut for Hungary as he came on as a substitute against Romania in the 79th minute.

References

• Haladas Fc
• Illes Academia
• HLSZ