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József Szalai

József Szalai

Attack - Centre-Forward  at Mezőkövesd Zsóry FC
Age23
CitizenshipHungary
Height1.94 m
Footright
BornNovember 11, 2002
at Mezőkövesd Zsóry FC 326 days · joined 2025-07-02
👕100+ Apps
Market value €200k
Centre-Forward Attack

Career snapshot

4
clubs played for
20/21
debut season
0.25
goals / match
Mezőkövesd Zsóry FC
top club · 58 apps

Career highs

€200k
peak value · 2025
top transfer fee
10
best season · 24/25
1 / 0
int'l caps / goals
111Appearances
28Goals
5Assists
3Yellow cards
0Red cards
16Full matches (90′)
Full nameJózsef Szalai
Date of birth2002-11-11 (23 yrs)
Place of birthKecskemét, Hungary
CitizenshipHungary
PositionAttack - Centre-Forward (main: Attack)
Footright
Height194.00 m
Current clubMezőkövesd Zsóry FC
On loan from ↩ Paksi FC parent contract: 2029-06-30
Joined2025-07-02
Contract expires2026-06-30
AgentNB FA
Jun 2026
Transfer: Mezőkövesd → Paksi FC
25/26 · Return from loan
Jul 2025
Transfer: Paksi FC → Mezőkövesd
25/26 · Loan
Jul 2025
25/26 — Mezőkövesd Zsóry FC
6 matches · 4 G · 1 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2025
Transfer: Mezőkövesd → Paksi FC
25/26 · Transfer
Jul 2024
24/25 — Mezőkövesd Zsóry FC
30 matches · 10 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Aug 2023
Transfer: Vasas FC → Mezőkövesd
23/24 · Transfer
Jul 2023
23/24 — Mezőkövesd Zsóry FC, Vasas FC
23 matches · 3 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2022
22/23 — Vasas FC, Dorogi FC
32 matches · 5 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Dec 2021
Transfer: Kecskemét → Vasas FC
21/22 · Return from loan
Aug 2021
Transfer: Vasas FC → Kecskemét
21/22 · Loan
Jul 2021
21/22 — Vasas FC, Kecskeméti TE
18 matches · 6 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Feb 2021
Transfer: Kecskeméti TE → Vasas FC
20/21 · Transfer
Jul 2020
20/21 — Kecskeméti TE, Vasas FC
2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2020
Transfer: Kecskemét U19 → Kecskeméti TE
20/21 · Transfer
Jan 2019
Transfer: Kecskemét U17 → Kecskemét U19
18/19 · Transfer
Jan 2018
Transfer: Kecskemét Yth. → Kecskemét U17
17/18 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €200k
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 49 other Attack - Centre-Forwards with ≥500 minutes in 25/26. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals4 total · 2.75/90
100
Assists1 total · 0.69/90
100
G+A5 total · 3.44/90
100
Yellow cards1 total · 0.69/90
0
1,440 min
Minutes played by club
Mezőkövesd Zsóry FC 43.9%
Vasas FC 9.6%
Dorogi FC 23.5%
Kecskeméti TE 23.0%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Mezőkövesd Zsóry FC 3 23/24 25/26 58 17 4 632
Vasas FC 4 20/21 23/24 15 1 0 138
Dorogi FC 1 22/23 22/23 25 5 0 339
Kecskeméti TE 2 20/21 21/22 13 5 1 331

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

3€50K7€100K10€150K13€200K21/22 — 6 goals (Kecskeméti TE)21/22 — 1 assists721/2222/23 — 5 goals (Dorogi FC)522/2323/24 — 3 goals (Mezőkövesd Zsóry FC)323/2424/25 — 10 goals (Mezőkövesd Zsóry FC)24/25 — 3 assists1324/2525/26 — 4 goals (Mezőkövesd Zsóry FC)25/26 — 1 assists525/2621/22 — €50K22/23 — €75K23/24 — €100K24/25 — €175K25/26 — €200KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

20/21: 0020/2121/22: 6621/2222/23: 5522/2323/24: 3323/2424/25: 101024/2525/26: 4425/26

Assists by season

20/21: 0020/2121/22: 1121/2222/23: 0022/2323/24: 0023/2424/25: 3324/2525/26: 1125/26
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
25/26 NB II. Mezőkövesd Zsóry FC 6 4 1 1 0 131
24/25 Magyar Kupa Mezőkövesd Zsóry FC 3 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 NB II. Mezőkövesd Zsóry FC 27 10 3 0 0 200
23/24 Magyar Kupa Mezőkövesd Zsóry FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 NB I. Mezőkövesd Zsóry FC 21 3 0 1 0 301
23/24 NB II. Vasas FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 Magyar Kupa Vasas FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 NB I. Vasas FC 6 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 NB II. Dorogi FC 25 5 0 1 0 339
21/22 Magyar Kupa Vasas FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 Magyar Kupa Kecskeméti TE 2 4 0 0 0 19
21/22 NB II. Vasas FC 5 1 0 0 0 138
21/22 NB II. Kecskeméti TE 10 1 1 0 0 312
20/21 Magyar Kupa Kecskeméti TE 1 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 NB II. Vasas FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
17/18 2018-01-01 Kecskemét Yth. Kecskemét U17 Transfer 0
18/19 2019-01-01 Kecskemét U17 Kecskemét U19 Transfer 0
20/21 2020-07-01 Kecskemét U19 Kecskeméti TE Transfer 0
20/21 2021-02-14 Kecskeméti TE Vasas FC Transfer 0
21/22 2021-08-17 Vasas FC Kecskemét Loan 0
21/22 2021-12-31 Kecskemét Vasas FC Return from loan 50000
23/24 2023-08-08 Vasas FC Mezőkövesd Transfer 75000
25/26 2025-07-01 Mezőkövesd Paksi FC Transfer 200000
25/26 2025-07-02 Paksi FC Mezőkövesd Loan 200000
25/26 2026-06-30 Mezőkövesd Paksi FC Return from loan 200000

No recorded injuries.

Current€200k
Peak€200k
Low€50k
Δ since start+€150k
€50k€88k€125k€163k€200k197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
Jan 1, 1970 €175k
Jan 1, 1970 €150k
Jan 1, 1970 €75k
Jan 1, 1970 €75k
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
Jan 1, 1970 €75k
Jan 1, 1970 €75k
Jan 1, 1970 €50k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #22514 1 0 former national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
András Gyurácz 1 0 995
Donát Szivacski 1 1 872
Miklós Szerencsi 1 0 861
Zsolt Kojnok 1 0 832
Ilia Beriashvili 1 0 748
Stefan Drazic 0 0 612
Kevin Kállai 1 0 0
Bence Juhász 2 0 0
Tomas Lenarth 1 0 0
Máté Papp 1 1 0
Flórián Cibla 1 1 0
Patrik Posztobányi 1 0 0
Dominik Sztojka 1 0 0
Gergő Barna 1 2 0
Zoltán Szedlár 1 0 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
24/25 NB II. Mezőkövesd Zsóry FC 10 27
22/23 NB II. Dorogi FC 5 25
25/26 NB II. Mezőkövesd Zsóry FC 4 6

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
24/25 NB II. Mezőkövesd Zsóry FC 3 27
25/26 NB II. Mezőkövesd Zsóry FC 1 6
21/22 NB II. Vasas FC 1 15

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
25/26 2026-06-30 Mezőkövesd Paksi FC Return from loan €200k
25/26 2025-07-02 Paksi FC Mezőkövesd Loan €200k
21/22 2021-12-31 Kecskemét Vasas FC Return from loan €50k
21/22 2021-08-17 Vasas FC Kecskemét Loan

Teams faced most often by József Szalai's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
MTK Budapest 6 1 1 4 10 10 0 17%
Újpest FC 6 2 2 2 9 9 0 33%
Diósgyöri VTK 6 1 2 3 4 7 -3 17%
Fehérvár FC 6 1 3 2 7 12 -5 17%
Zalaegerszegi TE 6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 50%
Debreceni VSC 6 0 3 3 5 10 -5 0%
Puskás FC 6 1 0 5 7 14 -7 17%
Paksi SE 6 0 4 2 4 6 -2 0%
Ferencvárosi TC 6 1 0 5 2 10 -8 17%
Mezőkövesdi SE 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 67%
Nyíregyháza Spartacus 3 0 2 1 2 4 -2 0%
Kisvárda FC 3 3 0 0 8 3 +5 100%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
20/21 Senior debut season
21/22 First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
25/26 6 131 1 0 0 0.69
23/24 23 301 1 0 0 0.3
22/23 32 339 1 0 0 0.27

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

NB II.
75 apps
21 G
5 A
Magyar Kupa
9 apps
4 G
0 A
NB I.
27 apps
3 G
0 A

Frequently asked about József Szalai

Who is József Szalai?

József Szalai is a Hungary professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Mezőkövesd Zsóry FC.

How old is József Szalai?

József Szalai is 23 years old. He was born on November 11, 2002 in Kecskemét.

What position does József Szalai play?

József Szalai plays as a centre-forward (Attack - Centre-Forward).

What club does József Szalai play for?

József Szalai currently plays for Mezőkövesd Zsóry FC.

How many career goals has József Szalai scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, József Szalai has scored 28 goals in 111 appearances.

What is József Szalai's market value?

József Szalai's most recent reported market value is €200k.