Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 30 March 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Karcag, Hungary | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Nyíregyháza | ||
Youth career | |||
2003–2005 | Karcag | ||
2005–2006 | Debrecen | ||
2006–2008 | Karcag | ||
2008–2011 | MTK Budapest | ||
2009–2010 | → Karcag (loan) | ||
2011–2015 | Debrecen | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015 | Debrecen II | 20 | (3) |
2015–2020 | Debrecen | 93 | (10) |
2015–2016 | → Balmazújváros (loan) | 18 | (3) |
2015–2016 | → Balmazújváros II (loan) | 5 | (6) |
2017 | → Cigánd (loan) | 9 | (0) |
2020–2022 | Kasımpaşa | 51 | (5) |
2022 | → Young Boys (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2022–2023 | Hatayspor | 11 | (0) |
2023 | Debrecen | 12 | (2) |
2023–2024 | Apollon Limassol | 9 | (0) |
2024 | Sepsi OSK | 24 | (2) |
2024–2025 | Ankaragücü | 18 | (1) |
2025– | Nyíregyháza | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2018 | Hungary U21 | 4 | (0) |
2018–2022 | Hungary | 13 | (1) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 February 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 November 2021 |
Kevin Varga (born 30 March 1996) is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Nyíregyháza.
Club career
[edit]Debrecen
[edit]On 18 August 2017, Varga played his first match for Debrecen in a 4–1 win against Vasas in the Hungarian League.[1]
Kasımpaşa
[edit]On 2 September 2020, Varga completed a 850,000€ transfer to Kasımpaşa, signing a four-year-long contract.[2]
Loan to Young Boys
[edit]On 9 February 2022, Varga moved on loan to Young Boys in Switzerland.[3]
Return to Debrecen
[edit]On 16 February 2023, he moved back to Debrecen in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I.[4]
Nyíregyháza
[edit]On 15 August 2025, Varga joined Nemzeti Bajnokság I side Nyíregyháza, signing a two-year contract.[5]
International career
[edit]He made his debut for Hungary national team on 9 June 2018 in a friendly against Australia.[6]
On 1 June 2021, Varga was included in the final 26-man squad to represent Hungary at the rescheduled UEFA Euro 2020 tournament.[7]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 8 November 2024
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Debrecen II | 2013–14 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
2014–15 | 18 | 3 | – | – | – | 18 | 3 | ||||
2017–18 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
Total | 20 | 3 | – | – | – | 20 | 3 | ||||
Debrecen | 2014–15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | 5 | 1 | |
2017–18 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 33 | 3 | |||
2018–19 | 32 | 3 | 7 | 0 | – | – | 39 | 3 | |||
2019–20 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 0 | – | 4 | 2 | 36 | 6 | ||
2020–21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | |||
Total | 93 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 118 | 13 | |
Balmazújváros (loan) | 2015–16 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 3 | ||
2016–17 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 0 | |||
Total | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 3 | |||
Balmazújváros II (loan) | 2015–16 | 5 | 6 | – | – | – | 5 | 6 | |||
Cigánd (loan) | 2016–17 | 9 | 0 | – | – | – | 9 | 0 | |||
Kasımpaşa | 2020–21 | 37 | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 39 | 4 | ||
2021–22 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 16 | 2 | |||
Total | 51 | 5 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 55 | 6 | |||
Young Boys (loan) | 2021–22 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | 6 | 0 | |||
Hatayspor | 2022–23 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 0 | ||
Debrecen | 2022–23 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 2 | ||
Apollon Limassol | 2023–24 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 0 | ||
Sepsi OSK | 2023–24 | 18 | 1 | – | – | – | 18 | 1 | |||
2024–25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 1 | |||
Total | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 2 | |||
Ankaragücü | 2024–25 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 9 | 1 | ||
Nyíregyháza | 2025–26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Career total | 266 | 31 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 298 | 36 |
International
[edit]- As of match played 15 November 2021.[8]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Hungary | 2018 | 1 | 0 |
2019 | 0 | 0 | |
2020 | 2 | 1 | |
2021 | 10 | 0 | |
2022 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 13 | 1 |
- Scores and results list Hungary's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Varga goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 18 November 2020 | Puskás Aréna, Budapest, Hungary | 3 | ![]() |
2–0 | 2–0 | 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B |
Honours
[edit]Debrecen
References
[edit]- ^ "DVSC - VASAS 1 - 1 - MLSZ adatbank (Hungarian)". adatbank.mlsz.hu. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ "Kevin Varga continues in Turkey - official (Hungarian)". m.nemzetisport.hu. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ "KEVIN VARGA LEIHWEISE ZU YB" (Press release) (in German). Young Boys. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ H., Á. (16 February 2023). "DVSC: Varga Kevin visszatért nevelőegyesületéhez – hivatalos" [DVSC: Kevin Varga has returned to his boyhood club – official]. Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- ^ "Újabb magyar válogatott játékos tért vissza külföldről az NB I-be - hivatalos" [Another Hungarian international player has returned from abroad to NB I - official]. csakfoci.hu (in Hungarian). 15 August 2025. Archived from the original on 15 August 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ "Hungary v Australia game report". ESPN. 9 June 2018.
- ^ "Válogatott: a Puskás Akadémia két játékosa és Szoboszlai Dominik maradt ki az Eb-keretből" (in Hungarian). 1 June 2021.
- ^ "Varga, Kevin". National Football Teams. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ "A Ferencvárosé lett a „történelmi" Ligakupa" [Ferencváros wins the “historic” Ligakupa]. nso.hu (in Hungarian). 3 June 2015. Archived from the original on 8 July 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
External links
[edit]- Kevin Varga at the Hungarian Football Federation (in Hungarian)
- Kevin Varga at Soccerway