Ákos Szarka
{{Short description|Slovak footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Hungarian name|Szarka Ákos}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ákos Szarka
| image =
| fullname =
| height = {{height|meters=1.93}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|11|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = Malé Dvorníky, Czechoslovakia
| currentclub = Ajka
| clubnumber = 27
| position = Forward
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = FK Malé Dvorníky
| youthyears2 = 2007–2010 | youthclubs2 = Slovan Bratislava
| years1 = 2010–2013 | clubs1 = Slovan Bratislava | caps1 = 32 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2010 | clubs2 = → Petržalka (loan) | caps2 = 29 | goals2 = 7
| years3 = 2011 | clubs3 = → SFM Senec (loan) | caps3 = 12 | goals3 = 3
| years4 = 2013–2016 | clubs4 = DAC Dunajská Streda | caps4 = 64 | goals4 = 21
| years5 = 2017–2018 | clubs5 = Diósgyőr | caps5 = 36 | goals5 = 3
| years6 = 2018–2020 | clubs6 = Gyirmót | caps6 = 49 | goals6 = 23
| years7 = 2020 | clubs7 = Suwon | caps7 = 3 | goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2020–2021 | clubs8 = Kaposvári Rákóczi | caps8 = 22 | goals8 = 7
| years9 = 2021– | clubs9 = Ajka | caps9 = 83 | goals9 = 20
| nationalyears1 = 2011–2012 | nationalteam1 = Slovakia U21| nationalcaps1 = 6 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| club-update = 12 August 2024
| nationalteam-update =
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Ákos Szarka (born 24 November 1990) is a Slovak football forward who plays for Hungarian club Ajka.[http://www.csakfoci.hu/magyar-foci/nb-ii/megerositve-del-koreaban-folytatja-az-nb-ii-es-tamado-ennyi-idore-irt-ala Megerősítve: Dél-Koreában folytatja az NB II-es támadó – ennyi időre írt alá] (Hozzáférés: 2020. január 23.) Ákos was a former member of the Slovakia national under-21 football team.
Personal life
Szarka hails from the Hungarian minority in Slovakia,{{cite web|url=http://ujszo.com/napilap/sport/2011/07/15/rak-szarka-harsanyi|title=Rák, Szarka, Harsányi...|quote=According to the current squads, we will see eleven ethnic Hungarian footballers in the Corgoň Liga matches. [...] by Slovan Ákos Szarka while in Banská Bystrica Patrik Johancsik may get a chance. (Az eddigi keretek alapján tizenegy magyar nemzetiségű futballistát láthatunk majd a Corgoň ligás meccseken. [...] a Slovannál Szarka Ákos, Besztercebányán pedig Johancsik Patrik is lehetőséget kaphat.)|publisher=Új Szó|date=15 July 2011|access-date=13 October 2011|language=Hungarian}}{{cite web|url=http://www.telesport.hu/Hirek/2011/06/30/19/Jonnek_a_hataron_tuli_focistak.aspx|title=Jönnek a határon túli focisták|quote=In the Slovak junior teams there are more ethnic Hungarian footballers, on who it's worth to pay attention. [...] and Ákos Szarka, who started to fight his way to the forward line of Slovan in the spring. (A korosztályos szlovák válogatottakban azonban több magyar nemzetiségű játékos is akad, akire érdemes odafigyelni. [...] Szarka Ákos pedig tavasszal kezdte beverekedni magát a Slovan csatársorába.)|work=global-soccer.eu|publisher=telesport.hu|date=30 June 2011|access-date=13 October 2011|language=Hungarian}} and thus qualifies for the Felvidék national football team.{{cite web |url=http://www.conifa.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Paddy-Power-CONIFA-WFC-2018-Team-Lists-All-Teams-No-MB.pdf|title=Paddy Power CONIFA World Football Cup 2018 Team List |publisher=CONIFA|access-date=3 May 2018}}
Club statistics
{{Updated|match played 26 May 2024}}{{Soccerway|akos-szarka/120115}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | |||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division
!Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals | |||||||
| Petržalka
|13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 13 | 0 | |
| rowspan="4"|Slovan Bratislava
|Slovak Superliga |6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 2011–12
|rowspan="2"|Slovak First Football League |12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 2012–13
|15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| colspan="2" |Total
!33 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
| rowspan="5"|Dunajská Streda
|rowspan="4"|Slovak First Football League |16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 17 | 4 | |
| 2014–15
|19 | 5 | 5 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 24 | 5 | |
| 2015–16
|20 | 9 | 3 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 23 | 10 | |
| 2016–17
|9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 10 | 3 | |
| colspan="2" |Total
!64 | 21 | 10 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 74 | 22 | |
| rowspan="3"|Diósgyőr
|rowspan="2"|NB I |13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 17 | 1 | |
| 2017–18
|23 | 2 | 6 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 29 | 3 | |
| colspan="2" |Total
!36 | 3 | 10 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 46 | 4 | |
| rowspan="3"|Gyirmót
|rowspan="2"|NB II |31 | 19 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 32 | 19 | |
| 2019–20
|18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 29 | 4 | |
| colspan="2" |Total
!49 | 23 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 51 | 23 | |
| Suwon FC
|2020 |3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 3 | |
| Gyirmót
|NB I |22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | 25 | 9 | |
| rowspan="4"|Gyirmót
|rowspan="3"|NB II |28 | 9 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 29 | 9 | |
| 2022–23
|20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 20 | 7 | |
| 2023–24
|32 | 4 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 34 | 4 | |
| colspan="2" |Total
!80 | 20 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 83 | 20 | |
| colspan="3" |Career Total
!300 | 74 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 342 | 81 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Soccerway|akos-szarka/120115}}
- [http://fcdac.sk/sk/hrac/1990/11/24/akos-szarka/20 FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda official club profile] {{in lang|sk}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Szarka, Akos}}
Category:People from Dunajská Streda District
Category:Footballers from the Trnava Region
Category:Hungarians in Slovakia
Category:Slovak men's footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:ŠK Slovan Bratislava players
Category:FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda players
Category:Diósgyőri VTK players
Category:Gyirmót FC Győr players
Category:Kaposvári Rákóczi FC players
Category:Slovak First Football League players
Category:Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
Category:Nemzeti Bajnokság II players
Category:Slovak expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary
Category:Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Hungary
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea
Category:Slovak expatriate sportspeople in South Korea
Category:21st-century Slovak sportsmen
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