Zoltán Kiss (footballer, born 1980)

Zoltán Kiss
Personal information
Date of birth	18 August 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Püspökladány, Hungary
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Centre Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997–1999	Debrecen
1999–2001	Beerschot
2001–2011	Debrecen
2011	Panserraikos
International career
1996–1997	Hungary U-16
1998–1999	Hungary U-18
2004–2006	Hungary
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Zoltán Kiss (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈzoltaːn ˈkiʃ]; born 18 August 1980) is a Hungarian former football player.

He started playing football at the age of 7 and the talented lad was offered to DVSC where he went on step by step through the different age groups scoring some beautiful goals as he was played up front at the time. Later on he went to Bocskai to return to DVSC from there. Herczeg András sent him on against Újpest in 1997 during his first reign at Debrecen. The 17-year-old scored his first goal on his second game for the club. Although a regular member of the team he got free transferred in 1999 because of the financial trouble at the club. He was signed by Belgian club Beershot Antwerp to spend 2 years in the Belgian first division. He returned to Loki in 2001 to be part of the successful championship campaign in 2005. Now three times champion and two times Hungarian Cup winner and counts five international caps under Lothar Mattheus and Péter Bozsik. Different DVSC managers have played him in different positions but none of them could imagine the starting eleven without the enthusiastic midfielder. And though he feels most comfortable on the right hand side of the pitch he now runs the team from deep as a defending midfielder lately.

He moved to Panserraikos in January 2011 on a free transfer after his contract ran out at Debrecen.

National team

Kiss made his debut on 25 April 2004, in Zalaegerszeg against Japan.

(Statistics correct as of 16 August 2009)

National Team Performance
Team	Year	Friendlies		International Competition		Total
Team	Year	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals
Hungary	2006	1	0	3	0	4	0
Hungary	2004	1	0	0	0	1	0
Total		2	0	3	0	5	0

International matches

International matches
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition
1	25 April 2004	Zalaegerszeg	Japan	3–2	Friendly
2	16 August 2006	Graz	Austria	2–1	Friendly
3	2 September 2006	Budapest	Norway	1–4	FIFA World Cup 2006 Qual.
4	6 September 2006	Zenica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–1	FIFA World Cup 2006 Qual.
5	10 October 2006	Valletta	Malta	1–2	FIFA World Cup 2006 Qual.