Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 2 July 1976 | ||
Place of birth | Budapest, Hungary | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Centre Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Soroksár SC | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
1985–1993 | Ferencvárosi TC | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1993–1996 | Ferencvárosi TC | 80 | (19) |
1996–2001 | VfB Stuttgart | 109 | (12) |
2001–2005 | Werder Bremen | 92 | (8) |
2005–2006 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 5 | (0) |
2007 | Hajduk Split | 0 | (0) |
2008 | Ferencvárosi TC | 11 | (0) |
2008 | Rákospalotai EAC | 14 | (4) |
2009 | 13 | (1) | |
2009–2011 | Paksi SE | 29 | (2) |
2011 | Vasas SC | 14 | (1) |
2011–2012 | Ferencvárosi TC | 23 | (1) |
2012 | Szeged 2011 | 13 | (5) |
2013–2015 | Soroksár SC | 56 | (15) |
National team | |||
1996–1997 | Hungary U-21 | 2 | (0) |
1994–2004 | Hungary | 49 | (9) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 August 2015. |
Krisztián Lisztes (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈkristiaːn ˈlistɛʃ]; born 2 July 1976 in Budapest) is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays for Soroksár SC.
Lisztes began his professional career as a midfielder, playing for the Hungarian team Ferencvárosi TC, where he was brought up through the youth academy. He was considered by many as one of the biggest talents of Hungarian football. He became a member of the first team in 1993 at the age of 17, when he had to replace Hungary's then probably biggest star Lajos Détári on a quick note when Détári was transferred to Italy.
He led Ferencvaros to the group stages of the UEFA Champions League in 1995, making them the first Hungarian team to get there. Scoring the first goal against Grasshoppers in a 3–0 victory, he also became the first ever Hungarian player to score in the Champions League group stages.
His performances at the European level caught the attention of several big clubs and he would go on to join VfB Stuttgart in 1996. Many considered this move as premature as Stuttgart's then playmaker Bulgarian Krasimir Balakov had a solid place in the team, and Lisztes indeed had to spend some time on the reserves bench, but later he became a regular in the team, and played there till 2001 before moving to SV Werder Bremen. His successes include DFB-Pokal triumphs with Stuttgart in 1997 and Werder in 2004, as well as the 2004 league title with Werder.
In 2004, he sustained an injury and never fully regained his fitness at Werder. In 2005, following trials with Wigan Athletic of the Premier League and A.C. ChievoVerona of the Serie A, he joined Borussia Mönchengladbach, but failed to make a serious impact as a result of his continued injury problems. After a brief spell in Croatia with Hajduk Split he rejoined his childhood team Ferencvárosi TC in February 2008, but moved on to REAC only after a few months. On 3 August 2008 he scored his first goal in the Hungarian premier league after 12 years.