Zoltán Hercegfalvi
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Zoltán Hercegfalvi is a Hungarian
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

 footballer.

Club

Hercegfalvi joined the youth academy of storied Hungarian team Honvéd
Budapest Honvéd FC
Budapest Honvéd FC |football]] team. "Honved" means the Homeland Defense. Originally formed as Kispest AC, they became Kispest FC in 1926 before reverting to their original name in 1944. The team enjoyed a golden age during the 1950s when it was renamed Budapest Honvéd SE and became the Hungarian...

 at the age of 6, and played all the way through their system before making his first team appearance in 1998. He played at Honvéd until 2003, and subsequently enjoyed stints with rivals Videoton Székesfehérvár, Lombard-Pápa TFC
Lombard-Pápa TFC
Lombard-Pápa TFC is a Hungarian football club from the town of Pápa.- Honours :* NB II Nyugat:** Runners-up: 2008–09* UEFA Intertoto Cup:** Second Round: 2005- Current squad :-Out on loan:- UEFA Intertoto Cup :...

, and Czech side Slavia Prague, before rejoining Honvéd in 2006. In total, Hercegfalvi spent more than 20 years at Honvéd, and made over 150 appearances for the club.

He won the Hungarian Cup with Honvéd in 2007 and played in the UEFA Intertoto Cup
UEFA Intertoto Cup
The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued...

 with Székesfehérvár in 2003, with Lombard-Pápa in 2005, and with Honvéd in 2008.

Hercegfalvi joined the Kansas City Wizards
Kansas City Wizards
Sporting Kansas City is an American professional soccer club based in Kansas City, Kansas that competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States of America and Canada...

 on 28 July 2009. Hercegfalvi missed most of the 2010 season due to a torn ACL suffered in a 2-1 friendly win over AC St. Louis
AC St. Louis
Athletic Club of St. Louis, commonly referred to as AC St. Louis, was an American professional soccer team based in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Founded in December 2009, the team played its first and only season the next year in the NASL Conference of the temporary USSF D2 Pro League, the...

 and was released at the conclusion of the 2010 season.

International

Hercegfalvi has also appeared three times for the Hungarian national football team.

External links

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