Botond Balogh

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Botond Balogh
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Balogh with Hungary in 2023
Personal information
Full name Botond Balogh [1]
Date of birth (2002-06-06) 6 June 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Sopron, Hungary
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) [2]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Parma
Number 4
Youth career
2012-2015 Sopron SC
2015–2019 MTK Budapest
2019–2020 Parma
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020– Parma 57 (0)
International career
2018 Hungary U16 8 (0)
2018–2019 Hungary U17 10 (0)
2020– Hungary U21 4 (0)
2021– Hungary 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:00, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:18, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

Botond Balogh (born 6 June 2002) is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Parma and the Hungary national team. [3]

Contents

Club career

Parma

2020–21 season

Balogh made his professional debut in the 2020–21 Coppa Italia on 28 October 2020, starting the whole game against Pescara in a 3–1 victory. [4] On 31 October 2020, he made his debut in 2020–21 Serie A against Inter Milan. [5] In the season, he made two more appearances against SS Lazio on 10 January 2021, and UC Sampdoria on 22 May 2021. [6] [7]

2021–22 season

In the 2021–22 Serie B season, he made only four appearances. He made his first appearance against Frosinone Calcio on 20 August 2021. [8]

2022–23 season

In the 2022–23 Serie B season, he made 15 appearances. He played hist first match in the season against Ternana Calcio on 10 September 2022. [9]

2023–24 season

On 12 November 2023, he was interviewed by Parma FC media and he said that the club showed their strength (in Italian "Nel secondo tempo abbiamo fatto vedere la nostra forza") against Lecco. [10] He made his first appearance against AS Cittadella in the 2023–24 Serie B season. [11] In 2024 he is promoted to Serie A with his team. On 26 April 2024, he renewed his contract until 30 June 2027. [12] [13]

2024–25 season

He made his first appearance in the 2024–25 Serie A season in a 1–1 draw against ACF Fiorentina on 17 August 2024. [14] On game week 2, he was part of the team beating AC Milan 2–1 on 24 August 2024. [15] On 31 August 2024, he was substituted in the 73rd minute against SSC Napoli. The score was 1–0 for Parma when Balogh was substituted for Yordan Osorio. The match ended with a 2–1 defeat for Parma. [16] [17] On 30 October 2024, he gave an assist to Enrico Del Prato in a 2–2 draw against Juventus FC in the 2024-25 season. [18] [19] On 12 January 2025, he got injured in a 1–0 defeat against Genoa CFC at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris on the 20th match day of the 2024–25 Serie A season. He was substituted for Antoine Hainaut in the 60th minute. [20] In the 65th minute, Morten Frendrup scored the only goal of the match. [21] [22]

International career

Balogh was part of the Hungarian U-17 team at the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship [23] and 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup. [24]

Balogh debuted for the Hungarian senior squad on 12 November 2021, in a World Cup qualification against San Marino. [25]

On 14 May 2024, he was named in Hungary's squad for UEFA Euro 2024. [26] Due to injury he was an unused substitute in all three of the team's matches as they finished third in Group A and were eliminated. [27]

On 11 October 2024, he was removed from the squad against the Netherlands in the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League A match due to injury. [28] [29]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 28 December 2024 [3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Parma 2019–20 Serie A 000000
2020–21 Serie A301040
2021–22 Serie B 401050
2022–23 Serie B15020170
2023–24 Serie B17000170
2024–25 Serie A18010190
Career total570500000620

International

As of match played 16 November 2024.
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Hungary 202110
202310
202450
Total70

Honours

Parma

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