Oliver Pusztai

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Olivér Pusztai
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-10-14) 14 October 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Szombathely, Hungary
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
SK Treibach (assistant coach)
Youth career
1988–1999 Szombathelyi Haladás VSE
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1999–2001 Szombathelyi Haladás 9 (0)
2001–2002 Büki TK 22 (5)
2002–2003 BFC Siófok 14 (0)
2003–2004 MTK Budapest 18 (1)
2004–2006 Győri ETO FC 29 (0)
2006–2008 Rákospalotai EAC 28 (4)
2008–2010 SK Austria Kärnten 42 (4)
2010–2014 SK Austria Klagenfurt 80 (8)
2014–2019 ASV Klagenfurt 120 (24)
2019–2022 SV St.Jakob/Rosental
International career
2001–2003 Hungary U-21 16 (0)
Managerial career
2017–2022 Wolfsberg (academy)
2022– SK Treibach (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Oliver Pusztai (born 14 October 1981) is a Hungarian football coach and a former player. He is an assistant coach with Austrian club SK Treibach.

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Club career

Hungary

Pusztai started his professional career at age 18 at his hometown club Szombathelyi Haladás in 1999. After a short break in the Hungarian 2nd division (NB2) with Büki TK and as a member of the Hungary national under-21 football team, he made a move in 2002 to BFC Siófok and played again in the highest league of Hungary (NB1). In 2003 Pusztai get a contract from the ruling champion MTK Budapest and goes in the Hungarian capital city. In the same year he played in the UEFA Champions League qualification against HJK Helsinki and Celtic Glasgow and later in UEFA Cup against Dinamo Zagreb.

In 2004 Pusztai moved to Győri ETO FC and played there 2 seasons. Than till 2008 he was player and an important member of a small-budget club, Rákospalotai EAC in Budapest and successfully escaped twice the relegation.

U-21 national team (Hungary)

He was coming player between 2001 and 2003 of the Hungarian U-21 team and played for the qualification to the UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Germany and to the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Austria

In 2008, after 100 NB1 games in Hungary, Pusztai went international and played 2 years in the Austrian Football Bundesliga at SK Austria Kärnten in Klagenfurt. From 2010 he played 4 seasons in the 3rd division (Regionalliga Mitte) in the same city at SK Austria Klagenfurt (2007).

Since 2014 Pusztai is at a traditional club named ASV Klagenfurt. And played there the season 2015–2016, first time in club history - after the winning of Austrian Landesliga - in the Austrian Regional League again. In 2019 Pusztai went to SV St.Jakob/Rosental in the Austrian Landesliga and started his 20th season.


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