Dániel Gazdag
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Dániel Gazdag | ||
Date of birth | 2 March 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Nyíregyháza, Hungary | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Philadelphia Union | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
2004–2010 | Nyíregyháza | ||
2010–2014 | Honvéd | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2016 | Honvéd II | 26 | (1) |
2013–2021 | Honvéd | 175 | (21) |
2021– | Philadelphia Union | 87 | (41) |
International career‡ | |||
2012–2013 | Hungary U17 | 3 | (1) |
2013–2014 | Hungary U18 | 9 | (0) |
2015 | Hungary U20 | 1 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Hungary U21 | 9 | (0) |
2019– | Hungary | 23 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:15, 27 November 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:33, 19 November 2023 (UTC) |
Dániel Gazdag (born 2 March 1996) is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Philadelphia Union of Major League Soccer and the Hungary national team.
Club career
Philadelphia
In May 2021, Gazdag was signed by the Philadelphia Union of Major League Soccer. His two-year contract includes a club option for a third and fourth year for an undisclosed transfer fee, reportedly around $1.8 million. On 23 May, he made his Union debut as a substitute in a 1–0 victory at D.C. United. He scored 4 goals in the 2021 season. On 23 July 2022, Gazdag scored his tenth goal of the season for Philadelphia Union, which cemented his status as the Union's top scorer. On 27 August 2022, he scored his first career hat trick in the Union’s match against the Colorado Rapids, reaching his sixteenth goal of the MLS season. This propelled him to a top rank (second) among the top scorers in the MLS.
International career
Gazdag made his debut for the Hungary national team on 5 September 2019 in a friendly against Montenegro, as a starter.
He scored his first goal, against Andorra, on 31 March 2021.
On 1 June 2021, Gazdag was included in the final 26-man squad to represent Hungary at the rescheduled UEFA Euro 2020 tournament. On 14 June 2022 Hungary beat England 4–0 in the UEFA Nations League; Gazdag scored the last goal of the game.
In an interview with Nemzeti Sport, he said that he would play against Spain in the UEFA Euro 2024.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 20 February 2024
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Honvéd II | 2013–14 | Nemzeti Bajnokság III | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | 7 | 0 | |||
2014–15 | 9 | 1 | – | – | – | 9 | 1 | |||||
2015–16 | 10 | 0 | – | – | – | 10 | 0 | |||||
Total | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
Honvéd | 2014–15 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 13 | 1 | ||
2015–16 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 0 | ||||
2016–17 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 0 | ||||
2017–18 | 27 | 2 | 7 | 2 | – | 2 | 0 | 36 | 4 | |||
2018–19 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | 35 | 1 | |||
2019–20 | 24 | 5 | 8 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 35 | 7 | |||
2020–21 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 5 | – | 2 | 0 | 34 | 18 | |||
Total | 175 | 21 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 212 | 31 | ||
Philadelphia Union | 2021 | Major League Soccer | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 1 | 28 | 5 | |
2022 | 34 | 22 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 2 | 38 | 24 | |||
2023 | 35 | 15 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 3 | 42 | 18 | |||
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 87 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 109 | 47 | ||
Career total | 297 | 63 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 347 | 79 |
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Three appearances in MLS Cup Playoffs, two appearances in CONCACAF Champions League
- ^ Appearances in MLS Cup Playoffs
- ^ a b Appearances in CONCACAF Champions League
International
- As of match played on 19 November 2023
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Hungary | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
2020 | 3 | 0 | |
2021 | 7 | 3 | |
2022 | 7 | 1 | |
2023 | 5 | 0 | |
Total | 23 | 4 |
- As of match played 14 June 2022
- Scores and results list Hungary's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Gazdag goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 31 March 2021 | Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella, Andorra | Andorra | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
2 | 12 November 2021 | Puskás Aréna, Budapest, Hungary | San Marino | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
3 | 15 November 2021 | PGE Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland | Poland | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
4 | 14 June 2022 | Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton, England | England | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2022–23 UEFA Nations League A |
Honours
Honvéd
Philadelphia Union
Individual
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Nyíregyháza
- Hungarian men's footballers
- Hungary men's international footballers
- Hungary men's under-21 international footballers
- Hungary men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
- Major League Soccer players
- Designated Players (MLS)
- Budapest Honvéd FC players
- Budapest Honvéd FC II players
- Philadelphia Union players
- UEFA Euro 2020 players
- Hungarian expatriate men's footballers
- Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Hungarian football midfielder stubs