András Gángó (born 2 March 1984) is a Hungarian former

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who played as a

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and current goalkeeper coach of AGF.

Early life

He was born in 1984 in

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, Hungary. He was childhood friends with Hungary international Tamás Priskin.

Career

For András, it will also be a reunion with Aarhus, where he came from Hungary twenty years ago and was a student at Idrætshøjskolen in Vejlby/Risskov. Gángó came from Hungary to Denmark, where he settled in

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and was a student at Idrætshøjskolen in Vejlby/Risskov. In that connection, he trained briefly with Danish club AGF and also trained at Aarhus Fremad before his active career took off abroad. In 2007, he signed for Faroese side ÍF. In 2010, he signed for Faroese side NSÍ. In 2012, he signed for Faroese side KÍ. In 2013, he signed for Faroese side 07 Vestur. In 2014, he returned to Faroese side NSÍ. In 2016, he signed for Faroese side Skála. In 2018, he returned to Faroese side NSÍ. He has been described as "performed excellently in the Champions League and Europa League qualifiers on several occasions, and was chosen as one of the best in the Faroese league year after year".

Personal life

He can speak fluent Faroese. He has applied to become a naturalized Faroese citizen. He has worked as a gardener and as a store manager. He has three children.

Coaching career

Gángó worked as goalkeeping coach for the Faroe Islands U-21 national team for a year, also during his active player career. He also took the coaching courses and obtained the UEFA B and UEFA GK-A licenses. In March 2019, Gángó was hired as goalkeeper coach for Tromsø IL, who played in the Norwegian top league,

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, on a contract until the summer. In July 2019, Gángó had his contract further extended. Alongside this, in 2020 he also became goalkeeping coach for the Faroe Islands national team. Gángó left Tromsø in the summer of 2021 and in March 2023 he left his job as goalkeeping coach of the national team. In the summer of 2021, Gángó was presented as the new goalkeeping coach for the Danish club

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. Prior to the 2024-25 season, Gángó was hired as goalkeeper coach for another Danish club, AGF.NY MÅLMANDSTRÆNER PÅ FREDENSVANG
agf.dk, 11 June 2024

References

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