Gergely Kocsárdi (born 24 November 1975 in

Zalaegerszeg Zalaegerszeg (; ; ; ) is the administrative center of Zala County, Zala county in western Hungary. Location Zalaegerszeg lies on the banks of the Zala River, close to the Slovenian and Austrian borders, and west-southwest of Budapest by road. Hi ...

) is a Hungarian

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player. In the season 2007/08, he left

Zalaegerszegi TE Zalaegerszegi Torna Egylet Football Club (), commonly known as Zalaegerszegi TE, Zalaegerszeg or ZTE, is a Hungary, Hungarian professional association football, football club based in Zalaegerszeg. Zalaegerszeg has won one Hungarian League title ...

and join the Slovenian club Nafta Lendava. However, in the second part of the season he decided to return to

. Since his return, he played his first match on 29 February 2008 against

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which they won quite comfortably on the scoreline of 4-1; in front 6000 home fans. From the second part of the season till the end of the season 2007/08, he had featured in 10 matches and he managed to play in 7 matches for a full 90 minutes. Despite winning the Hungarian Championship in the season 2001/02, and being a member of the

team which shocked world football when they beat

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in the first leg of the 2002–2003 UEFA Champion's League 3rd preliminary round; he has never managed in this career to win even a single cap for this country. He was member of the Hungarian under-19 team.

Career honours

*Zalaegerszegi TE **

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Stats from Hungarian Championship
at Futball-Adattár 1975 births Living people Footballers from Zalaegerszeg Hungarian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Zalaegerszegi TE players NK Nafta Lendava players Hungarian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia {{Hungary-footy-defender-stub