István Bartalis (born 7 September 1990) is a Hungarian professional

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who is currently playing for

Fehérvár AV19 Hydro Fehérvár AV19 is a Hungary, Hungarian professional ice hockey team that plays in the Austrian Austrian Hockey League, win2day ICE Hockey League. They were founded in 1960 and played from 1978 in the Hungarian Országos Bajnokság I (men's ...

in the

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(ICEHL).

Playing career

Bartalis played as a youth in Sweden, playing exclusively within the

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organization. After returning to his native Hungary for two seasons with

of the

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, Bartalis opted to move to Germany in signing a one-year deal with top tier DEL club,

Schwenninger Wild Wings The Schwenninger Wild Wings are a professional Germany, German ice hockey team from Villingen-Schwenningen in Baden-Wuerttemberg that was founded on 20 July 1904 and currently plays in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). The greatest success of the ...

on 7 July 2016. Bartalis remained with the Wild Wings for three seasons, leaving out of contract at the conclusion of the 2018–19 season. On 24 June 2019, Bartalis returned to Sweden, agreeing to a one-year contract with HC Vita Hästen of the Allsvenskan.

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* 1990 births Fehérvár AV19 players Living people Hungarian ice hockey players Ice hockey people from Miercurea Ciuc IF Troja-Ljungby players Romanian ice hockey forwards Schwenninger Wild Wings players HC Vita Hästen players {{Hungary-icehockey-bio-stub