Patrick Farkas (born 9 September 1992) is an Austrian professional

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who plays for

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club SV Oberwart.

Club career

FC Red Bull Salzburg

After spending the entirety of his career with

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since his debut in 2009, Farkas joined Austrian giants Red Bull Salzburg in the summer of 2017 and signed a three-year contract. In his first year at the club, Farkas made 16 league appearances and scored one goal as Salzburg won their fifth

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title in a row. Following a lengthy time on the sidelines with a cruciate ligament injury, Farkas returned to the squad for the final of the 2018–19 Austrian Cup on 1 May 2019. He scored the opening goal before Mu'nas Dabbur headed in minutes later to make it 2–0. Farkas was dismissed early in the second half for a second yellow card, but Salzburg held on for the win and lifted the trophy to secure a domestic double.

2019–20 season

On 19 July 2019, Farkas made his season debut in a match against Parndorf in the first round of the 2019–20 Austrian Cup; he scored two goals as Salzburg ran out 7–1 winners over the fourth division side. Farkas made his debut appearance in the

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proper with a substitute appearance against

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on 17 September; a match that Salzburg won 6–2. On 23 December, it was reported that Farkas had suffered a stroke in training on 21 October. In a video posted to the club's social media channels, Farkas said that he collapsed due to a hole in his heart caused the stroke when a blood clot shot to his brain. He did not require surgery to close the hole and returned to training in late December with the goal of re-joining Salzburg's match-day squads by early 2020.

Hartberg

In January 2022, Farkas returned to Austria after 6 months in Switzerland and signed with

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until June 2024.

Career statistics

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg *

: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21 *

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: 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Farkas, Patrick 1992 births Austrian people of Hungarian descent Living people Austrian men's footballers Austria men's youth international footballers Austria men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football midfielders SV Mattersburg players FC Red Bull Salzburg players FC Luzern players TSV Hartberg players Austrian Football Bundesliga players 2. Liga (Austria) players Austrian Regionalliga players Swiss Super League players Austrian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland People from Oberwart Footballers from Burgenland 21st-century Austrian sportsmen