Szabics Imre - The Prodigal Son

[Bentex]

Szabics leaves Sturm for Stuttgart

Thursday, 12 June 2003

After scoring three goals in Hungary's two UEFA EURO 2004™ qualifying fixtures, striker Imre Szabics has capped a memorable week by joining German Bundesliga runners-up VfB Stuttgart on a free transfer from SK Sturm Graz.

Recent sacking
Only last month the 22-year-old was sacked by Sturm, the Austrian club citing "non-compliance with work regulations". Sturm president Hannes Kartnig said that because of an injury Szabics had not been given permission to make his debut for Hungary in a friendly international against Luxembourg, a match in which he scored twice.

Stepping in
Previously he angered the Sturm management by turning down the offer of a new contract at the Arnold Schwarzenegger stadium, reportedly agreeing instead to join 1. FC Nürnberg at the conclusion of his contract. That deal collapsed following Nürnberg's relegation from the Bundesliga, but Stuttgart stepped in to land one of Europe's up-and-coming marksmen.

'Looking forward'
After committing to the club for three years, Szabics said: "I am looking forward to my time with Stuttgart because I really like the coach, Felix Magath, and the club made me feel welcome from the start." Szabics is tipped to flourish under the guidance of Magath, who led an inexperienced side to second place in the German top flight and a berth in the UEFA Champions League group stage.

Five in three
After scoring twice on his international debut, Szabics struck two more goals last Saturday in a 3-1 win against Latvia before hitting Hungary's fourth in a 5-0 victory in San Marino last night. The Magyars are up to second in qualifying Group 4.

[Bentex]

I used to have facial hair like that

[TiB]

I'm not really happy
Remember...
When Lisztes played in Stuttgart.. Magath was the coach. He didnt give a minute for Krisztián. Then Werder came on, they bought Lisztes. Krisz played superb.
I heard that Magath cant stand Hungarians. THen how will "our" Imi perform from the bench?

[Bentex]

lisztes was poor when he did play ....and TiB Lisztes has suxed this year at Werder!
His only decent game's were werder away at Hertha and the recent san marino game.

[magyaRulez]

Remélem hogy Szabics jól fog játszani Stuttgartban, aztán majd úgyis meg fogja venni egy jobb csapat.

[Florian Albert]

saw m feher score a very tidy hat trick for benfica the other day-so along with gera and szabics-it would seem hungary have a very potent forward line.

[TiB]

Quote:

Originally posted by Bentex
lisztes was poor when he did play ....and TiB Lisztes has suxed this year at Werder!
His only decent game's were werder away at Hertha and the recent san marino game.

You maybe right. But im a bit pessimistic with Magath. Its well known that he hates Hungarians, than why does he signed Szabics? Its not clear for me. I hope Imi will show for this bastard
that how play a real Hungarian footballer.

Come on Imi!

[Bentex]

I asked myself the question.
what quality of player did he have?

and maybe lisztes should go back and get the "playmaker" role that balakov left....as since johan Micoud came to werder he was given the role frings had at werder and struggeld.

[szövkap]

i think the good old "magath hates hungarians" is a pure magyar invention. it is always easy to say its the others (another magyar betegség). he didnt like lisztes in his poorest days, the same was with dombi at frankfurt (but it is o.k. not to love dombitibis football skills.... )

azért most hajrá svábok!

[szövkap]

more news from the boca front:

Zalaegerszeg, június 13., 9.00

A Boca magyar támadója szinte biztos, hogy nem tér vissza Argentínába.

Szombaton érkezett haza Argentínából Waltner Róbert, aki a tavalyi bajnok ZTE csapatából igazolt a világhírû Boca Juniorshoz. Waltner jelenleg szabadságát tölti itthon, és elképzelései szerint nem szándékozik visszatérni Argentínába.
- Robival mi is beszéltünk, miután megérkezett Magyarországra - mondta Lang József, a ZTE elnöke -, és kijelentette, szeretné külföldön folytatni a pályafutását, de konkrétumokról egyelõre még nem tudott beszámolni. Az azonban valószínûnek tûnik, hogy nem Argentínába tér majd vissza.
(s.z.)


tehát még egy csatár van a piacon,

[Bentex]

send him to hertha to even up the numbers

sanyi anything of any interest in this?


Stuttgart: "Gute Aussichten" auf eine Verpflichtung von Vranjes - 16.06.2003 11:55

Szabics: Dribbelstark und "hochveranlagt"

Lange Zeit sah es so aus, als bewege sich in Stuttgart gar nichts in Sachen Neuzugänge, lediglich Nürnbergs Stürmer Cacau (22) stand als Neuzugang beim deutschen Vizemeister fest. Vergangene Woche gewann das Thema jedoch an Dynamik. Zunächst wurde Philipp Lahm (19) von den Amateuren des FC Bayern verpflichtet, ein defensiver Mittelfeldspieler, der auch rechts in der Viererkette verteidigen kann. Der U-20-Nationalspieler wurde für zwei Jahre ausgeliehen. Fast zeitgleich gab der Champions-League-Teilnehmer die Verpflichtung von Imre Szabics bekannt, einem 22-jährigen ungarischen Angreifer in Diensten des österreichischen Erstligisten Sturm Graz. Er ist ablösefrei und erhält einen Dreijahresvertrag.

Dass Szabics in der kommenden Saison für den VfB stürmt, haben die Schwaben allerdings nur dem 1. FC Nürnberg zu verdanken, genauer gesagt dem Umstand, dass der Club aus der Bundesliga abgestiegen ist. Der FCN, respektive Ex- Manager Edgar Geenen, hatte sich bereits im Winter mit dem Ungarn über einen Vertrag geeinigt, der galt allerdings nur für die Erste Liga. Und dieses Ziel verpasste der Club ja bekanntermaßen.

Szabics eilt der Ruf voraus, einer der talentiertesten Torjäger der Alpenrepublik zu sein, kicker-Korrespondent Hubert Winklbauer beschreibt den pfeilschnellen und dribbelstarken Rechtsfüßer als "hochveranlagt". 1999 wechselte der 1,80 Meter große und 74 Kilo schwere Ungar von Ferencvaros Budapest zu Sturm Graz und kam bereits im Alter von 17 Jahren zu einigen Einsätzen. Der feine und kombinationsstarke Techniker, der in seiner Anfangszeit zu viele Chancen versiebte, hat sich vor allem unter seinem großem Mentor Ivica Osim, später dann unter Franco Foda zum schlitzohrigen Torjäger entwickelt und kam in der Champions League auf zehn Einsätze. In der vergangenen Spielzeit schoss er in der höchsten österreichischen Liga elf Tore bei 27 Einsätzen, wurde daraufhin in die ungarische Nationalelf berufen und erzielte bei seinen bisherigen drei Länderspielen prompt fünf Treffer (gegen Luxemburg, Lettland, San Marino).

Ungeachtet dessen ist Trainer Felix Magath nach dem Weggang von Sean Dundee (Austria Wien) noch auf der Suche nach einem routinierten Stürmer, der die "Rasselbande" Kuranyi (21), Amanatidis (21), Cacau (22) und Szabics (22) führt. Neben dem österreichischen Torschützenkönig Axel Lewaree (29, Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz, der kicker berichtete) bemüht sich der VfB um eine Verpflichtung des Kroaten Giovanni Rosso (29) von Maccabi Haifa. Der torgefährliche Mittelfeldspieler mit Champions- League-Erfahrung wäre genau der routinierte und ballsichere Akteur, den sich Felix Magath an der Seite von Aliaksandr Hleb wünscht. Jochen Schneider, Assistent des Vorstandes, und Statthalter Magaths, dementierte jedoch Meldungen, der Spieler sei bereits verpflichtet.

[szövkap]

nothing that we would not know ,

it says that imre`s cselei are good and that hes tehetséges and blablabla, and what other players they may be after (vranjes, delawarée etc.), nothing about the löw and bodnár thing yet,
probably top secret

[Bentex]

if you see anything in the germ papers let us know


thanks

[TiB]

Stuttgart, június 29., 10.00

Bemutatkozott új csapatában válogatottunk gólfelelõse.

Mint ismeretes, Szabics Imre hosszas huzavona - mármint a Sturm Graz-cal - után Stuttgartba igazolt, ahol tegnap lejátszotta elõ edzõmérkõzését. Pontosabban annak csak a felét, de a pályán töltött 45 perc is elég volt ahhoz, hogy Szabics 2 gólt szerezzen.
A 18-0-s gyõzelem értékét némiképpen csökkenti, hogy az alacsonyabb osztályú SC Bühlertann ellen érték el Magath tanítványaira, de Szabicsékra még így is 3.700 nézõ volt kíváncsi.

[szövkap]

´szabics szerzett 3 gólt a második test matchben.

vfb stg won 10-0 and imre scored 3x in only 1 félidö,
so his scoring arány is close to his nt performance:

2 meccs, 5 gól, hajrá imre!

[TiB]

Szabics: Újabb meccs, három gól!

NSO, 2003-07-0321:25


Ismét gólerõs produkcióval rukkolt elõ Szabics Imre a Stuttgart felkészülési meccsén: a magyar támadó három gólt szerzett az amatõr ellenfél ellen.

Felkészülési mérkõzés
Sylt-VfB Stuttgart 0-14

[Bentex]

more good news for our imi

Bursaspor continue Romanian revolution
Wednesday, 02 July 2003
Bursaspor's Romanian revolution continued today when the Turkish side signed VfB Stuttgart striker Ioan Viorel Ganea on a three-year contract.

Offer rejected
The 29-year-old had spent four years with the German club, helping them to second place in the Bundesliga last season and a UEFA Champions League berth. Following the expiry of his contract on 30 June, Ganea was offered a new deal with reduced wages at the Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion but rejected it in favour of a move to Turkey.

Hagi in charge
Bursaspor recently appointed Romanian legend Gheorghe Hagi as their coach. After signing four of his countrymen as his first act, Hagi will look to his latest recruit to score the goals that will help the club improve on last season's 15th-place finish. "I want to become a regular and be successful in the league," Ganea said.

Europe beckons
Scottish UEFA Cup qualifiers Heart of Midlothian FC have also been busy in the transfer market, snapping up versatile Australian international Patrick Kisnorbo on the back of recent moves for Dennis Wyness and Paul Hartley. The 22-year-old, who has penned a two-year contract, was thrilled at the prospect of playing in Europe. "Just to play in the Scottish league was a big incentive for me but it's better to have a chance to play in the UEFA Cup," he said.

Polish signings
Greek outfit Panionios NFC are another team to have strengthened their squad ahead of a UEFA Cup campaign, completing a move for Polish forward Arkadiusz Klimek on a free transfer. The 28-year-old scored 27 goals in 113 matches for Zaglebie Lubin prior to their relegation from the Polish top flight last term. Panonios recently signed another Pole, attacking midfield player Adam Majewski.

Loan agreed
Hearts will enter the UEFA Cup in the first round, as will SV Austria Salzburg. The club have agreed a one-year loan with FK Austria Wien for their midfield player Volkan Kahraman a year after selling him to the capital club. Kahraman hardly featured as Austria won the championship at a canter, and his employers are hoping a season at his former club will revitalise him.

Valencia favoured
Valencia CF will be among the favourites to win the UEFA Cup in 2003/04, having finished fifth in the Spanish Primera División. 'Los Ché' today recruited a player for the future, the 18-year-old AJ Auxerre striker Mohamed Lamine Sissoko. The youngster scored 50 goals in two seasons with the French club's youth team.

Domoraud staying
Another Spanish side, RCD Espanyol, have reached an agreement with AC Milan to extend the loan of French midfielder Cyril Domoraud for another season. Espanyol director Josep Lluís Marcó and Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani thrashed out the deal in an hour in Barcelona. Espanyol are hopeful Domoraud will see out next season before joining them on a full-time basis.

New boys active
Two clubs new to the French and English top flights have been active as well. Le Mans UC 72 have captured midfielder Fernando D'Amico from Lille OSC. The Argentinian has inked a three-year contract as Le Mans prepare for their first ever Ligue 1 season. Leicester City FC were relegated from the Premiership in 2002, but will return as division one runners-up. Experienced duo Brian Deane and Billy McKinlay have signed new one-year deals at the Walker's Stadium.

[TiB]

Vote for Szabics!

http://www.vfbstuttgart.de/index2.php

Welcher VfB-Neuzugang überzeugte bislang am meisten?
(3282 x abgestimmt)

Dirk Heinen 5%
(Stimmen: 156)
Philipp Lahm 4%
(Stimmen: 119)
Jurica Vranjes 4%
(Stimmen: 141)
Imre Szabics 29%
(Stimmen: 966)
Cacau 58%
(Stimmen: 1900)

The question is that, who was the best signing for Stutgart or sg like that
Vote for Imi :

[Bentex]

I allready voted yesterday

[magyaRulez]

I voted for Imi.