Bertalan Kun (born 6 May 1999) is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Veszprém.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 6 May 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Veszprém, Hungary | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Veszprém | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2011 | Veszprém FC USE | ||
| 2011–2018 | PSV Eindhoven | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | Jong PSV | 24 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | Győri ETO | 11 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Zalaegerszeg | 1 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Proleter Novi Sad | 23 | (1) |
| 2023 | Kozármisleny | 10 | (1) |
| 2023– | Veszprém | 4 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012–2014 | Hungary U15 | 5 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | Hungary U16 | 10 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | Hungary U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Hungary U18 | 5 | (0) |
| 2016 | Hungary U19 | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 October 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 September 2021 | |||
Playing career
Early career
Bertalan Kun started to play in Veszprém FC USE in 2005 when he was six. His first coach was Miklós Kelemen. From the U6 team he reached the higher levels. In the 2010–2011 season, when Csaba Kozma was his coach, he scored 11 goals in 20 games in the U13 team of North-West group of NBII. One year later he scored 58 goals in 16 games and he became the top scorer of his level.
PSV
His father got a two-year job contract in the Netherlands and his son moved with him to Eindhoven. There he joined the PSV D1 team[1] which was trained in the De Herdgang training complex. In 2011 PSV Eindhoven launched an application for the international transfer of underage players but the FIFA rejected it at the first time. After this, they sent this petition twice but none of them were successful. However, on 25 August 2015 they received the permission when the European Union authorizes the transfers of the players over the age of 16 within the EU. Between 2011 and 2015 Bertalan Kun could play in PSV Eindhoven because his club sent him to many international tournaments and friendly games.
He debuted among the adults on 6 November 2016 when he got an opportunity in Jong PSV which is the reserve team of PSV Eindhoven in the Dutch second division. He was replaced in the 65 minutes in a league game against FC Volendam but they lose 0–1. In December there were rumours in the press about several Premier League and Portuguese first division club want to sign him. The news was confirmed by his manager.
Győri ETO
After leaving Jong PSV in the summer 2019, Kun returned to Hungary and signed a deal until the summer 2021 with Győri ETO FC on 8 October 2019.[2]
Next he played one season with Zalaegerszeg.[3]
Proleter
In September 2021 he signed ŵith Serbian side FK Proleter Novi Sad.[4]
Kozármisleny
On 14 December 2022, Kun signed with second-tier NB II club Kozármisleny.[5]
International career
He was called up to his first national team (Hungary national Under-15 football team) in November 2013 from György Korolovszky. His debut was against Slovakia (0-0) on 5 November 2013. His debut score was against Turkey (3-3) on 10 April 2014.[6]
He was called up to the U16 team in August 2014 from István Mihalecz. He played ten times here and he scored in the 4th minute of a Hungary – Latvia game (4-0) on 10 March 2015.[7]
He was called up to the U17 team in September 2015, under manager Zoltán Szélesi. He would play in this national team only twice. He was not entered to the European U17 Championship in 2016.[8]
In August 2016 Antal Németh called up him to the U18 team. He made his debut against Russia in this age group on 16 August 2016.[9]
In October 2016 the U19 team manager, Michael Boris called up him to the Hungary national team. He debuted against Greece on 13 October and he played the whole game.
Career statistics
- As of match played 26 November 2018
| Clubs | Season | League | National Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Jong PSV | 2016–17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jong PSV | 2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jong PSV | 2018–19 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Career total | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| National team | Years | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary U15 | 2013-2014 | 5 | 1 |
| Hungary U16 | 2014-2015 | 10 | 1 |
| Hungary U17 | 2015 | 2 | 0 |
| Hungary U18 | 2016- | 5 | 0 |
| Hungary U19 | 2016- | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 22 | 2 | |