József Dzurják

József Dzurják

Personal information
Date of birth	(1962-03-02) 2 March 1962 (age 62)
Place of birth	Gödöllő, Hungary
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Diósgyőri VTK Assistant manager
Youth career
1972–1976	Ikladi Vasas
1976–1982	Jászberényi Lehel
1980	Jászárokszállási Vasas
1982	Békéscsaba
1982–1983	L. Szabó Hónved SE
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1986	Diósgyőri VTK	?	(55)
1986–1990	Ferencváros	96	(44)
1990	Chemnitzer FC	6	(1)
1990	Spartak Subotica	3	(0)
1991	Ferencváros	9	(2)
1991–1993	Omonia Nicosia	48	(34)
1993	III. Kerület	10	(2)
1994–1995	Vác FC	16	(8)
1995–1996	Diósgyőri VTK	3	(1)
1996	SC Orchid
International career
1987	Hungary olympic	2	(1)
Managerial career
1998–1999	Dunakeszi
1999–2000	Diósgyőri VTK (assistant manager)
2000–2001	KF Tirana (assistant manager)
2001–2003	BVSC Budapest
2003	Videoton (assistant manager)
2003–2004	Ferencváros U-19
2004–2005	Malaysia (assistant manager)
2005–2006	Zalaegerszegi TE (assistant manager)
2006–2007	Hungary U-19 (assistant manager)
2008–2009	Club Valencia
2011–2012	Ferencváros U-17
2012–	Diósgyőri VTK (assistant manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

József Dzurják (born 2 March 1962) is a Hungarian football manager and former player.

His youth career was at Ikladi Vasas, Jászberényi Lehel, Jászárokszállási Vasas, Békéscsaba, and L. Szabó Hónved SE.^[1]

He made his debut in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I in the season 1983–84 playing with Diósgyőri VTK. That season his team ended up relegated and played in Nemzeti Bajnokság II with Dzurják being the league top-scorer two seasons in a raw.^[1] In 1986, he moved to Hungarian giants Ferencváros where he played till 1990. He finished his last season with Fradi as league top scorer.^[2] This meant that for Dzurják was time to move abroad, signing with the East German 1990 vice-champions Chemnitzer FC, being one of the few foreigners to play in the last season of the DDR-Oberliga. After six months during the winter break, he moved to FK Spartak Subotica where he spend the rest of the season playing in the Yugoslav First League. After this, he returned and played half season with Ferencvaros, before moving again, this time to Cyprus, to play with AC Omonia one and a half seasons. He will return to Hungary and play with III. Kerületi TUE, Vác FC and Diósgyőri VTK before moving to the Maldives in 1996 where he ended his career. He played as a striker.

On 13 May 1987, Dzurják received a call on behalf of coach József Verebes to be part of the Hungary Olympic team and played in a game against Spain scoring a goal in the game.^[1] He then also played against Sweden on 9 September, same year.^[3]

After retiring, he initially became a sports journalist at Nemzeti Sportnál. Then he started his coaching career, first coaching the youth teams of Dunakeszi, BVSC, REAC and the U-17 and U-19 teams of Ferencvaros. Then he worked as assistant manager, initially in Hungary at Diósgyőri VTK, Videoton and Zalaegerzeg, and then abroad in Albania, Malaysia and the Maldives, where he won the championship.^[1]

In March 2008 he was appointed the main coach of Club Valencia competing in the Dhivehi League, the top league in the Maldives.^[4] Since 2012 he has been assistant manager at Diósgyőri VTK.^[5]

Diósgyőri VTK

• Nemzeti Bajnokság II top scorer: 1984–85, 1985–86^[1]

Ferencvaros

• Nemzeti Bajnokság I top scorer: 1989–90
• Magyar Kupa: 1991^[1]

Omonia Nicosia

• Cypriot First Division: 1992–93^[1]
• Cypriot First Division top-scorer: 1991–92 (21 goals)^[1]

Club Valencia^[6]

• Dhivehi League: 2008^[1]
• Maldives National Championship: 2008^[1]

• Hungarian Championship stats at nela.hu