Tibor Dombi
Tibor Dombi (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈtibor ˈdombi]; born 11 November 1973) is a Hungarian former professional footballer who played as a right midfielder.[1] He spent most of his career with Debreceni VSC, where he amassed over 400 league appearances in two stints separated by spells at Eintracht Frankfurt in Bundesliga and at FC Utrecht in the Eredivisie.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 11 November 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Püspökladány, Hungary | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Right midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1987–1993 | Debrecen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1999 | Debrecen | 190 | (17) |
| 1999–2000 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 15 | (0) |
| 2000–2002 | Utrecht | 26 | (2) |
| 2002–2014 | Debrecen | 247 | (13) |
| 2014–2016 | Debrecen II | 39 | (1) |
| Total | 507 | (33) | |
| National team | |||
| 1994–2001 | Hungary | 35 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Career
Born in Püspökladány, Dombi came through the youth setup of Debreceni VSC, and joined the senior team in 1992. He made his debut for the Hungarian national team in 1994, and got 35 caps and one goal until 2001, when he retired from international football.[2] He was a participant at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where Hungary failed to progress from the group stage. He stayed in Debrecen until 1999, celebrating Debreceni VSC's first domestic cup success just before he left for Eintracht Frankfurt. Dombi started his career in Germany well playing in most of the matches in the first half of the season.[3] However, due to language problems and a conflict with the club's manager, Felix Magath, he left at the end of the season.[3]
He joined FC Utrecht, the team he played for two seasons before he made his return to Hungary. After he returned to Debrecen, the club's Golden Era started, during which the team won the Hungarian League three times in a row. (Before 2005, Debrecen did not manage to win the league.) In 2009, he was the member of the team that won Debrecen's fourth domestic title.
International career
Dombi made his debut on 1 June 1994, in Eindhoven against the Netherlands.
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Debrecen | 1993–94 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3 |
| 1994–95 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | ||
| 1995–96 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 | ||
| 1996–97 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 2 | ||
| 1997–98 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 3 | ||
| 1998–99 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 38 | 7 | ||
| Total | 180 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 196 | 19 | ||
| Frankfurt | 1999–00 | Bundesliga | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Utrecht | 2000–01 | Eredivisie | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 |
| 2001–02 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Total | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 2 | ||
| Debrecen | 2002–03 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 25 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
| 2003–04 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 38 | 3 | ||
| 2004–05 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3 | ||
| 2005–06 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 1 | ||
| 2007–08 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 1 | ||
| 2008–09 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 2 | ||
| 2009–10 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 29 | 1 | ||
| 2011–12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | ||
| 2013–14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | ||
| Total | 247 | 13 | 34 | 2 | 47 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 360 | 17 | ||
| Debrecen II | 2014–15 | Nemzeti Bajnokság III | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| 2015–16 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Total | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 507 | 33 | 44 | 4 | 47 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 639 | 39 | ||
International
- Source:[1]
| Team | Year | Friendlies | International Competition |
Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Hungary | 1994 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 17 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 35 | 1 | |
International matches
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 June 1994 | Eindhoven |  | 1–7 | Friendly |
| 2 | 8 June 1994 | Brussel | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1–3 | Friendly |
| 3 | 14 August 1996 | Siófok |  | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 4 | 1 September 1996 | Budapest |  | 1–0 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 5 | 9 October 1996 | Oslo |  | 0–3 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 6 | 10 November 1996 | Baku |  | 3–0 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 7 | 19 March 1997 | Ta' Qali |  | 4–1 | Friendly |
| 8 | 2 April 1997 | Budapest | .svg.png){kind=small} | 0–3 | Friendly |
| 9 | 8 June 1997 | Budapest | | 1–1 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 10 | 6 August 1997 | Siófok | | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 11 | 20 August 1997 | Budapest |  | 1–1 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 12 | 6 September 1997 | Warsaw |  | 0–1 | Friendly |
| 13 | 10 September 1997 | Budapest | | 3–1 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 14 | 14 October 1997 | Helsinki | | 1–1 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 15 | 29 October 1997 | Budapest | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1–7 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 16 | 15 November 1997 | Belgrad | | 0–5 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 17 | 19 August 1998 | Zalaegerszeg |  | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 18 | 6 September 1998 | Budapest |  | 1–3 | UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying |
| 19 | 10 October 1998 | Baku | | 4–0 | UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying |
| 20 | 10 March 1999 | Budapest |  | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 21 | 27 March 1999 | Budapest |  | 5–0 | UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying |
| 22 | 31 March 1999 | Bratislava |  | 0–0 | UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying |
| 23 | 28 April 1999 | Budapest |  | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 24 | 9 June 1999 | Győr | | 0–1 | UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying |
| 25 | 18 August 1999 | Budapest |  | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 26 | 4 September 1999 | Vaduz | | 0–0 | UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying |
| 27 | 23 February 2000 | Budapest | | 0–3 | Friendly |
| 28 | 3 September 2000 | Budapest |  | 2–2 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 29 | 11 October 2000 | Kaunas |  | 6–1 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 30 | 28 February 2001 | Zenica | | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 31 | 7 March 2001 | Amman |  | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 32 | 24 March 2001 | Budapest | | 1–1 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 33 | 25 April 2001 | Budapest | | 0–0 | Friendly |
| 34 | 2 June 2001 | Bucharest |  | 0–2 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 35 | 6 June 2001 | Budapest |  | 4–1 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
Club
Debrecen
- Hungarian League: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10; runners-up 2007–08
- Hungarian Cup: 1998–99, 2007–08, 2009–10; runners-up 2002–03, 2006–07
- Hungarian Super Cup: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010
- Hungarian League Cup: 2010; runners-up 2008
Utrecht
- KNVB Cup runners-up: 2002
Individual
- Zilahi Prize: 2003
References
- Tibor Dombi at National-Football-Teams.com
- Mamrud, Roberto (29 February 2012). "Hungary – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
- "Er glänzte nur eine Vorrunde lang". Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). 31 May 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- "HLSZ". HLSZ (in Hungarian). Retrieved 26 February 2019.
- "Tibor Dombi » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
External links
- HLSZ (in Hungarian)
- National football team (in Hungarian)
