Richard Magyar

Richard Magyar

100px Magyar in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Richard Göran Emil Magyar
Date of birth	(1991-05-03) 3 May 1991
Place of birth	Malmö, Sweden
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Hammarby
Number	3
Youth career
2007	BK Astrio
2008–2009	Halmstads BK
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2014	Halmstads BK	106	(6)
2014–2015	FC Aarau	6	(0)
2015–	Hammarby	11	(0)
International career‡
2010	Sweden U19	2	(0)
2011–2012	Sweden U21	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:17, 25 October 2015 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:33, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

Richard Magyar (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈmɒɟɒr]; born 3 May 1991) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a defender for Hammarby. His father is of Hungarian descent.

Career

Starting his career in Åkarps IF at the age of 8, followed by a moved to GoIF Nike, at the age of 15 he went on trial for Malmö FF but eventually signd for Lunds BK in 2006, however the spell was only one year as his family moved to Halmstad, where he signd for BK Astrio. In 2008 he moved to local rival Halmstads BK, spending only a year in the youth squad and was also part of U21 squad that won the first U21 Allsvenska championship. Prior to the 2010 season he was lifted from youth squad and put as a trainee in the senior squad. After sitting on the bench for several games, he made his debut on May 5 for Halmstads BK against Kalmar FF, starting as teammate Tomas Žvirgždauskas had picked up an injury.

In May 2011 Magyar was for the first time summoned to the Swedish U21 team. However, an injury forced Magyar to miss out. Marcus Törnstrand was called up to replace Magyar.

External links

• Profile at Swedish FA (Swedish)
• HBK Profile (Swedish)