István Kovács (footballer, born 1992)

The native form of this personal name is Kovács István Ádám. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

István Ádám Kovács (born 27 March 1992) is a Hungarian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

István Kovács

Personal information
Full name	István Ádám Kovács[1]
Date of birth	(1992-03-27) 27 March 1992 (age 33)
Place of birth	Szombathely, Hungary
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
2003–2008	Haladás
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2012	Haladás II	44	(7)
2008–2012	Haladás	18	(2)
2012–2022	Fehérvár	218	(21)
2016–2022	Fehérvár II	14	(2)
2022	Győr	15	(2)
Total		309	(34)
International career
2008–2009	Hungary U17	5	(0)
2010	Hungary U18	2	(0)
2010–2011	Hungary U19	7	(2)
2011	Hungary U20	3	(1)
2011–2014	Hungary U21	10	(1)
2013–2019	Hungary	15	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kovács won 15 caps with the Hungary national team.

International career

On 22 March 2013, he made his international debut for Hungary as he came on as a substitute against Romania in the 79th minute.^[2]

Club statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[3][4]

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Haladás II	2008–09	Nemzeti Bajnokság III	21	4	—		—		—		—		21	4
	2009–10	Nemzeti Bajnokság III	16	1	—		—		—		—		16	1
	2010–11	Nemzeti Bajnokság III	7	2	—		—		—		—		7	2
	Total		44	7	—		—		—		—		44	7
Haladás	2008–09	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	1	0	—		7	0	—		—		8	0
	2009–10	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	1	0	1	0	4	0	—		—		6	0
	2010–11	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	1	0	1	0	1	0	—		—		3	0
	2011–12	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	15	2	2	0	1	0	—		—		18	2
	Total		18	2	4	0	13	0	—		—		35	2
Fehérvár	2011–12	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	10	0	4	0	4	0	—		—		18	0
	2012–13	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	29	4	6	2	4	0	8[c]	0	1[d]	1	48	7
	2013–14	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	23	1	2	0	2	0	2[c]	0	—		29	1
	2014–15	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	26	5	6	0	5	1	—		—		37	6
	2015–16	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	26	4	5	1	—		6[e]	0	1[d]	0	38	5
	2016–17	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	12	0	3	1	—		2[c]	1	—		17	2
	2017–18	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	20	1	2	0	—		1[c]	0	—		23	1
	2018–19	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	32	4	9	0	—		14[f]	0	—		55	4
	2019–20	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	30	2	5	0	—		2[c]	0	—		37	2
	2020–21	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	3	0	1	0	—		0	0	—		4	0
	2021–22	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	7	0	1	0	—		1[g]	0	—		9	0
	Total		218	21	44	4	15	1	36	1	2	1	315	28
Fehérvár II	2016–17	Nemzeti Bajnokság III	3	0	—		—		—		—		3	0
	2020–21	Nemzeti Bajnokság III	2	1	—		—		—		—		2	1
	2021–22	Nemzeti Bajnokság III	9	1	—		—		—		—		9	1
	Total		14	2	—		—		—		—		14	2
Győr	2022–23	Nemzeti Bajnokság II	15	2	2	0	—		—		—		17	2
Career total			309	34	50	4	28	1	36	1	2	1	425	41

1. Includes Magyar Kupa
2. Includes Ligakupa
3. Appearance in UEFA Europa League
4. Appearance in Szuperkupa
5. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
6. Eight appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
7. Appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Videoton

• Nemzeti Bajnokság I: 2014–15, 2017–18
• Magyar Kupa: 2018–19
• Ligakupa: 2011–12
• Szuperkupa: 2012