Roland Szolnoki

The native form of this personal name is Szolnoki Roland. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Roland Szolnoki (born 21 January 1992) is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Puskás Akadémia. A versatile international footballer, he can play with both feet. He normally plays as a defender, but he can sometimes play as a deep-lying playmaker.

Roland Szolnoki

Personal information
Full name	Roland Szolnoki
Date of birth	(1992-01-21) 21 January 1992 (age 33)
Place of birth	Mór, Hungary
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Team information
Current team	Puskás Akadémia
Number	22
Youth career
2002–2005	Videoton
2005–2008	Felcsút
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2018	Videoton	132	(1)
2008–2018	Videoton II	39	(1)
2018–	Puskás Akadémia	145	(4)
2023–	Puskás Akadémia II	1	(0)
International career‡
2010–2011	Hungary U-19	4	(0)
2012–2013	Hungary U-21	9	(0)
2015	Hungary	1	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 February 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 June 2015

He started his football career with Videoton and scored his first senior goal against Kecskemét, on 26 May 2013.

Club career

In his first season, he played in the first team only in a Hungarian Cup match. The first was played in August 2009 by BFC against Siofok.

Prior to the 2011–12 season, on 7 July, he extended his contract with Videoton for another three years. In the qualifying round of the 2011-12 Champions League, he was nominated as a substitute for the sturm Graz, but he did not enter the field. In the championship, Paulo Sousa head coached the Paks FC in the 85th minute between adults. Then they were counted on the second team again. He gave Barnabás Babos a scorer for Győr II. Eight months later, after entering the first adult championship, he was back on track in the first team against Kaposvár as a beginner. During the season, he got more and more opportunities. The season ended with 13 NB 1 matches.

In the 2012–13 season in the European League qualifier, the first match against Slovan Bratislava was still on the bench, but on the retrograde he was already on the pitch. KAA was also a beginner against Gent, but on the retreat only Sousa was on the bench. In the first round of the championship, he was just a beginner in the domestic match against Lombard Pope. However, it was replaced in the midst of the match. He collected his second yellow card against Újpest FC, so the judge issued it. By downloading his disqualification, he returned to Szombathely's Progress, but he could not be long since he was fouled at 76 minutes and re-issued.

In summer 2018, he signed a two-year contract with Puskas Akademia FC.

International career

Szolnoki previously represented Hungary at various youth levels. He was called to national team by Pál Dárdai. Szolnoki made his first senior international debut in June 2015 against Lithuania and played all 90 minutes. Hungary won the match 4–0.^[1]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 1 February 2025^[2]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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
Videoton	2009–10	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	—		—		8	0	—		—		8	0
	2010–11	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	0	0	0	0	—		—		—		0	0
	2011–12	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	13	0	4	0	7	0	—		—		24	0
	2012–13	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	18	1	6	0	2	0	6[c]	0	1[d]	0	33	1
	2013–14	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	21	0	1	0	2	1	1[c]	0	—		25	1
	2014–15	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	25	0	5	0	5	0	—		—		35	0
	2015–16	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	21	0	2	0	—		6[e]	0	1[d]	0	30	0
	2016–17	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	21	0	1	0	—		6[c]	0	—		28	0
	2017–18	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	13	0	3	0	—		5[c]	0	—		21	0
	Total		132	1	22	0	24	1	24	0	2	0	204	2
Videoton II	2009–10	Nemzeti Bajnokság II	7	0	2	0	—		—		—		9	0
	2010–11	Nemzeti Bajnokság II	17	0	1	0	—		—		—		18	0
	2011–12	Nemzeti Bajnokság II	8	0	1	0	—		—		—		9	0
	2013–14	Nemzeti Bajnokság III	1	0	—		—		—		—		1	0
	2017–18	Nemzeti Bajnokság III	6	1	—		—		—		—		6	1
	Total		39	1	4	0	—		—		—		43	1
Puskás Akadémia	2018–19	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	20	0	3	0	—		—		—		23	0
	2019–20	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	27	1	4	0	—		—		—		31	1
	2020–21	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	23	1	4	0	—		1[c]	0	—		28	1
	2021–22	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	25	0	1	0	—		—		—		26	0
	2022–23	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	9	0	0	0	—		2[f]	0	—		11	0
	2023–24	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	26	2	2	0	—		—		—		28	2
	2024–25	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	15	0	2	0	—		4[g]	0	—		21	0
	Total		145	4	16	0	—		7	0	—		168	4
Puskás Akadémia II	2022–23	Nemzeti Bajnokság III	1	0	—		—		—		—		1	0
Career total			317	6	42	0	24	1	31	0	2	0	416	7

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

International

As of match played 5 June 2015^[3]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Hungary	2015	1	0
Total		1	0

Honours

Videoton

• Nemzeti Bajnokság I: 2014–15,^[4] 2017–18^[5]
• Ligakupa: 2011–12;^[6] runner-up: 2012–13,^[7] 2013–14^[8]
• Szuperkupa: 2012;^[9] runner-up: 2015^[10]
• Magyar Kupa runner-up: 2014–15^[11]