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István Kozma

Kozma in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth	(1964-12-03) 3 December 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth	Pásztó, Hungary
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
?–?	Salgótarjáni TC
1983–1989	Újpesti Dózsa	156	(10)
1989	Girondins Bordeaux
1989–1992	Dunfermline Athletic	90	(8)
1992–1993	Liverpool	6	(0)
1993–1995	Újpest FC	58	(15)
1995–1997	APOEL	42	(5)
1997–1999	Újpest FC	33	(0)
1999	Videoton	14	(1)
2000	Tatabánya	11	(0)
2000–2001	Újpest FC	20	(3)
2001–2002	Ostbahn XI Wein
2002–2003	Budafoki MTE
2003–2004	Rákosmenti KSK
International career
1986–1995	Hungary	40	(1)
1990	Scottish League XI	1	(0)
Managerial career
2006–2007	Vasas SC (assistant)
2013	Újpest FC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

István Kozma (born 3 December 1964) is a former Hungarian footballer who played as a midfielder. He was the first Hungarian player to ever play in the Premier League on 26 September 1992, when he appeared for Liverpool as a substitute against Wimbledon, playing 7 minutes.

He began his career at Salgótarjáni TC in his native country of Hungary. Kozma then moved to Újpest FC and then to French Ligue 1 champions Bordeaux. In December 1989 he was signed by Jim Leishman for Scottish team Dunfermline Athletic for £550,000 which is still the club's record transfer fee.

At Dunfermline Kozma became a firm fan favourite playing 103 times and scoring nine goals. In February 1992 he was a shock purchase for Liverpool, with Graeme Souness signing the Hungarian for £300,000. Kozma made his debut in a goalless draw against Ipswich Town in the fifth round of the FA Cup,^[2] but never looked like breaking into the first team at Liverpool. In the 1991–92 season he made five league appearances and two in the FA Cup. In the 1992–93 season he played in the 1992 FA Charity Shield and then made one league appearance as a substitute and one further substitute appearance in the League Cup,^[3] before being released in July 1993. His poor performance at Liverpool earned him in 2007 the dubious success of being rated by Times Online as the fourth worst ever player to play in the Premiership.^[4]

He then returned to Újpest FC. In 1995–96 he played for APOEL in Cyprus where, after amazing performances, he led his team to the Double. The next season, he helped APOEL to win the Super Cup and the Cup again, before moving back to Újpest for a third time, with whom he won the Nemzeti Bajnokság I in 1998.^[5] He subsequently appeared for Videoton FC and FC Tatabánya, before finishing his professional career with a fourth spell at Újpest. He subsequently signed for Austrian amateur side Ostbahn XI Wein and Hungarian lower-division teams Budafoki MTE and Rákosmenti KSK.

Kozma made his international debut for Hungary on 9 September 1986, coming on as a substitute in a 0-0 friendly draw with Norway. He went on to play 40 times for the national team until 1995, scoring once, in a 4-1 friendly win over Turkey on 5 September 1990.^[6]

Kozma also appeared for the Scottish Football League XI in a 1990 fixture against Scotland, to mark the centenary of the Scottish Football League. The match finished 1-0 to the League XI.^[7]

From season 2006–07, he was working as an assistant manager at Vasas SC.

In May 2013, Kozma returned to Újpest as manager.^[8] After just five months, Kozma left his position at the club in October 2013, being sacked altogether after initially being transferred to the role of video analyst instead.^[9][10]

Hungary score listed first, score column indicates score after each Kozma goal^[13]

List of international goals scored by István Kozma

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	5 September 1990	Megyeri úti stadion, Újpest, Hungary	20	Turkey	2–0	4–1	Friendly	[6]

Dunfermline Athletic

• Scottish League Cup: Runner-up, 1991^[14][15]

APOEL

• Cypriot First Division: 1995–96^[16]
• Cypriot Cup: 1995–96, 1996–97^[16][17]
• Cypriot Super Cup: 1996, 1997^[18]

Ujpest

• Nemzeti Bajnokság I: 1997–98^[5]

• Jeffrey, Jim (2007). Hibernian Football Club Classic Matches. STADIA. ISBN 978-0-7524-4452-9.

• Profile at dafc.net