László Bénes

László Bénes (born 9 September 1997) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays for Borussia Mönchengladbach.

László Bénes

László Bénes in 2016.
Personal information
Full name	László Bénes
Date of birth	(1997-09-09) 9 September 1997
Place of birth	Dunajská Streda, Slovakia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Number	22
Youth career
	FC GBS Šamorín
2007–2011	DAC Dunajská Streda
2011–2014	ETO Győr
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2015	ETO Győr	1	(0)
2015–2016	Žilina	31	(2)
2016–	Borussia Mönchengladbach	24	(1)
2019	→ Holstein Kiel (loan)	15	(2)
National team^‡
2013–2014	Slovakia U16	1	(0)
2013	Slovakia U17	2	(0)
2014	Slovakia U18	2	(0)
2014–2015	Slovakia U19	8	(3)
2015–2018	Slovakia U21	12	(3)
2017–	Slovakia	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 January 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 October 2019

Early life

Bénes was born in Dunajská Streda (a predominantly ethnic Hungarian town) to an ethnic Hungarian family.[1]

Club career

On 6 February 2015, Bénes signed a three-year deal with Fortuna Liga side MŠK Žilina from Győr.[2]

On 1 July 2016, he joined Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach.[3]

On 28 January 2019, Bénes moved to 2. Bundesliga side Holstein Kiel for the second half of the season.[4] He debuted in his first opportunity, in an away 2. Bundesliga fixture against Heidenheim, only two days after joining the club, on 30 January 2019. He played over 22 minutes, substituting Jonas Meffert in the 68th minute of the match, which concluded in a 2–2 tie. Bénes was booked with a yellow card in the 79th minute.[5]

In his second cap for Kiel, on 3 February, against Jahn Regensburg (2–0 victory), Bénes received the highest rating from Kiel, 7.9/10 (along with Kenneth Kronholm, Jannik Dehm, Kingsley Schindler), according to the Sofascore portal.[6]

International career

Bénes was first called up to Slovak senior national team in May 2017, when Ján Kozák called him up for a FIFA World Cup qualifier against Lithuania on 10 June 2017, just a number of days before the commencement before the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, where Bénes was expected to be one of the team leaders. During this match Bénes made his international debut, when he substituted Ondrej Duda in the 89th minute of the 2–1 victory in Vilnius.[7] Due to number of prolonged injuries and low play time in at Mönchengladbach, Bénes made no further appearances in the national team under Kozák, who resigned in October 2018.[8]

However, after an increased play time on loan in Kiel, Bénes made a return to the national team. On 28 May 2019, when coach Pavel Hapal called him up for a double fixture in June - a home friendly against Jordan, to which, unusually, 29 players were called-up and a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying fixture against Azerbaijan, played away on 11 June 2019. The squad was to be reduced to 23 players for the latter fixture.[9] Hapal was the coach who brought Bénes into public eye in Slovakia, during the successful 2017 UEFA U-21 Euro campaign. Subsequently, the core of the U21 squad became known as Hapal's children, including Bénes.[10]

Club statistics

As of match played 15 December 2019[11]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Győr	2014–15	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	5	0
Žilina II	2014–15	Fortuna Liga	6	0	–		–		–		6	0
Žilina	2014–15	Fortuna Liga	8	0	0	0	–		–		8	0
	2015–16		23	2	3	0	–		0	0	26	2
	Total		31	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	34	2
Borussia Mönchengladbach II	2016–17	Regionalliga West	12	1	–		–		–		12	1
	2017–18		1	0	–		–		–		1	0
	2018–19		2	0	–		–		–		2	0
	Total		15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	1
Borussia Mönchengladbach	2016–17	Bundesliga	8	1	2	0	–		0	0	10	1
	2017–18		2	0	0	0	–		–		2	0
	2018–19		1	0	0	0	–		–		1	0
	2019–20		13	0	2	0	–		4	0	19	0
	Total		24	1	4	0	–		4	0	32	1
Holstein Kiel (loan)	2018–19	2. Bundesliga	15	2	1	0	–		–		16	2
Career total			92	6	8	0	4	0	4	0	108	6

References

1. Kft, New Wave Media Group. "Bénes László soha nem akart magyar válogatott lenni". Origo Sport (in Hungarian). Retrieved 20 March 2019.
2. http://www.profutbal.sk/ligy/prestupy-a-spekulacie/clanok187176-Do_Ziliny_mieri_sedemnastrocny_Laszlo_Benes.htm
3. http://www.borussia.de/de/aktuelles-termine/news/borussia-news/news-detailansicht.html?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=17921&cHash=3e2ae9101bd8e3cc42c43e932134be7b
4. "Gladbach verleiht Benes nach Kiel". kicker Online (in German). 29 January 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
5. "László Bénes debutoval v drese Holstein Kiel | ProFutbal.sk". profutbal.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 30 January 2019.
6. LiveScore, SofaScore com. "Holstein Kiel SSV Jahn Regensburg live score, video stream and H2H results - SofaScore". www.sofascore.com. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
7. a.s, Petit Press. "Slovensko vyhralo v Litve o gól a udržalo si druhé miesto v skupine". sport.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 3 February 2019.
8. "ŠOKUJÚCA správa z reprezentácie: Kozák rezignoval! Toto má byť dôvod". Športky.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 29 May 2019.
9. "SR A – V Hapalovej nominácii 29 hráčov, po Jordánsku sa zúži na 23 | Slovenský futbalový zväz". www.futbalsfz.sk. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
10. "Hapalove deti: Vytlačia mladíci reprezentačné stálice? | ProFutbal.sk". profutbal.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 29 May 2019.
11. "L. Bénes". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 21 January 2018.

External links

• László Bénes at Soccerway
• MLSZ (in Hungarian)
• HLSZ (in Hungarian)