[1] He spent most of his career with Debreceni VSC, where he amassed over 400 league appearances in two stints separated by spells at Eintracht Frankfurt in Bundesliga and at FC Utrecht in the Eredivisie.

He stayed in Debrecen until 1999, celebrating Debreceni VSC's first domestic cup success just before he left for Eintracht Frankfurt.

[3] However, due to language problems and a conflict with the club's manager, Felix Magath,[citation needed] he left at the end of the season.

After he returned to Debrecen, the club's Golden Era started, during which the team won the Hungarian League three times in a row.

Hungary lost all of their three group matches on the Olympics, their opponents included future gold medal winners Nigeria, and Brazil.