Zsolt Hornyák

Zsolt Hornyák
Personal information
Date of birth	1 May 1973 (age 50)
Place of birth	Czechoslovakia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1991–1993	Slovan Bratislava
1993–1997	1. FC Košice
1997–1999	Slovan Bratislava
1999–2001	Inter Bratislava
2001–2002	Dynamo Moscow
2002–2004	Slovan Bratislava
2004–2005	AEP Paphos
2005–2008	Hlučín
2008–2009	ASV Spratzern
2009	FK Město Albrechtice
International career
1992	CzechoslovakiaU21
2000–2001	Slovakia
Managerial career
2012–2013	Mika
2013–2015	Banants
2017	Mosta
2017	Luch-Energiya Vladivostok
2018–2019	Slovan Liberec
2019–	Puskás Akadémia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Zsolt Hornyák (born 1 May 1973) is a Slovak football manager and a former defender of Hungarian ethnicity. He is the manager of Hungarian team Puskás Akadémia.

As a player, Hornyák won the Czechoslovakian championship in the 1991/1992 season, and following the separation of the two countries, four Slovakian championships, and two Slovakian cups. Hornyák was capped by Slovakia three times between 2000 and 2001.

International career[edit]

Hornyák made his debut for the Slovakia national team in a 2–0 friendly victory over Greece on 15 November 2000. He came on for Vladimír Janočko in the 66th minute. He then appeared as a late substitute in a 1-1 friendly draw with Algeria on 27 February 2001. He made his final appearance for the national team on 7 October 2001 in a 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Macedonia, which Slovakia won 5-0.

Managerial career[edit]

Hornyák worked as a head coach in Armenian football clubs FC Mika and FC Banants from 2011 to 2015. In 2011, he was an assistant coach in FC Mika. In 2012, he became a head coach replacing Slovak Jozef Bubenko. In 2012-2013 season FC Mika won Armenian Premier League silver medals and Supercup. Zsolt Hornyák was appointed as a head coach of FC Banants in 2013 leading the team to the gold medals of Armenian Premier League in 2013/2014 season. That was the first title in Armenian Premier League for FC Banants. In 2014 FC Banants under Zsolt Hornyák won Armenian Supercup. He was included in top 10 Slovak coaches list in 2013 (8th place) and 2014 (6th place). He signed a contract with FC Slovan Liberec in June 2018.^[1]

Managerial statistics[edit]

As of 26 December 2023^[2]

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
Team	Nat	From	To	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%
Mika		1 December 2011	30 June 2013	41	21	9	11	53	38	+15	051.2
Banants		1 July 2013	30 June 2015	67	27	17	23	97	84	+13	040.3
Mosta		2 January 2017	1 April 2017	12	2	1	9	8	35	−27	016.7
Luch-Energiya Vladivostok		6 September 2017	22 December 2017	16	5	7	4	20	19	+1	031.3
Slovan Liberec		1 July 2018	30 June 2019	39	15	10	14	42	35	+7	038.5
Puskás Akadémia		1 July 2019	Present	176	82	49	45	292	208	+84	046.6
Total				351	152	93	106	512	419	+93	043.3