Miklós Fehér: the Hungarian Forward

Feheridas! It was written on the first page of O globo, one of the most famous and appreciated daily paper of Portugal. It means: Fehér the ideal, Fehér the perfect. Miklós Fehér, who is a celebrated star in Portugal. Miklós Fehér, who will be a celebrated star in Hungary as well if he keeps up the good work. He was just seventeen years old when he played his first match in the first division. He had just turned nineteen when he as scorer of 22 goals in NB1 made his contract with Porto. In December 2000 the player aged twenty-one and a half is one of the most successful players of the Portugese cup; at the same time he is becoming stronger in the national team as well. We asked the player about different topics, a player who has the biggest chance to become an internationally appreciated footballer.



His ideal in professional area

Teams: Győr, Porto, Salgueiros, Braga
Coaches: Keglovich László, Póczik József, Reszeli Soós István, Bicskei Bertalan
Stadium: My faves are those of Győr and Porto.
Győr: quiet town, family, many friends, everything connects me here
Porto: A dream of mine came true when I had the opportunity to play in such a famous team, I have learned and developed a lot from every aspect.
Salguairos: I was able to get back in from
Braga: fantastic start, great matches, and the town is also wonderful
Training: Very important
Penalty: I have to practice it more, it needs routine
Injury: The worst thing for a football player
Grandstand full: I experienced it against Real Madrid, Olympicos and Sporting, it is a wonderful feeling
Grandstand empty: dejected feeling, unfortunately I have experienced it also
Referees: no problems with them
Favourite national team: Argentine national team because of its players.
Favourite cup: The two biggest and strongest cups: The Italian and the Spanish ones.
Favourite team abroad: Barcelona
Favourite player: Stoickov, Jardel
Friend in sport: Many pals, few friends
Plans in football: To play as much abroad as possible, in a stronger championship
"What will you do when you finish playing football"? "I will probably work in the catering trade".
Personal record of goals: 13 (in Győr).



"Whom would you play as forwards with?"
"Drulavic".
"Will the Hungarian national team be there at the World Cup 2002"?
"YES!!!"
"Will Miklós Fehér be among the first three topscorers of Portugal"?
"It would be great, but important matches are still to come".

This or That

"Free tickets for all programs of the olympic games or a week spent with Alexandra Béres"?
"I would choose Alexandra".
"Topscorer at Braga or bench at Porto"?
"Topscorer at Braga."



"Contract offered with Barcelona or participation of the Hungarian national team in World Cup 2002 without you"?
"Contract offered with Barcelona after a successful World Cup participation".
"Goal resulting in draw with the Romanian national team or victory goal in the home of Porto"?
"Draw with the Romanian national team".
"Member of the starting team at Porto or sitting on the bench at Real Madrid"?
"I would rather be in the starting team at Porto".



"Dinner in a fancy restaurant or a glass of beer in a small bar"?
"It depends on the company. It is important".
"Flirtation with Madonna in Las Vegas or watching a game with Anna Kournikova"?
"Flirtation with Madonna".
"A small and quiet house in the countryside or a castle in a luxury area"?
"A quiet luxury castle in the countryside".
"Miklós Fehér the leader of Barcelona or Miklós Fehér the president of MLSZ (Hungarian Football Federation)"?
"Leader of Barcelona".

Favourites

Country: Hungary
Town: Győr
Food: breaded cutlet
Drink: wine, juice
Season: winter and spring
Style of clothing: no sports-clothes
Fruit: apple
Car: Mercedes
Colour: blue, white, black
Parfume: Armani
Ideal woman: no real ideal, she should love me first
Number: 20 (my birthday), 28 (my number at Braga)
Month: December and May

Life

Life principle: to try to have time for everything, to enjoy life besides the appropriate boundaries until it is possible
Strengths: persisting, strong will
Weaknesses: I get angry quickly and I often find myself in unfavourable condition because of it
Marriage: I have not found the right person yet
Divorce: bad thing
Children: the meaning of life
Prostitution: it existed, it exists and it will exist
Classical music: I am not interested in it
Light music: rock music
Cinema: I like it very much, I often go to the cinema abroad as well
Actor: Nicolas Cage
Actress: Gwineth Paltrow
Newspapers: humorous papers first, but I more often read books
Television: I like watching films and interesting programmes
Radio: the essence: much music, few speech, few advertisments
Internet: fantastic thing, but unfortunately I don't have a computer yet

"Mosts" in your life

Most remembered goal: DFC - Győr 1-0, and two goals in the net of Sporting goalkeeper
Most merciless forward: Jardel
Best defender: Nesta



Most turning match: Braga - Sporting 3-2, and 1-1 against Romania
Most remembered victory: MTK - Győr 2-4, Braga - Sporting 3-2, Lithuania - Hungary 1-6
Most painful defeat: Romania - Hungary 2-0
Biggest success: contract with Porto and playing in the national team
Biggest failure: we were not on stage with ETO and less opportunity to play at Porto than expected
Most serious injury: I have already had two gristle surgeries
Best national team: French
Best player in the world: Figo, Zidane
Best goalkeeper in the world: Barthez
Best Hungarian player: Krisztián Lisztes



Best Hungarian goalkeeper: Gábor Király
Best Portugese team: Sporting
Your best decision: the acceptance of the contract offer of Porto
Your worst decision: I don't have anything like that
The best period in your life: the years spent at Győr and this year in Portugal
The worst period in your life: the first half year I spent in Portugal
Most remembered journey: the Champions League match in Madrid and the training camp with the olympic team in Barcelona
Biggest surprise: at my debut in the national team I was an exchange player and managed to score

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