Barnabás Varga

Biography

Barnabás Varga (born 25 October 1994) is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays for Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Ferencváros and Hungary national team as a forward. Club career With 26 goals for Paks, Varga was the top scorer of the 2022–23 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season. Ferencváros On 1 June 2023, he moved to then defending champions, Ferencváros. On 6 August 2023, he scored his first goal in the 2023–24 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season against Fehérvár FC at the Sóstói Stadion. On 27 August, he scored a hat-trick in a 6–1 victory over former club Paks in the fifth game day of the league season. He followed this up with another hat-trick in the club's next league match, a 6–2 win over Zalaegerszeg on 3 September. On 22 October 2023, he was injured in a Nemzeti Bajnokság I match against Diósgyőri VTK. Ferencváros manager, Dejan Stanković, said that Varga paid for his matches in the national team. Therefore, he had to miss the UEFA Europa League match against K.R.C. Genk. In an interview with M4 Sport, Gábor Kubatov, the president of Ferencváros, said that he is happy that he had been convinced to purchase the top scorer of the 2022–23 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season. However, Kubatov was hesitating during the aummer of 2023 to sign or not to sign Varga. In January 2024, he started training with the team after his injury. On 6 February 2024, he scored four goals in a 5-1 victory over arch-rivals MTK Budapest FC. After the match, Dejan Stanković, Ferencváros manager, said that Varga is a fascinating football player. In an interview, published on Nemzeti Sport, Varga said that scoring four goals was really beneficial for his soul after his long injury. On 20 April 2024, the Ferencváros–Kisvárda tie ended with a goalless draw at the Groupama Aréna on the 29th match day of the 2023–24 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season which meant that Ferencváros won their 35th championship. On 15 May 2024, Ferencváros were defeated by Paks 2–0 in the 2024 Magyar Kupa Final at the Puskás Aréna.