{{Short description|Hungarian footballer and coach}} {{Eastern name order|Bücs Zsolt}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Zsolt Bücs | image = Bücs Zsolt.jpg | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|9|8|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Mátészalka]], [[Hungary]] | height = 180cm | position = [[Midfielder]] | years1 = 1983–1984 | clubs1 = [[Nyíregyháza Spartacus FC|Nyiregyhaza VSSC]] | years2 = 1984–1988 | clubs2 = [[Debreceni VSC]] | years3 = 1988–1990 | clubs3 = [[Győri ETO FC]] | years4 = 1990–1991 | clubs4 = [[Vasas SC]] | years5 = 1991 | clubs5 = [[Volán FC]] | years6 = 1992 | clubs6 = [[Nyíregyháza Spartacus FC|Nyiregyhaza VSSC]] | years7 = 1992–1993 | clubs7 = [[BKV Előre SC|Budapest Előre]] | years8 = 1993 | clubs8 = [[Shimshon Tel Aviv F.C.|Shimshon Tel Aviv]] | years9 = 1993–1994 | clubs9 = [[Selangor FA]] | years10 = 1995 | clubs10 = [[Tennis Borussia Berlin]] | years11 = 1995–1996 | clubs11 = [[Kecskeméti TE]] | years12 = 1996 | clubs12 = [[Pécsi MFC]] | years13 = 1997 | clubs13 = [[BKV Előre SC|Budapest Előre]] | years14 = 1997 | clubs14 = [[Pahang FA]] | years15 = 1997–1999 | clubs15 = [[Home United]] | years16 = 2000 | clubs16 = [[Oslip]] | nationalyears1 = 1990 | nationalteam1 = [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]] | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | manageryears1 = 2000–2001 | managerclubs1 = Dunakeszi (assistant) | caption = Bücs coaching [[Debreceni VSC|Debreceni]] in 2009 | manageryears2 = 2001–2002 | managerclubs2 = [[Törekvés SE|Törekvés]] | manageryears3 = 2002–2003 | managerclubs3 = Kistarcsai | managerclubs4 = [[FC Dabas|Dabas]] (assistant) | manageryears4 = 2003–2004 | manageryears5 = 2004 | managerclubs5 = [[FC Dabas|Dabas]] (interim) | manageryears6 = 2005 | managerclubs6 = [[Unione]] | manageryears7 = 2006 | managerclubs7 = [[Home United]] | manageryears8 = 2007–2011 | managerclubs8 = [[Debreceni VSC|Debreceni]] (assistant) | manageryears9 = 2012 | managerclubs9 = [[Soproni VSE|Soproni]] (assistant) | manageryears10 = 2012–2013 | managerclubs10 = [[Soproni VSE|Soproni]] | manageryears11 = 2013 | managerclubs11 = [[Ebes KKSE|Ebes]] | manageryears12 = 2014–2015 | managerclubs12 = [[Békéscsaba 1912 Előre|Békéscsaba]] (assistant) | manageryears13 = 2014–2015 | managerclubs13 = [[III. Kerületi TVE|III. Kerületi]] | manageryears14 = 2015–2016 | managerclubs14 = [[FC Ajka|Ajka]] | manageryears15 = 2017–2019 | managerclubs15 = [[Debreceni VSC|Debreceni]] (assistant) | manageryears16 = 2019–2020 | managerclubs16 = [[MTK Budapest FC|MTK Budapest]] (assistant) | manageryears17 = 2020 | managerclubs17 = [[Mezőkövesdi SE|Mezőkövesdi]] (assistant) | manageryears18 = 2021 | managerclubs18 = [[Debreceni VSC|Debreceni]] (youth team) | manageryears19 = 2021 | managerclubs19 = [[FC Dabas|Dabas]] | manageryears20 = 2021–2025 | managerclubs20 = [[SC Sopron|Sopron]] | manageryears21 = 2025– | managerclubs21 = [[Pénzügyőr SE|Pénzügyőr]] | currentclub = [[Pénzügyőr SE|Pénzügyőr]] (Manager) }}
'''Zsolt Bücs''' (born 8 September 1963 in [[Mátészalka]], [[Hungary]]) is a football coach and former football [[midfielder]] from [[Hungary]].
Reportedly, Bücs was one of the highest-paid S.League players, earning $21,500 [[Singaporean dollar]]s a month.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pennant to sign for Tampines in expected record deal |url=http://www.todayonline.com/sports/football/pennant-set-sign-tampines |access-date=23 October 2017 |website=Todayonline.com}}</ref>
==Playing career==
=== Home United === Known for his role as a playmaker and his eye for a pass,<ref name="fourfourtwo">{{cite web|url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/my/features/top-10-best-foreign-imports-sleague-history|title=Top 10 best foreign imports in S.League history|date=1 May 2015|website=FourFourTwo.com|access-date=23 October 2017|archive-date=15 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015044705/https://www.fourfourtwo.com/my/features/top-10-best-foreign-imports-sleague-history|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bücs later career ended in Singapore where he helped the S.League club to a mid-table finish in [[1998 S.League|1998]].<ref name="fourfourtwo" /> He was then named Home United captain for the [[1999 S.League|1999 season]] where he secured the title with the Protectors becoming the first foreign captain to lift the trophy where the Hungarian's season was further embellished by earning the 1999 S.League 'Player of the Year' Award.<ref name="fourfourtwo" /> However, he was not congruent with his management in terms of his wage package, leaving the club for this reason by the [[2000 S.League]] and then moving off to Austria before finally retiring.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://s-leaguefootball.blogspot.com/2009/10/s-league-2000-season.html|title=S-league: Facts & Figures: S-league 2000 season|last=Happy|date=14 October 2009|website=S-leaguefottball.blogspot.com|access-date=23 October 2017}}</ref>
== Managerial career == After his retirement, Bücs took up a role in coaching where he became the assistant manager in his home country for club Dunakeszi.
=== Selangor === In July 1993, Bücs moved to Southeast Asia to signed with Malaysian club [[Selangor F.C.|Selangor FA]]. He then helped the club to win the [[1993 Liga Semi-Pro Divisyen 2]] title thus gaining promotion to the top flight.
=== Törekvés === On 5 September 2001, Bücs became the manager of [[Törekvés SE|Törekvés]]. He left the club on 19 September 2002.
=== Kistarcsai === On 20 September 2002, Bücs signed for Kistarcsai as the club manager.
=== Dabas === On 30 October 2003, Bücs joined [[FC Dabas|Dabas]] as the club assistant manager. He was then promoted as interim manager on 26 March 2004 until the end of the season
=== Unione === On 15 July 2005, Bücs joined Unione as the club manager.
=== Home United === Bücs then moved to Singapore after seven years to coach his former club, Home United where he officially became the manager on 13 January 2006. He added Singaporean fullback [[Zahid Ahmad (footballer)|Zahid Ahmad]] and Malian defender [[Bah Mamadou]] to his lineup, as well as midfielders [[Rosman Sulaiman]], [[Firdaus Salleh]] and Hungarian [[Gabor Boer]]. He was in charge on his first game for the club on 10 March losing 2–1 in the Uniform Derby to [[SAFFC]]. On 21 March, Bücs guided the club to a 1–0 away win at the [[Mong Kok Stadium]] during the [[2006 AFC Cup]] group stage fixtures against Hong Kong club [[Xiangxue Sun Hei]]. He then guided Home United to a second victory in the tournament against Maldives club [[New Radiant S.C.|New Radiant]] in a 2–0 win on 25 April. Bücs left the club at the end of the season where he guided Home United to a fourth place finished in the league and also a third place finished in the 2006 AFC Cup group stages.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sleague.com/match-preview/s-league/2015/august/2015-08-03/harimau-muda/-tricky-home-coming-for-bucs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008080252/http://www.sleague.com/match-preview/s-league/2015/august/2015-08-03/harimau-muda/-tricky-home-coming-for-bucs|url-status=usurped|archive-date=October 8, 2017|title=S.League.com - Harimau Muda|website=Sleague.com|access-date=23 October 2017}}</ref>
=== Debreceni === In December 2007, Bücs was recruited by [[Debreceni VSC|Debreceni]] as the club assistant manager. In 2011, while working as an assistant coach, he was then given an opportunity to be the head coach of the youth team throughout the year.
=== Újpest === On 13 March 2012, Bücs was recruited by [[Újpest FC|Újpest]] to be the club head of scout.
=== Soproni === On 28 March 2012, Bücs then returned to coaching management where he was recruited by [[Soproni VSE|Soproni]] to be the club assistant manager under Imre Soós. After Soós was sacked by the club for poor performances on 14 October 2012, Bücs then become the caretaker for the club where he manage the club on 13 October against [[Szigetszentmiklósi TK|Szigetszentmiklósi]]. He then become the permanent manager for Soproni on 15 October.
== Honours ==
=== Club ===
==== Selangor FA ====
* [[Liga Semi-Pro Divisyen 2]]: [[1993 Liga Semi-Pro Divisyen 2|1993]]
==== Tennis Borussia Berlin ====
* [[Berliner Landespokal]]: 1995, 1996
=== Individual ===
* [[S.League]] Player of the Year: [[1999 S.League|1999]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/newpaper19990523-1.1.50 Bucs is bubbling- The New Paper] (only accessible from multimedia stations at NLB Libraries)
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