Former FC Porto and Académica player missing in Hungary for over a week | OneFootball

The Hungarian authorities are searching for Ákos Buzsáky, a former FC Porto and Académica player who also played in English football, where he represented QPR in the Premier League. The former midfielder, 44, has been missing for more than a week and was last seen in Budapest on August 18.

Buzsáky also earned 20 caps for the Hungarian national team.

The London club has already spoken out about the case, expressing concern. “The club is concerned to learn that our dear Akos Buzsaky has been reported missing. We are all praying that he is found safe and well,” reads a message published by the English club.

The police authorities have not disclosed the reasons behind the search operation. Speaking to the Hungarian newspaper Blikk, the former footballer’s father, Akos Buzsaky Sr., admitted he was unaware that his son was being sought.

“I didn’t know that the police were also looking for my son. He basically spends a lot of time in Greece, where he works as a building contractor. He spent almost all of last year there. As we do not live under the same roof, it is not surprising that we speak less often. The last time I spoke to him was last week, when he was at home,” he said.

The Hungarian arrived in Portugal in the summer of 2002, aged 20, to play for FC Porto after leaving MTK Budapest. In the 2002/03 season, he took part in four matches for the blue-and-whites’ first team, then managed by José Mourinho, having spent most of the season with the B team, for whom he made 25 appearances.

The following season, he was loaned to Académica, the club for which he played 13 matches for the first team, 11 of them in the league. After returning to Porto’s B team, he left Portugal for good and continued his career in England.

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