Zoltan Gera
One bright spot in the fledgling English Premiership survival campaign of West Bromwich Albion this season has been Hungarian international captain Zoltan Gera.
Big, aggressive and creative with the ball, Gera has helped Albion a great deal. Good players on struggling teams often don’t get attention, so Gera came to mind as Tottenham have knocked them out of an FA Cup replay match today.
Zoltan Gera came to West Bromwich Albion via Hungarian outfit Ferencvaros where he'd won a league cup before leaving for the UK.
They paid over two million Euros. quite a lot, but he was being sought by a number of teams in different countries, and all said, is looking a solid investment.
His play has been enthusiastic and at age 25 he has his prime years approaching and he seems eager to prove himself in England as a playmaker. Internationally, with over 30 caps, he plays on a team with heritage as 1938 and 1954 World Cup finalists, 1962 and 1966 quarterfinalists. Since then Hungary has disappeared off the map.
Big, aggressive and creative with the ball, Gera has helped Albion a great deal. Good players on struggling teams often don’t get attention, so Gera came to mind as Tottenham have knocked them out of an FA Cup replay match today.
Zoltan Gera came to West Bromwich Albion via Hungarian outfit Ferencvaros where he'd won a league cup before leaving for the UK.
They paid over two million Euros. quite a lot, but he was being sought by a number of teams in different countries, and all said, is looking a solid investment.
His play has been enthusiastic and at age 25 he has his prime years approaching and he seems eager to prove himself in England as a playmaker. Internationally, with over 30 caps, he plays on a team with heritage as 1938 and 1954 World Cup finalists, 1962 and 1966 quarterfinalists. Since then Hungary has disappeared off the map.
Labels: Up and coming players, West Brom
by Football Commentator at 2/12/2005 07:41:00 PM
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I'm a WBA fan of 38 years and would like to say how well Zoltan has performed for us. He has been one of our best two players (with Jonathan Greening) consistently in what has been a VERY hard season for the club.
Zoltan was rubbish last season - all he wanted to do was leave the club to play in the Premiership - and he performances reflected that.
It was dissapointing as the fans took to him and the Club stood by him the season before when he was injured throughout.
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