Ádám Bogdán
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Ádám Bogdán is a Hungarian
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

 footballer who plays for Bolton Wanderers
Bolton Wanderers F.C.
Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the area of Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. They began their current spell in the Premier League in 2001....

 and the Hungary national football team
Hungary national football team
The Hungary national football team represents Hungary in international football and is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation....

 as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Born in Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...

, Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

, Bogdán started his career with Hungarian Nemzeti Bajnokság I (Division One) team Vasas Budapest
Vasas SC
Vasas SC is one of Hungary's major sports clubs. Most of its facilities are situated in Budapest's 13th district in the north of the town. Members of the Hungarian Union of Iron Workers founded the club as Vas-és Fémmunkások Sport Clubja, the "Sport Club of Iron and Steel Workers", on 16 March 1911...

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He signed for Bolton Wanderers
Bolton Wanderers F.C.
Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the area of Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. They began their current spell in the Premier League in 2001....

 on a two-year contract on 1 August 2007. His contract was extended in 2009 until June 2011.

In September 2009 Bogdán joined League Two
Football League Two
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 team Crewe Alexandra
Crewe Alexandra F.C.
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 on a one-month loan, making his debut on 29 September in a 3–2 home defeat to Bury
Bury F.C.
Bury Football Club is an association football team based in Bury, Greater Manchester. The team currently play in League One. The club's nickname is The Shakers which was bestowed upon them by club chairman JT Ingham, an industrialist and ironmonger of the late 1890s.-Formation of the club and the...

.

He made his debut on Bolton's 1-0 League Cup
Football League Cup
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 victory over Southampton
Southampton F.C.
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 on 24 August 2010 and has designs on, one day, becoming first choice keeper for the club. On 29 August 2010, Bogdan made his Premier League debut when he replaced Jussi Jääskeläinen
Jussi Jääskeläinen
Jussi Albert Jääskeläinen is a Finnish football goalkeeper, who plays for Bolton Wanderers.-Club career:Jääskeläinen was born in Mikkeli, and made his Veikkausliiga debut in Finland for MP Mikkeli in 1992, and became the club's first choice goalkeeper in 1994. In 1996, he moved to VPS Vaasa where...

, who had been sent off for violent conduct, 37 minutes into the home game against Birmingham City
Birmingham City F.C.
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, and he made his first Premier League start in the away game at Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
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 on 11 September. On 31 March 2011 he signed an extension to his existing contract, which would keep him at the club until 2014.

International career

In October 2008 he received his first call up for Hungary
Hungary national football team
The Hungary national football team represents Hungary in international football and is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation....

 and was an unused substitute in their 1–0 win over Malta
Malta national football team
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. In June 2011 he claimed his first full international cap for Hungary
Hungary national football team
The Hungary national football team represents Hungary in international football and is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation....

 in a 1-0 win over Luxembourg
Luxembourg national football team
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, Bogdan played the full 90 minutes and kept a clean sheet.

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