The defender that Chivu kept reserve at Parma, out of Serie A! »International was borrowed in Turkey
Article by Daniel Scorpie – published Monday, September 08, 2025, 16:50 / Updated Monday, September 08, 2025 16:53
Botond Balogh (22 years old), the Hungarian central defender, will play this season in Super Lig, at Kocaelispor. The international with eight selections in Marco Rossi's team was sent by Parma, in the form of a loan, to the newly promoted in the elite of Turkish football.
The 60-year-old Italian coach had criticized Cristi Chivu's choices during February-May 2025 in which the Romanian prepared Parma. “I understand that in the hierarchies set by Chivu, Balogh lost ground.
Botond Balogh, in a duel with Romelu Lukaku, from the penultimate stage of the series of 2024-2025, Parma-Napoli 0-0 / Photo: IMAGO
“We rely on Balogh. It remains to be followed closely”
Because in the first match of his appointment, Balogh played the holder. In the second, he remained on the reserve bench and in the next stage he left the field in the second half, ”said the coach of the representative of Hungary.
73The matches have Botond Balogh at Parma, in which an Assist managed in 5,155 minutes played for the Gialloblu team
Marco Rossi however, he declared himself optimistic to the future of Botond Balogh: “But it is not a big problem, It remains a young player we rely on. We will continue to follow it closely. “
The Turks officially announced the purchase of the Hungarian stop at Kocaelispor: “An agreement was reached with the current player's club, Parma Calcio, for the temporary transfer of Botond Balogh to our club, and with the player a valid loan contract was signed until the end of season 2025-2026”.
Cristi Chivu, discharged to Parma / Photo: Imago Images
Parma transferred a Senegalese and another Argentine stop
Balogh only caught 423 minutes under the command of Cristi Chivu, gathered from 8 presence. Botond was four times holder to the Gialloblu team, and in three games he was integral. Not even after Chivu's departure and the arrival of Carlos Cuesta, the Central Hungarian defender is not in the coach for the degree.
Del Prato, Circi, Valenti were the Spaniard's favorite in the first matches. And after the breaks of the matches, there will be options in the Start formula Senegalese Abdoulye Ndiaye, brought with 6.5 million euros from Troyes, and the Argentine Mariano Troilo, bought from Belgrano for 7.2 million.
