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Imre Szabics (born March 22, 1981) is a Hungarian football striker.

He was born in Szeged and started to play football at local club Szeged LC in 1990, spending five years with the club before leaving it for Ferencvárosi TC in 1995. He started his professional career at the latter club in 1998 and went on to move after one season to Austrian Bundesliga side Sturm Graz, where he played in the following four seasons. His last season at Sturm was especially successful for him as he became the club's top goalscorer by scoring 11 goals in 27 Bundesliga appearances that season.

Szabics subsequently went on to move to Germany by signing with Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart in the summer of 2003, subsequently spending two seasons with the club. He appeared in a total of 49 Bundesliga matches and scored 14 goals for VfB Stuttgart in the league before moving to another Bundesliga side, 1. FC Köln, in the summer of 2005. However, he did not have much success at the club, collecting only 11 Bundesliga appearances and scoring one goal in the league before they were relegated to the Second Bundesliga with a 17th-place finish. He went on to sign a two-year contract with Bundesliga side 1. FSV Mainz 05 in early August 2006 and debuted for the club on August 12, 2006 as a substitute in the final eleven minutes of their first Bundesliga match of the 2006-07 season, against VfL Bochum at home.

Szabics is also a member of the Hungarian national team, in which he won 18 international caps so far. He made his debut for Hungary in their friendly match against Luxembourg on April 30, 2003 and went on to score two goals in a 5-1 victory for the Hungarians. He subsequently went on to make four appearances and score four goals for Hungary in the Euro 2004 qualifying, including a brace in his competitive debut and the team's 3-1 home victory over Latvia on June 7, 2003. He also played for Hungary in five matches of the 2006 World Cup qualifying and scored one goal, the 3-2 winner against Iceland at home in the team's second match of the qualifying. Hungary failed to qualify for any of the two tournaments by finishing fourth in their groups in both of the two qualifying campaigns.

Imre Szabics: International Goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	30 April 2003	Budapest	Luxembourg	5-1	Win	Friendly
2	30 April 2003	Budapest	Luxembourg	5-1	Win	Friendly
3	7 June 2003	Budapest	Latvia	3-1	Win	UEFA Euro 2004 Qual.
4	7 June 2003	Budapest	Latvia	3-1	Win	UEFA Euro 2004 Qual.
5	11 June 2003	Serravalle	San Marino	5-0	Win	UEFA Euro 2004 Qual.
6	11 October 2003	Budapest	Poland	1-2	Loss	UEFA Euro 2004 Qual.
7	18 February 2004	Paphos, Cyprus	Armenia	2-0	Win	FIFA World Cup 2006 Qual.
8	8 September 2004	Budapest	Iceland	3-2	Win	FIFA World Cup 2006 Qual.
9	24 May 2006	Budapest	New Zealand	2-0	Win	Friendly

• Official website (German) (Hungarian)
• Imre Szabics fan site (In English)