Zsolt Azari

Zsolt Azari (born 30 August 1986 in Dunaújváros, Hungary) is a professional Hungarian ice hockey player. He is currently playing and has played most of his professional career with him hometown team, Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák, in the MOL Liga.

Career In 2002, his senior debut, he made five appearances for the Hungarian U18 national team at the U18 World Championships, collecting a total of 5 points. Next year he was selected both for the U18 and U20 World Cup. He later represented his country on further two U20 World Cups, having won the gold medal on the 2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Azari played with Slovakian second-tier team HK Ruzinov 99 Bratislava in the 2005-06 season, playing mostly in the junior team.

From 2006 until 2015, he was a regular first team player of the Acélbikák. He transferred to Ciarko PBS Bank STS Sanok in Poland in November 2015. He returned to his first team at the end of the 2015-16 season.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2002–03 Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák IEL 4 0 0 0 0 2003–04 Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák OB I 17 1 4 5 8 2004–05 Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák IEL 17 0 2 2 27 2004–05 Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák OB I 16 2 3 5 4 2005–06 Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák IEL 14 1 3 4 8 2005–06 HK Ruzinov 99 Bratislava Slovakian First League 1 0 0 0 0 2005–06 HK Ruzinov 99 Bratislava U20 Slovakian Junior League 10 3 7 10 14 2006–07 Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák OB I 40 13 17 30 — 2007–08 Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák OB I 36 5 7 12 40 2008–09 Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák OB I 36 19 23 42 50 2009–10 Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák OB I 26 8 31 39 42 2010–11 Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák OB I 28 14 24 38 55 10 7 3 10 14 2011–12 Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák OB I 21 15 17 32 20 5 0 3 3 4 2012–13 Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák OB I 44 17 26 43 48 10 3 1 4 20 2013–14 Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák OB I 46 15 29 44 32 4 1 0 1 2 2014–15 Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák OB I 41 19 32 51 60 5 0 3 2 2 2015–16 Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák OB I 23 9 13 22 8 2015–16 STS Sanok PHL 18 4 2 6 10 3 0 1 1 0 MOL Liga Career totals 267 115 195 310 339 35 13 14 27 65

International statistics Year Team Comp GP G A Pts PIM 2003 Hungary WJC-18 D2 5 3 2 5 10 2004 Hungary WJC-18 D2 5 4 6 10 16 2004 Hungary WJC-20 D1 5 0 0 0 6 2005 Hungary WJC-20 D2 5 3 6 9 8 2006 Hungary WJC-20 D1 5 0 0 0 14 2007 Hungary International 9 2 1 3 4 2008 Hungary International 1 0 0 0 0 2010 Hungary International 3 0 2 2 0 2011 Hungary International 8 1 2 3 2 2012 Hungary International 5 0 0 0 2 2014 Hungary WC D1A 5 2 1 3 2 2014 Hungary International 10 3 1 4 4 2015 Hungary International 2 1 1 2 0 Junior int'l totals 25 10 14 24 54 Senior int'l totals 43 9 8 17 14