Argyle signed defender Kornel Szucs, for an undisclosed fee, from Hungarian top division side Kecskemeti, in August 2024. He is able to play at centre-back, right-back and as a right wing-back. 

Kornel is from Miskolc, the fourth largest city in Hungary, and came through the ranks at the city’s leading club, Diosgyor. After playing for the club’s second team in the nation’s third tier of football, he played in the division above during loan spells with Kazincbarcika, and notched 51 appearances for Diosgyor’s first team.

In the summer of 2023, Szucs signed for Kecskemeti, and played 28 times, scoring two goals, last season, as they finished sixth in the top division. He has also played three times for Hungary Under-21s.

Szucs is following in the footsteps of fellow Hungarians Akos Buzsaky, Peter Halmosi and Krisztian Timar, who all played for Argyle with distinction in the Pilgrims’ previous stint in the Championship.