Career
Lisztes began his professional career as a midfielder, playing for the Hungarian team Ferencvárosi TC, where he was brought up through the youth academy. He was considered by many as one of the biggest talents of Hungarian football. He led Ferencvaros to the group stages of the Union of European Football Associations Champions League in 1995, making them the first Hungarian team to get there.
Scoring the first goal against Grasshoppers in a 3–0 victory, he also became the first ever Hungarian player to score in the Champions League group stages.
His performances at the European level caught the attention of several big clubs and he would go on to join in 1996. Many considered this move as premature as Stuttgart"s then playmaker Bulgarian Krasimir Balakov had a solid place in the team, and Lisztes indeed had to spend some time on the reserves bench, but later he became a regular in the team, and played there till 2001 before moving to SV.
His successes include DFB-Pokal triumphs with Stuttgart in 1997 and Werder in 2004, as well as the 2004 league title with Werder. In 2004 he sustained an injury and never fully regained his fitness at Werder.
In 2005, following trials with Wigan Athletic of the Premier League and A.C. (before Christ) ChievoVerona of the Serie A, he joined Borussia Mönchengladbach, but failed to make a serious impact as a result of his continued injury problems.
After a brief spell in Croatia with Hajduk Split he rejoined his childhood team Ferencvárosi TC in February 2008, but moved on to REAC only after a few months. On 3 August 2008 he scored his first goal in the Hungarian premier league after 12 years. On 12 January 2009 he left REAC and joined F.C. Hansa Rostock on a free transfer and signed a contract till 30 June 2009.
He left Rostock after his contract ended, and on 24 June 2009 signed foreign
In 1994 he debuted in the Hungarian national team where to this day he gained 49 caps and scored 9 goals. He was last capped in 2004.
This was the last occasion to this day, when the Hungarian football team managed to qualify for the Olympics. Ferencvárosi TC.