Style
Király is recognizable for wearing a pair of tracksuit bottoms instead of shorts in almost every match he plays. Some pundits joke that he appears to playing in pyjama-bottoms. During his time in English leagues, the only two known times when he wore shorts instead of tracksuit bottoms was when Crystal Palace played Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, where he let a shot from Mateja Kežman embarrassingly slip between his legs as the Blues won 4–1, and against Premier League side Aston Villa, in his first league appearance for Palace. While at Hertha, he wore shorts made of the same material as the tracksuit bottoms he's usually wearing in two or three matches, but the only known match where he wore regular shorts was Hertha's UEFA Cup fixture at home against Polish club Dyskobolia in 2003, where the Spanish referee allegedly told him before the match that he is not allowed to play in training clothes.
He has an interesting pre-kick-off routine where he runs to the goal line, touches the crossbar, and then stands still with his hands behind his back, until the referee starts the match.
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