Botond Baráth

Botond Baráth
Baráth with Sporting Kansas City in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-04-21) 21 April 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Budapest, Hungary
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Vasas
Number 36
Youth career
2001–2002 Dunakeszi
2002–2008 Újpest
2008–2012 Honvéd
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2019 Honvéd 159 (6)
2019–2020 Sporting Kansas City 21 (1)
2019Swope Park Rangers (loan) 1 (0)
2020–2022 Honvéd 29 (0)
2022– Vasas 53 (3)
International career
2009–2010 Hungary U-18
2010–2012 Hungary U-19 1 (0)
2012–2013 Hungary U-21 11 (1)
2018– Hungary 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 August 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 May 2021

Botond Baráth (Hungarian: [ˈbotond ˈbɒraːt]; born 21 April 1992) is a Hungarian football player who plays for Vasas as a defender.

Club career

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From Budapest, Baráth is a 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) right-footed central defender, who joined his hometown club Budapest Honved FC as a youth. After making 213 first-team appearances in all competitions since 2009 during which he helped Honved to the 2016–17 Hungarian first-division title, Barath was announced as moving to MLS fulfilling an international slot for Sporting Kansas City.[1]

On 11 July 2020, Sporting Kansas City agreed to transfer Baráth back to Honvéd.[2]

On 21 June 2022, Baráth signed a three-year contract with Vasas.[3]

International career

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Baráth earned his first three caps for the Hungary national team in 2018. He made his international debut in a 3–3 draw at Estonia on 15 October 2018 in the UEFA Nations League before earning consecutive starts in 2–0 wins over Estonia and Finland in November 2018.

Club statistics

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Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Honvéd
2009–10 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
2010–11 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 6 0
2011–12 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 5 0
2012–13 21 1 5 1 5 0 1 0 32 2
2013–14 24 0 3 0 1 0 3 0 31 0
2014–15 19 1 3 1 7 0 29 2
2015–16 30 3 2 1 32 4
2016–17 22 0 2 0 24 0
2017–18 27 1 6 1 2 1 35 3
2018–19 16 0 0 0 2 1 19 1
2020–21 14 0 0 0 2 0 16 0
2021–22 13 0 3 1 16 1
Total 186 6 29 5 20 0 10 2 245 13
Career Total 186 6 29 5 20 0 10 2 245 13

Updated to games played as of 15 May 2022.

Honours

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Honvéd

References

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  1. ^ "Sporting Kansas City sign Hungarian international Botond Barath". Major League Soccer. 18 December 2018. Archived from the original on 20 December 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Sporting agree to transfer Botond Barath to former club Budapest Honved FC in Hungary". Sporting Kansas City. 11 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Baráth Botond és Dombó Dávid piros-kékben folytatja" [Baráth Botond and Dávid Dombó continue in red and blue] (in Hungarian). Vasas. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
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