Botond Baráth

Botond Baráth
	Baráth with Sporting Kansas City in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth	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
2012–2019	Honvéd
2019–2020	Sporting Kansas City
2019	→ Swope Park Rangers (loan)
2020–2022	Honvéd
2022–	Vasas
International career‡
2009–2010	Hungary U-18
2010–2012	Hungary U-19
2012–2013	Hungary U-21
2018–	Hungary
	*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

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

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

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
Club	Season	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

Honvéd

Nemzeti Bajnokság I: 2016–17

References

^ "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.
^ "Sporting agree to transfer Botond Barath to former club Budapest Honved FC in Hungary". Sporting Kansas City. 11 July 2020.
^ "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.

External links

Botond Baráth at Soccerway
Botond Baráth at Major League Soccer
Botond Baráth at HLSZ (in Hungarian)

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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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