Birthdays
November 24:
— Attila Dobos was born forty-seven years ago. As a Budapest Honvéd player between 2003 and 2009, he won the Hungarian Cup twice with the team and also served as captain. In 2004 he was also a member of the side that won promotion from NB I/B after leading the competition from start to finish.
November 25:
— On this day Péter Horváth turned fifty-five. He played in red and black for Budapest Honvéd during the 2003–04 NB I/B season. With 17 goals he played a major role in helping the team win promotion to NB I.
November 26:
— Antal Füle would have turned fifty-nine today. The forward joined Budapesti Honvéd in 1986. He made his top-flight debut here and in 1989 won both the league title and the Hungarian Cup with the club, making him part of Honvéd’s “double”.
— Zoltán Takács was born 42 years ago on this day. He made his senior-team debut in the 2001/02 season. In 2004 he became champion of the second division (NB I/B). In 2007 he celebrated a Hungarian Cup triumph with Budapest Honvéd.
November 27:
— Patrik Hidi, Budapest Honvéd’s defensive midfielder, celebrates his 35th birthday on this day. He joined Honvéd from Ikarus in the summer of 2007 at just 16 years old, and two years later marked his NB I debut against Paks with a goal. Between 2007 and 2017 he served the red-and-blacks loyally. The high point of his career came in the 2017 season, when he captained Honvéd to the league title. Before that, in 2013, he had already won a bronze medal with the team. In 2018 he moved to Spain as a foreign-based player, then returned to his beloved club Honvéd in 2020. We wish him a very happy birthday and good health!
November 28:
— One of the greatest stars of Hungarian football, József Bozsik, was born one hundred years ago.
— Ivory Coast international Benjamin Angoua Brou was born 39 years ago. Our former player won the Hungarian Cup with Honvéd in 2007 and again in 2009.
November 29:
— József Pál, former footballer of Budapesti Honvéd SE, celebrates his 75th birthday on this day. The footballer who started out in Szolnok joined Kispest in 1969 at the age of 19 and spent the 13 most defining years of his career here (1969–1982). He is one of the Kispest players with the most league appearances in the club’s history. With Bp. Honvéd he became a two-time Hungarian champion, four-time league silver medallist and one-time bronze medallist. Between 1975 and 1980 he represented Hungary six times. We wish József Pál a very happy 75th birthday!
November 30:
— József Gregor celebrates his 62nd birthday. Our club’s former footballer scored 31 goals in 84 league matches between 1988 and 1991. He was a two-time champion and a one-time cup winner. He was the league’s top scorer in 1990/91. As a Bp. Honvéd player he earned six international caps. Between 2003 and 2008 he returned to Kispest as a youth coach.
Those who passed away
November 24:
— Gyula Válya, Kispest’s first mayor, passed away sixty-five years ago. In 1923 he became president of Kispesti Atlétikai Club (KAC). He played a major role in the construction of the KAC ground. In 1927, at the Kispest FC general meeting, he was elected honorary president in recognition of his services to the development of the club.
November 27:
— Dr Márton Heller passed away seventy years ago. He was Kispest’s doctor between 1925 and 1935 and, from 1927, a member of the KAC board.
