Birthdays
January 6:
— Donát Zsótér celebrates his 30th birthday. He was a member of our championship-winning team in 2017.
— Our attacker Patrik Pinte celebrates his 29th birthday on this day.
January 7:
— Gyula Dudás, the Hungary international defender developed in Kispest, was born 124 years ago. He served the club for 12 years as a player and later, after retiring, as an official.
— Dr Sándor Mecseki, chief physician at the Sports Hospital and honorary associate professor, would have turned 83 on this day. He was our club doctor for more than 30 years and was therefore part of many Kispest successes.
— Gábor Halmai was born 54 years ago. The Hungary international midfielder won the league and a league bronze medal with Honvéd and played for Kispest-HFC between 1991 and 1993.
— Gergő Nagy is 33. The midfielder served Bp. Honvéd between 2007 and 2022. During his career he achieved major success: Hungarian champion in 2017, Hungarian Cup winner in 2020, league bronze medallist in 2013 and Hungarian Cup runner-up in 2019.
January 8:
— Pál Titkos, one of the versatile figures of Hungarian football, was born 118 years ago. He served Kispest FC both as a player and coach and represented the club between 1941 and 1942. Titkos did not only strengthen the red-and-blacks as a player: during his years in Kispest he also worked as player-coach.
— János Fehérvári, a former footballer of Budapesti Honvéd who represented the red-and-whites of Kispest in two separate spells, was born 73 years ago. Fehérvári first played for Honvéd between 1969 and 1973, then returned to Kispest after a short break from 1974 to 1977. Highlights of his career include the two league silver medals he won with Honvéd in 1972 and 1975.
January 10:
— Sándor Reiner, a founding member of Kispesti AC who served as KAC’s auditor between 1920 and 1926, was born 139 years ago.
Deaths
January 6:
— One of the greatest stars of Hungarian football, Lajos Tichy, died seven years ago. He left a lasting legacy as a player, coach and sporting official. The centre-forward joined Budapesti Honvéd in 1953 and played there until 1971, becoming one of the most prolific attackers in the club’s history. In the NB I he scored 247 goals in 320 matches, finished as top scorer five times, and celebrated two league titles and one MNK victory with Honvéd. For Hungary he made 72 appearances between 1955 and 1971 and scored 51 goals, taking part in two World Cups where he contributed seven goals for the national team. His playing career was followed by successful coaching work, and as Honvéd head coach he won both a league title and a silver medal.
January 8:
— Károly Mikes died 40 years ago. Like most Kispest talents, Károly Mikes grew up playing on the local grounds. He began playing football for KAC in the 1920s,
and from 1932 he was a contracted Kispest player. In 1933, as a footballer of Kispest FC, he earned his Hungary shirt against Italy. After a spell away he returned to Kispest in 1937, joining the amateur KAC,
January 10:
— Dr Dezső Barabás, a lawyer who served Kispesti AC as general secretary between 1927 and 1939, died 69 years ago. Through his work he played a defining role in organising the club’s operations and administrative management. From 1939 he became caretaker of the Kispest ground.
