Bálint Katona
 Katona with Ferencváros in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bálint Lajos Katona | ||
| Date of birth | 7 September 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Budapest, Hungary | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Nyíregyháza | ||
| Number | 55 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2010 | Vasas-Pasarét | ||
| 2010–2018 | Vasas-Akadémia | ||
| 2018–2021 | Ferencváros | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2023 | Ferencváros II | 25 | (6) |
| 2020–2025 | Ferencváros | 12 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | → Kecskemét (loan) | 66 | (13) |
| 2023 | → Kecskemét II (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | → Kecskemét (loan) | 24 | (3) |
| 2025– | Nyíregyháza | 28 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022–2023 | Hungary U21 | 6 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13 October 2023 | |||
Bálint Katona (born 7 September 2002) is a Hungarian professional footballer, who plays as a midfielder for Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Nyíregyháza. He represented Hungary at youth level.
Career
After seven years, he left Ferencváros and went on to sign a three-year deal with Nemzeti Bajnokság I side Nyíregyháza on 14 August 2025.[1]
Personal life
Katona is the younger brother of professional footballer Mátyás Katona.[2]
Career statistics
- As of match played 26 September 2025[3]
| Club | Season | League | Magyar Kupa | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Ferencváros II | 2020–21 | Nemzeti Bajnokság III | 23 | 4 | — | — | 23 | 4 | ||
| 2023–24 | Nemzeti Bajnokság III | 2 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 2 | |||
| Total | 25 | 6 | — | — | 25 | 6 | ||||
| Ferencváros | 2020–21 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | — | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | ||
| 2023–24 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| 2024–25 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 0 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 1 | ||
| Kecskemét (loan) | 2021–22 | Nemzeti Bajnokság II | 33 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | 34 | 5 | |
| 2022–23 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 33 | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | 34 | 8 | ||
| 2024–25 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 24 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 26 | 4 | ||
| Total | 90 | 16 | 4 | 1 | — | 94 | 17 | |||
| Kecskemét II (loan) | 2022–23 | Nemzeti Bajnokság III | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nyíregyháza | 2025–26 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
| Career total | 133 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 145 | 24 | ||
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- ↑ Appearance in UEFA Champions League
Honours
Ferencváros
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I: 2023–24[4]
- Magyar Kupa runner-up: 2023–24[5]
References
- 1 2 "NB I: Sikerült megegyezni, a Fraditól igazolt magyar középpályást a Szpari - hivatalos" [NB I: Agreement reached, Hungarian midfielder signed from Fradi to Szpari - official]. nso.hu (in Hungarian). 14 August 2025. Archived from the original on 24 August 2025. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
- ↑ "Bálint a Fradi, Mátyás az Újpest profija – a Katona testvérek történelmet írhatnak" [Bálint plays for Fradi, Mátyás plays for Újpest – the Katona brothers could make history]. nso.hu (in Hungarian). 30 July 2020. Archived from the original on 25 April 2025. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
- ↑ Bálint Katona at Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség (MLSZ) (in Hungarian)
- ↑ "Klubrekord! Sorozatban hatodszor bajnok a Ferencváros" [Club record! Ferencváros wins sixth consecutive title]. nso.hu (in Hungarian). 20 April 2024. Archived from the original on 23 April 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
- ↑ "Paks claim maiden Hungarian Cup!". mlsz.hu. HFF. 15 May 2024. Archived from the original on 18 May 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bálint Katona.
- Bálint Katona at Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség (MLSZ) (in Hungarian)
- International Career (in Hungarian)
- HLSZ Profile (in Hungarian)
- Bálint Katona at Soccerway
Categories:
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Budapest
- Hungarian men's footballers
- Hungary men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Ferencvárosi TC footballers
- Kecskeméti TE players
- Nyíregyháza Spartacus FC players
- Nemzeti Bajnokság III players
- Nemzeti Bajnokság II players
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
- 21st-century Hungarian sportsmen
- Hungarian football midfielder stubs