Gábor Babos (; born 24 October 1974) is a Hungarian football

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. He is also currently the goalkeeper coach of NAC Breda. Babos has previously played for

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and

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before returning to NAC Breda in the summer of 2013. He was also a member of the Hungarian national team for twelve years. On 16 December 2022, he was named for the squad for NAC, although he retired 5 years ago.

Coaching career

After his career, Babos started working as a goalkeeper coach for the youth teams of NAC Breda. In November 2015, he became manager of the

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amateur club BSC, where his son, Dani, played. Though his new manager job, he still continued as a youth goalkeeper coach at NAC. In March 2018, Babos joined

, replacing Wilfried Brookhuis, who was hit by an Intracerebral hemorrhage. On 16 December 2022, Babos was registered to the NAC Breda squad as an emergency backup due to the illness of their 3 starting goalkeepers.

Honours

MTK Hungária FC *

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: 1997, 1999 ** Runner-up: 2000 *

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: 1997, 1998, 2000 Personal Honours * Dutch Football Goalkeeper of the Year: 2004, 2008

References

External links

Voetbal International profile
* 1974 births Living people People from Sopron Hungarian footballers Association football goalkeepers MTK Budapest FC players NAC Breda players Feyenoord players NEC Nijmegen players Eredivisie players Hungary international footballers Hungarian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Sportspeople from Győr-Moson-Sopron County {{Hungary-footy-goalkeeper-stub