István Pisont (born 16 May 1970) is a Hungarian former international

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, and manager. He is currently the coach of the Hungarian national U-17 team. He has been interim manager of Budapest Honvéd FC on two occasions.

Career

Pisont started his professional career in the Hungarian League with Budapest Honvéd FC. After a few years spent with the Budapest side, he decided to move on to the Belgium League where he signed for

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in the 1994–95 season. After spending one season in Belgium, he moved to Israel where he played for

Beitar Jerusalem F.C. Beitar Jerusalem Football Club ( he, מועדון כדורגל בית"ר ירושלים, Moadon Kaduregel Beitar Yerushalayim), commonly known as Beitar Jerusalem () or simply as Beitar (), is an Israeli football club based in the city of Jerus ...

in the 1995–96 season. In the 1995–96 season, Pisont decided to join the Israeli team of Beitar Jerusalem where he scored 6 goals in the first season. In the 1996–97 season, he scored 5 goals for Beitar Jerusalem and in the season 1997–98, he improved his performance by scoring 15 goals. For the 1998–99 season he was offered a place in the

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team. However, after one year only, he returned to Israel where this time he played for

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from the 1999–2000 season to the 2001–02 season. In 2002, Pisont was a star of the Hapoel Tel Aviv team that was the first Israeli team to reach the quarter final of the

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. In 2003, he left Bnei Yehuda to join MTK Hungaria FC on a free transfer for one year. His last match 21 April 2004 against DVSC.

International career

Pisont gained 31 caps for

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between 1991 and 1999 and scored once, against Azerbaijan in 1998.

Managerial career

On 19 March 2020 he was appointed as the interim manager of Budapest Honvéd FC until the end of the season. He replaced

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, won the Magyar Kupa (Hungarian Cup). He has been appointed again as interim manager at the end of the same year for nine games and stayed kept working for the club after his second spell ended as a first team manager.

Career honours

Player

Honvéd *

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: 1991, 1993 Beitar Jerusalem * Israeli Championship: 1996-97, 1997–98 *

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: 1997-98 Hapoel Tel Aviv * Israeli Championship: 1999-2000 *

Israel State Cup The Israel State Cup ( he, גביע המדינה, ''Gvia HaMedina''), is a knockout cup competition in Israeli football, run by the Israel Football Association (IFA). The State Cup was first held in 1928 as the People's Cup. Because it involve ...

: 1999-2000 *

: 2001-02

Manager

Honvéd * Magyar Kupa 2019–20

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pisont, Istvan 1970 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Hungarian men's footballers Hungary men's international footballers Israeli Premier League players Budapest Honvéd FC players MTK Budapest FC players Eintracht Frankfurt players Royal Charleroi S.C. players Beitar Jerusalem F.C. players Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. players Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Hungarian football managers Budapest Honvéd FC managers Nemzeti Bajnokság I managers People from Orosháza Footballers from Békés County