Botond Baráth (; born 21 April 1992) is a Hungarian

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player who plays for Vasas as a defender.

Club career

From

Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...

, Baráth is a right-footed

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, who joined his hometown club Budapest Honved FC as a youth. After making 213 first-team appearances in all competitions since 2009 during which he helped Honved to the 2016–17 Hungarian first-division title, Barath was announced as moving to

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fulfilling an international slot for

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. On 11 July 2020, Sporting Kansas City agreed to transfer Baráth back to Honvéd. On 21 June 2022, Baráth signed a three-year contract with Vasas.

International career

Baráth earned his first three caps for the Hungary national team in 2018. He made his international debut in a 3–3 draw at

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on 15 October 2018 in the

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before earning consecutive starts in 2–0 wins over Estonia and

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in November 2018.

Club statistics

''Updated to games played as of 15 May 2022.''

Honours

Honvéd *

Nemzeti Bajnokság I The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, ), also known as NB I or Fizz Liga after its title sponsor, OTP Bank's webshop subsidiary, is a professional association football league in Hungary and the highest level of the Hungarian football league system. Twelve ...

: 2016–17

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Botond Baráth
at HLSZ 1992 births Footballers from Budapest Living people Hungarian men's footballers Hungary men's international footballers Men's association football defenders Budapest Honvéd FC players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Sporting Kansas City players Sporting Kansas City II players Vasas SC players USL Championship players Major League Soccer players Hungarian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in the United States 21st-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-footy-defender-stub