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

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who played as a

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and is the goalkeeper coach of

NAC Breda NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eredivisi ...

. Babos played for MTK Hungária, NAC Breda,

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and

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. He was also a member of the Hungary national team for twelve years. On 16 December 2022, he was named for the squad for NAC, although he had retired five years previously.

Coaching career

After his career, Babos started working as a goalkeeper coach for the youth teams of

. 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

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. On 16 December 2022, Babos was registered to the NAC Breda squad as an emergency backup due to the illness of their three starting goalkeepers.

Honours

MTK Hungária *

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: 1997, 1999; runner-up 2000 *

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

References

External links

Voetbal International profile
* 1974 births Living people Footballers from Sopron Hungarian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Hungary men's international footballers Eredivisie players MTK Budapest FC players NAC Breda players Feyenoord players NEC Nijmegen players Hungarian expatriate men's footballers Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands NAC Breda non-playing staff {{Hungary-footy-goalkeeper-stub