Gábor Babos (; born 24 October 1974) is a Hungarian
footballer
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who played as a
goalkeeper
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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,
Feyenoord
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and
NEC
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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
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 ...
. In November 2015, he became manager of the
Roosendaal
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Towns/villages of the municipality
* Roosendaal (population: 66,760)
* Wouw (4,920)
* Heerle (1,900)
* Nispen (1,440)
* Wouwse ...
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
NEC
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, replacing
Wilfried Brookhuis, who was hit by an
Intracerebral hemorrhage
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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
*
Hungarian Cup
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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
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