István Pisont

István Pisont (born 16 May 1970) is a Hungarian former international footballer, and manager. He is the coach of the Hungarian national U-17 team.[1] He is the current manager of Budapest Honvéd FC.

The native form of this personal name is Pisont István. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

István Pisont
Personal information
Full name István Pisont
Date of birth (1970-05-16) 16 May 1970
Place of birth Orosháza, Hungary
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Budapest Honvéd FC (Head coach)
Youth career
Gadoros FC
FC Szarvas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1995 Honvéd 147 (21)
1995 Charleroi 18 (1)
1995–1998 Beitar Jerusalem 69 (26)
1998–1999 Eintracht Frankfurt 17 (0)
1999–2002 Hapoel Tel Aviv 88 (11)
2002–2003 Ashdod 7 (0)
2003 Bnei Yehuda 16 (1)
2003–2004 MTK Hungaria FC 21 (2)
2004–2005 Vecses FC ?? (?)
2005–2008 Vecses FC 40 (2)
National team
1991–1999 Hungary 31 (1)
Teams managed
2020– Budapest Honvéd
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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 R. Charleroi S.C. in the 1994–95 season. After spending one season in Belgium, he moved to Israel where he played for Beitar Jerusalem F.C. 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.[2] In the 1996–97 season, he scored 5 goals for Beitar Jerusalem[3] and in the season 1997–98, he improved his performance by scoring 15 goals.[4]

For the 1998–99 season he was offered a place in the Eintracht Frankfurt team.[5]

However, after one year only, he returned to Israel where this time he played for Hapoel Tel Aviv 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 UEFA Cup.[6]

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.[7] Since then he is the coach of Vecsés.[1]

Managerial career

On 19 March 2020 he was appointed as the manager of Budapest Honvéd FC. He replaced Giuseppe Sannino.

Career honours

Player

Honvéd

Beitar Jerusalem

Hapoel Tel Aviv

Manager

Honvéd

References
  1. "Pisont gólt lőne a braziloknak (Pisont would score a goal to the Brazilian team)" (in Hungarian). futball-adattár.hu. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  2. "Israel 1995/1996". rsssf.com. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  3. "Israel 1996/1997". rsssf.com. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  4. "Israel 1997/1998". rsssf.com. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  5. "Istvan Pisont" (in German). Eintracht Frankfurt. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  6. UEFA.com (1 March 2002). "Hero's welcome for Tel-Aviv". UEFA.com. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  7. "Pisont István" (in Hungarian). futball-adattár.hu. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
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