Bálint Katona
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Full name
Bálint Lajos Katona
Date of birth
7 September 2002
Place of birth
Budapest, Hungary
Height
1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
 Katona with Ferencváros in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bálint Lajos Katona | ||
| Date of birth | 7 September 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Budapest, Hungary | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Nyíregyháza | ||
| Number | 55 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2010 | Vasas-Pasarét | ||
| 2010–2018 | Vasas-Akadémia | ||
| 2018–2021 | Ferencváros | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2023 | Ferencváros II | 25 | (6) |
| 2020–2025 | Ferencváros | 12 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | → Kecskemét (loan) | 66 | (13) |
| 2023 | → Kecskemét II (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | → Kecskemét (loan) | 24 | (3) |
| 2025– | Nyíregyháza | 15 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022–2023 | Hungary U21 | 6 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 January 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13 October 2023 | |||
Bálint Katona (born 7 September 2002) is a Hungarian professional footballer, who plays as a midfielder for Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Nyíregyháza. He represented Hungary at youth level.
After seven years, he left Ferencváros and went on to sign a three-year deal with Nemzeti Bajnokság I side Nyíregyháza on 14 August 2025.[1]
Personal life
Katona is the younger brother of professional footballer Mátyás Katona.[2]
