József Kanta

József Kanta
	Kanta with MTK Budapest in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth	24 March 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Keszthely, Hungary
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	MTK Budapest (U19 coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001–2021	MTK Budapest
2002–2004	→ Siófok (loan)
International career
1998–1999	Hungary U14
1999–2000	Hungary U15
	Hungary U16
2007–2013	Hungary
Managerial career
2021–	MTK Budapest (U19)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

József Kanta (born 24 March 1984) is a Hungarian professional football coach and a former player. He is the coach of the Under-19 squad of MTK Budapest. He represented the Hungary national football team. He won the first of his two caps against Cyprus on 6 February 2007.

In 2006, he got the Ferenc Puskás prize^[1] and, in 2008, he got the József Bozsik prize from the Hungarian Football Federation.^[2]

Honours[edit]

MTK Hungária FC

Hungarian League: 2008
- Runner-up: 2007
Ferenc Puskás prize: 2006^[1]
József Bozsik prize: 2008^[2]

Club statistics[edit]

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Siófok
	2002–03	29	24	3	2	–	–	–	–	32	26
	2003–04	29	24	5	1	0	0	0	0	34	25
	Total	58	48	8	3	–	–	–	–	66	51
MTK Budapest
	2004–05	28	8	2	0	–	–	–	–	30	8
	2005–06	24	18	?	?	–	–	–	–	24	18
	2006–07	27	16	5	6	–	–	–	–	32	22
	2007–08	26	12	0	0	6	3	2	0	34	15
	2008–09	6	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	10	5
	2009–10	3	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	3	0
	2010–11	27	4	5	1	–	–	–	–	32	5
	2011–12	27	8	8	5	6	0	–	–	41	13
	2012–13	26	9	0	0	2	0	2	1	30	10
	2013–14	27	10	7	5	1	0	–	–	35	15
	2014–15	29	8	4	3	5	1	–	–	38	12
	2015–16	27	7	2	0	–	–	2	0	31	7
	2016–17	32	3	1	0	–	–	4	0	37	3
	2017–18	25	6	4	3	–	–	–	–	29	9
	2018–19	27	6	3	1	–	–	–	–	30	7
	2019–20	11	2	7	1	–	–	–	–	18	3
	2020–21	5	0	5	1	–	–	–	–	10	1
	Total	377	122	56	26	21	4	10	1	464	133
Career Total		435	170	64	26	21	4	10	1	530	183

Updated to games played as of 15 May 2021.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "The bests of the year ar rewarded". Hungarian Football Federation. 12 July 2006. Retrieved 16 July 2008.^{[dead link]}
^ ^a ^b "The bests of last season are got their prizes". Hungarian Football Federation. 3 July 2008. Archived from the original on 16 July 2008. Retrieved 16 July 2008.

External links[edit]

József Kanta at National-Football-Teams.com
Profile at HLSZ (in Hungarian)

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[puskasprize-1] "The bests of the year ar rewarded". Hungarian Football Federation. 12 July 2006. Retrieved 16 July 2008.^{[dead link]}

[bozsikprize-2] "The bests of last season are got their prizes". Hungarian Football Federation. 3 July 2008. Archived from the original on 16 July 2008. Retrieved 16 July 2008.

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