Gábor Babos

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

Gábor Babos (Hungarian: [ˈɡaːbor ˈbɒboʃ]; born 24 October 1974) is a Hungarian footballer who played as a goalkeeper and is the goalkeeper coach of NAC Breda.

Gábor Babos

Personal information
Date of birth	(1974-10-24) 24 October 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Sopron, Hungary
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Soproni LC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–1995	Soproni LC	27	(0)
1995–2000	MTK	141	(1)
2000–2004	NAC Breda	126	(0)
2004–2006	Feyenoord	24	(0)
2005–2006	→ NEC (loan)	29	(0)
2006–2013	NEC	198	(0)
2013–2015	NAC Breda	0	(0)
2022	NAC Breda	0	(0)
Total		545	(1)
International career
1997–2009	Hungary	27	(0)
Managerial career
2015–2018	BSC Roosendaal
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Babos played for MTK Hungária, NAC Breda, Feyenoord and NEC. 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.^[1]

Coaching career

After his career, Babos started working as a goalkeeper coach for the youth teams of NAC Breda. In November 2015, he became manager of the Roosendaal amateur club BSC, where his son, Dani, played.^[2] Though his new manager job, he still continued as a youth goalkeeper coach at NAC.

In March 2018, Babos joined NEC, replacing Wilfried Brookhuis, who was hit by an Intracerebral hemorrhage.^[3]

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.^[4][5]

Honours

MTK Hungária

• Hungarian League: 1997, 1999; runner-up 2000
• Hungarian Cup: 1997, 1998, 2000

Individual

• Dutch Football Goalkeeper of the Year: 2004, 2008