István Pisont


István Pisont is a Hungarian former international footballer, and manager. He is the coach of the Hungarian national U-17 team. He is the current manager of Budapest Honvéd FC.

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. In the 1996–97 season, he scored 5 goals for Beitar Jerusalem and in the season 1997–98, he improved his performance by scoring 15 goals.
For the 1998–99 season he was offered a place in the Eintracht Frankfurt team.
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.
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. Since then he is the coach of Vecsés.

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
Honvéd