Nicolae Hönigsberg
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 28 August 1901 | ||
| Place of birth | Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary | ||
| Date of death | 8 December 1944 (aged 43) | ||
| Place of death | Mauthausen, Nazi Germany | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Nagyváradi AC | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1921–1925 | CA Oradea | 53 | (18) |
| Total | 53 | (18) | |
| International career | |||
| 1922–1924 | Romania | 6 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Nicolae Hönigsberg (also known as Miklós Kinigli;[1] 28 August 1901 – 8 December 1944) was a Romanian footballer of Hungarian and Jewish ethnicity.[2] He competed in the men's tournament at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[3] Hönigsberg, who was also known at that time under the name of Kinigli, was born when Oradea was part of Austria-Hungary and played his entire career for the local football club, Club Atletic Oradea, in 53 league matches and scored 18 goals.[4]
Hönigsberg died in 1944, at the age of 43, in the Mauthausen concentration camp, during the World War II, being one of the Holocaust victims.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Nicolae Hönigsberg. eu-football.info (in English)
- ^ "Nicolae Hönigsberg". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nicolae Hönigsberg Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
- ^ Kleszken, Ioan (2022). Istoria clubului de fotbal CAO/NAC Oradea Vol.1. Iași: Editura Zupia. pp. 48–174. ISBN 978-606-9722-24-4.
- ^ Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database / Miklós Hönigsberg. ushmm.org (in English)
External links
[edit]- Nicolae Hönigsberg at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- Nicolae Hönigsberg at National-Football-Teams.com
- Nicolae Hönigsberg at Olympedia
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