| József Kanta | |
| Birth Date: | 1984 3, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Keszthely, Hungary |
| Currentclub: | MTK Budapest (U19 coach) |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Years1: | 2001–2021 |
| Caps1: | 377 |
| Goals1: | 122 |
| Years2: | 2002–2004 |
| Clubs2: | → Siófok (loan) |
| Caps2: | 58 |
| Goals2: | 48 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1998–1999 |
| Nationalteam1: | Hungary U14 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Nationalyears2: | 1999–2000 |
| Nationalteam2: | Hungary U15 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 12 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 2 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2007–2013 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
| Manageryears1: | 2021– |
| Managerclubs1: | MTK Budapest (U19) |
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]
MTK Hungária FC
2008
2006
2008
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.