Nicolae Hönigsberg Explained

Nicolae Hönigsberg / Miklós Kinigli
Birth Date:28 August 1901
Birth Place:Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary
Death Place:Mauthausen, Nazi Germany
Position:Midfielder
Youthclubs1:Nagyváradi AC
Years1:1921–1925
Caps1:53
Goals1:18
Totalcaps:53
Totalgoals:18
Nationalyears1:1922–1924
Nationalcaps1:6
Nationalgoals1:0

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]

Notes and References

  1. https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=8603 Nicolae Hönigsberg
  2. Web site: Nicolae Hönigsberg . Olympedia . 21 August 2021.
  3. Nicolae Hönigsberg Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418123119/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/nicolae-honigsberg-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 5 October 2018.
  4. Book: Kleszken, Ioan. 2022. Istoria clubului de fotbal CAO/NAC Oradea Vol.1. Iași. Editura Zupia. 48–174. 978-606-9722-24-4.
  5. https://www.ushmm.org/online/hsv/person_view.php?PersonId=5915638 Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database / Miklós Hönigsberg