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Nicolae Hönigsberg

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Nicolae Hönigsberg / Miklós Kinigli
Personal information
Date of birth (1901-08-28)28 August 1901
Place of birth Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary
Date of death 8 December 1944(1944-12-08) (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

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  1. ^ Nicolae Hönigsberg. eu-football.info (in English)
  2. ^ "Nicolae Hönigsberg". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Kleszken, Ioan (2022). Istoria clubului de fotbal CAO/NAC Oradea Vol.1. Iași: Editura Zupia. pp. 48–174. ISBN 978-606-9722-24-4.
  5. ^ Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database / Miklós Hönigsberg. ushmm.org (in English)
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