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Péter Szappanos

Hungarian footballer (born 1990)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJul 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ58008614 ↗
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Péter Szappanos (born 14 November 1990) is a Hungarian international football player who plays for Hungarian club Puskás Akadémia and the Hungary national team.

Career

Club career

Szappanos studied at the Ferencváros school. From 2009 to 2014, he participated in over a hundred league appearances for Dunaharaszti MTK, and from 2012 to 2013, he was loaned to FC Tatabány. From 2014 to 2018, Szappanos played in 110 league matches for Zalaegerszeg.

Szappanos played for Mezőkövesdi SE from 2018 to 2021, finishing 6th in his debut year and 4th in the 2019-2020 season in Nemzeti Bajnokság I. Over three seasons, he appeared in 86 top-flight games and won a silver medal in the 2020 Hungary Cup

Prior to the 2020–2021 season, Szappanos transferred to Budapest Honvéd, where he appeared in 53 league games over two seasons (until 2023).

On 8 July 2023 Szappanos signed with Paksi FC, and on 15 May 2024 he appeared in the Hungarian Cup final, helping his club win 2-0 over Ferencváros.

On 23 August 2024 Szappanos transferred to Al-Fateh in the Saudi Pro League. Shortly after signing, Shortly after joining, he started his first league game against Al-Qadsiah, losing 3-0.

On 14 May 2025, he won the 2025 Magyar Kupa final with Paksi FC after beating Ferencvárosi TC 4–3 on penalty shoot-out.

Later he ended his contract with his Saudi club by mutual consent and signed with the Puskás Akadémia.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Péter Szappanos” as hungarian footballer (born 1990). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1990, 2009, 2014, 2012—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1990-11-14. The account is most persuasive where Péter, Szappanos and Hungarian can be independently traced.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q58008614. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1990, 2009, 2014 and 2012.

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This entry incorporates text from “Péter Szappanos” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.