Daniel Botka

Striker - Haladas U20
31 Aug 2027
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Daniel Botka

32 Edition

The Haladas Chronicle

8 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

A fracture rules Tamas Lang out for 19 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Haladas will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market

Tamas Lang asks to leave Haladas

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Norbert Szélpál signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Norbert Szélpál commits to Haladas for another 3 years.

Squad

Istvan Gazdag in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Haladas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Milan Majstorović falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Loan watch

Janos Botka counts the days

“I watch every Haladas game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Ferencvaros runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

In brief

Back issues
29 Edition

The Haladas Chronicle

15 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Peter Dibusz damages knee ligaments — 15 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 15 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Squad

A fracture rules Tamas Lang out for 42 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Haladas will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad

Tempers go at Haladas

Milan Majstorović was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

In brief

27 Edition

The Debrecen Gazette

1 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Daniel Botka keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Debrecen may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

Patrik Demjén in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Debrecen this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Words at Debrecen training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Diego Chávez is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

In brief

25 Edition

The Haladas Chronicle

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Tamas Lang breaks a bone — 73 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 73 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market

Haladas say no — this time

The offer from Ferencvaros for Gabor Nagy was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Market

Haladas get their man

The chase for János Takács ended with $250.0K changing hands and Bekescsaba out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.

Squad

Tempers go at Haladas

Istvan Gazdag was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

The terraces

Haladas spend $250.0K on the signing the town wanted

It is the rarest sequence in football: supporters ask for something, and the club goes and does it. $250.0K for János Takács, and for one week nobody is complaining about anything.

Squad

Akos Bese falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

In brief

22 Edition

The Debrecen Gazette

28 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

György Komáromi runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 47. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Player ratings

No sign of nerves from Flórián Cibla at 21 — 7.66

The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Flórián Cibla did not need any: 7.66, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Squad

Tempers go at Debrecen

Đorđe Gordić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

The terraces

Debrecen supporters have found a favourite in Đorđe Gordić

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Đorđe Gordić has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Match

Debrecen get the job done against Bekescsaba

A 1‑0 win over Bekescsaba, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

Diego Chávez falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Boardroom

Wages eat 104% of everything Debrecen earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

Player ratings

The afternoon belonged to Đorđe Gordić

7.95, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Debrecen had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.

Loan watch

Máté Kohut has seen enough of MTK Budapest

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Debrecen, and 5 appearances in 17 say he has earned the hearing.

In brief

21 Edition

The Haladas Chronicle

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Squad

Tamas Lang breaks a bone — 103 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 103 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Match

Nobody wants to play Haladas right now

4 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.

Match

Haladas make home a hard place to visit

11 without defeat on their own grass. The pitch has not changed; the crowd has — louder earlier, and quicker to sense when the opposition would rather be somewhere else.

Squad

Tempers go at Haladas

Tamas Lang was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Akos Bese falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Match

Haladas get the job done against Debrecen

A 2‑1 win over Debrecen, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Player ratings

One of those days for Gabor Nagy

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.06, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Akos Bese

Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Jhon Labastidas gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

17 Edition

The Haladas Chronicle

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Norbert Dibusz

Successful dribbles: 31. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings

Both of them Akos Nagy's — 8.76

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.76, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Squad

Tempers go at Haladas

Istvan Gazdag was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Match

Akos Nagy’s goal not enough for Haladas

Akos Nagy scored, and precious little else went right: 2‑3 to Diosgyor, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Norbert Szélpál

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Marton Gazdag falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Match

Haladas hit back inside 1 minutes

Diosgyor held the lead for 1 minutes, which is not long enough to enjoy it. Haladas answered before the celebration had properly finished, and the shape of the afternoon changed with it.

Loan watch

Daniel Botka counts the days

“I watch every Haladas game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Debrecen runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

Squad

The division's best last weekend was a Haladas man

It is a small honour and it is not nothing: somebody watched every match in the division and decided that Akos Nagy was the best thing in any of them.

In brief

13 Edition

The Haladas Chronicle

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings

Akos Bese runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 43. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Marton Szalai damages knee ligaments — 35 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 35 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Match

Akos Nagy settles it late for Haladas

The 85th minute, half the ground already edging towards the exits, and Akos Nagy decided nobody was going anywhere. Fehervar had no time left to answer.

Squad

Akos Bese falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Match

Akos Nagy the difference as Haladas beat Fehervar

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Akos Nagy. 2‑1 against Fehervar, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Squad

Jhon Labastidas in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Haladas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The terraces

The crowd has taken to Norbert Lang

At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Player ratings

One of those days for Gabor Nagy

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.28, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings

Akos Nagy was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.01. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

In brief

9 Edition

The Haladas Chronicle

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Haladas run riot against Bekescsaba

3‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.

Player ratings

Gabor Nagy scores twice — 8.46

Two goals and a mark of 8.46 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Match

Haladas are in among the leaders

Position 3 and 13 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.

Squad

Tempers go at Haladas

Istvan Gazdag was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Player ratings

Akos Bese was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.33. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

Player ratings

Marton Gazdag in the eights

A performance of 8.00 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Loan watch

Daniel Botka wants to come home

“I did not go to Debrecen to sit and watch. I want to come back to Haladas and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 7 matches say the rest.

Squad

Akos Bese is off the mark for Haladas

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

Squad

Gabor Nagy named player of the week

One weekend, judged against everybody else's. Gabor Nagy has come out on top of it, and for most footballers a weekly award is the only silverware a career ever produces.

In brief

  • Squad The manager makes an example of Dominik Botka
  • Player ratings Akos Nagy runs at them all day
  • The terraces The press have found their man in Akos Bese