Hungarian goalkeeper Krisztián Hegyi joined West Ham United from Szombathelyi Haladás in his home country in May 2019.
A tall, commanding stopper, Hegyi has been capped regularly by his country at age-group level, winning over 50 caps between U16-U21, and earned a maiden senior call-up in March 2023.
Hegyi has appeared nearly 100 times for West Ham's youth and development teams, and also spent spells on loan at clubs in England, Scotland, the Netherlands and Hungary.
Career
Joined Scottish Premiership club Motherwell on loan in summer 2024...Made two Scottish League Cup appearances in group-stage wins over Edinburgh City and Clyde...Returned to West Ham United in January 2025 and then joined Hungarian club Debrecen on loan...Made seven Nemzeti Bajnokság appearances for Debrecen before being ruled out for the remainder of the season due to injury in March 2025.
Joined EFL League One club Stevenage on loan in summer 2023...Made four EFL League One starts for Stevenage, including his EFL debut in a 2-0 home win over Shrewsbury Town on 12 August 2023...Helped Stevenage knock Watford out of the EFL Cup first round in a penalty shootout on 8 August 2023...Returned to West Ham United in January 2024 before joining Dutch second-tier club Den Bosch on loan until the end of the campaign...Totalled 17 Dutch Eerste Divisie appearances for Den Bosch...Started nine of ten UEFA European U21 Championship qualifiers for Hungary.
Totalled 24 Premier League 2 starts, captaining the team on a number of occasions...Named in the matchday squad for eleven first-team matches, three in the Premier League seven in the UEFA Europa Conference League and one in the FA Cup...Started EFL Trophy group-stage wins at Walsall and Cheltenham Town...Called-up by Hungary for the first time in March 2023, being named on the bench for a UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying win over Bulgaria.
Made 23 Premier League 2 starts as the development team finished as runners-up...Started all three EFL Trophy group-stage ties, including wins at Ipswich Town and Gillingham...Totalled 26 starts in all competitions...Started eight UEFA Euro U21 Championship qualifiers for Hungary.
Made 16 U18 Premier League South starts...Started all three FA Youth Cup ties, including a third-round penalty shootout win at Luton Town and 5-0 fourth-round victory at Norwich City.
Formally joined West Ham United from Hungarian club Szombathelyi Haladás in May 2019...Made nine U18 Premier League South appearances as West Ham United finished third...Made his EFL Trophy group-stage defeat at Exeter City on 13 November 2019...Started the FA Youth Cup third-round penalty shootout defeat by Charlton Athletic on December 2019...Made his Premier League 2 debut as a substitute in a 2-0 home win over Manchester United on 6 January 2020...Made his Hungary U18 debut in a 3-2 win in Latvia on 21 August 2019.
Played his first game for West Ham United in a 3-1 U18 Premier League South defeat at Brighton & Hove Albion on 27 April 2019, aged 16 years and seven months...Started four times for Hungary at the UEFA Euro U17 finals, helping his country finish fifth and secure a place at the FIFA U17 World Cup by beating Belgium on penalties...Started all three group-stage ties for Hungary at the FIFA U17 World Cup finals in Brazil.