Nicolae Hönigsberg (also known as Miklós Kinigli; 28 August 1901 – 8 December 1944) was a Romanian footballer of Hungarian and Jewish ethnicity.
[3] Nicolae Hönigsberg was used all the minutes by coach Teofil Morariu in the first official match of Romania's national team at the 1922 King Alexander's Cup, against Yugoslavia which ended with a 2–1 win in which he had a praised performance by the press.
[3][10] In January 1932, the Gazeta Sporturilor newspaper made a series of articles in which it was analyzed who were the best players of Romania's national team in its first 10 years of activity and Hönigsberg was considered the third best midfielder, being described as:"Finally, the third great midfielder who operated in the national team was Hönigsberg from Oradea, known in the sports world as Kinigli.
Without having the physique of Vogl or Steinbach, he surpassed them with his colossal breath and the extraordinary activity he carried out during the game, which he contested with determination.
[3] Because of his Jewish origins, Hönigsberg was taken to the Mauthausen concentration camp in 1944, during World War II, being one of the Holocaust victims, dying on 8 December, aged 43.