Republic of Ireland international Callum O’Dowda has signed for Hungarian champions Ferencvaros, where he links up with former Irish teammate Robbie Keane after leaving Cardiff.
The left back has signed for the Budapest club for undisclosed fee. The Welsh club confirmed the move on their website this afternoon.
O’Dowda, who has earned 32 Republic of Ireland caps, has been at Cardiff City since 2022, playing 42 times in last season’s Championship campaign.
The season ended in disappointment for the Welsh club, Cardiff City slipping into League 1, with Corkman Brian Barry-Murphy taking over as manager ahead of the 2025-26 season.
O’Dowda, however, is set to head for continent and a club under the direction of another Irish manager, with whom he worked during Mick McCarthy’s second stint as Republic of Ireland manager in 2019.
Keane assumed the reins at Ferencvaros in January, with the defending champions second in the domestic table. The Dubliner subsequently guided Ferencvaros to the Hungarian league title, their seventh in succession.
It was Keane’s second league title triumph in his short career as a manager, having previously guided Maccabi Tel Aviv to the Israeli Premier League title in 2023-24.
