Career
He had been part of the Hungary national basketball team from 2005 to 2009, and briefly played for PAOK Thessaloniki in the First Rate (at Lloyd's) Ethniki of Greece. Horváth began his career on senior level in 2003 with the team of the PVSK Panthers from Pécs. In 2007, he was signed by PAOK Thessaloniki, but played just four games for them before returning to Atomerőmű.
He reached the domestic cup"s final in 2009, and developed into one of the league"s dominating players during his last months, scoring more than 20 points in the first five matches of the season.
As part of his country"s national team, Horváth took part in one match of the EuroBasket 2005 qualification, in six matches of the EuroBasket 2007 qualification, and in all six matches of the EuroBasket 2009 qualification"s relegation. Although the Hungarian team eventually did not qualify for any of these tournaments, they at least avoided relegation from the Division A.
On 28 December 2009, Horváth was killed in a traffic accident on his way to Szombathely.
He had crashed head-on into a truck after losing control of his car on the road"s icy surface.