Erik Sabo

Erik Sabo
Sabo playing for Beitar (2016)
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-11-22) 22 November 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth Šúrovce, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Spartak Trnava
Number 52
Youth career
Horses Šúrovce
Spartak Trnava
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2015 Spartak Trnava 95 (25)
2011–2012 → Spartak Myjava (loan) 34 (3)
2015–2016 PAOK 14 (0)
2016–2018 Beitar Jerusalem 64 (9)
2018–2019 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 29 (1)
2019–2021 Fatih Karagümrük 45 (14)
2021–2022 Çaykur Rizespor 52 (3)
2022–2023 Anorthosis Famagusta 29 (2)
2024 AEZ Zakakiou 18 (1)
2024– Spartak Trnava 11 (0)
International career‡
2012 Slovakia U21 2 (0)
2014–2020 Slovakia 18 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 March 2021

Erik Sabo (born 22 November 1991) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Slovak club Spartak Trnava.

Club career

Sabo made his debut for Spartak Trnava against Slovan Bratislava on 25 February 2011.[1] He spent one year on loan at Spartak Myjava, playing in the second division.

In August 2015, Spartak Trnava announced Sabo's transfer to PAOK.[2][3][4] He signed a four-year contract. On 3 December 2015, Sabo was the MVP of a 6–2 away victory for PAOK over Chania, as Igor Tudor's team advanced to the next round of Greek Cup. Sabo scored three times, while Jairo, Giannis Mystakidis and Dimitris Pelkas marked the visitors' other three goals.[5] He finished the season with 24 appearances and 3 goals in all competitions.[6]

On 16 July 2016, it was announced that Sabo had signed a season-long loan deal with Beitar Jerusalem with an option of making the move permanent set to €400,000.[7] In August 2016 he was linked with a move to 2. Bundesliga club VfL Bochum but had to overpass legal issues due to his signing to Beitar Jerusalem.[8] According to media, Sabo would continue his career with Beitar Jerusalem, as the Israeli club on 1 July 2017 activated the buy-out clause in the player's loan contract. On 22 July 2019, Sabo joined Turkish club Fatih Karagümrük.[9]

Anorthosis Famagusta

On 29 July 2022, Sabo joined Anorthosis Famagusta F.C. of the Cypriot First Division on a two-year deal.[10]

International career

Sabo made his national team debut against Montenegro on 23 May 2014.[11] He appeared frequently in Ján Kozák's nominations, despite not appearing in many of the matches. Kozák, however, resigned in October 2018[12] and was subsequently replaced by Czech Pavel Hapal. Hapal did not call up Sabo for double UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying fixture against Hungary and Wales, making Sabo's absence from the national team during competitive fixtures the first, since September 2016.[13]

References

  1. ^ "V derby úspešnejší hosťujúci Slovan - Profutbal.sk". www.profutbal.sk (in Slovak). 25 February 2011. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Sabo opúšťa Trnavu, Spartak sa dohodol na prestupe s PAOKom - FC SPARTAK TRNAVA". www.spartak.sk (in Slovak). 8 August 2015. Archived from the original on 21 November 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Στα ασπρόμαυρα ο Ερικ Σάμπο! - Paokmania.Gr - Το ανεξάρτητο site των οπαδών του ΠΑΟΚ". www.paokmania.gr (in Greek). 8 August 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  4. ^ "PAOK acquire Sabo". www.sdna.gr (in Greek). 8 August 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Sabo hat-trick leads PAOK to Greek Cup win (vids)". www.sdna.gr (in Greek). 3 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  6. ^ "Erik Sabo - PAOKFC". www.paokfc.gr. Archived from the original on 10 November 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  7. ^ Προανήγγειλε Βαρέλα για ΠΑΟΚ. www.sport24.gr (in Greek). 17 July 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  8. ^ Eckardt, Michael (10 August 2016). "Erik Sabo wird wohl nicht zum VfL Bochum wechseln". www.derwesten.de (in German). Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  9. ^ @karagumruk_sk (22 July 2019). "En son İsrail ekibi Hapoel Beer Sheva'da forma giyen Sabo, 18 kez milli oldu. 1.87 boyundaki Slovak orta saha, da…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. ^ "Έναρξη συνεργασίας με Erik Sabo". 29 July 2022.
  11. ^ Spál, Pavol (23 May 2014). "Slovensko vyhralo nad Čiernou Horou 2:0, Kozákovi chýbala atmosféra". sport.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  12. ^ "Skutočné dôvody rezignácie Jána Kozáka. Môžu za to hráči?". Šport.sk (in Slovak). 16 October 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  13. ^ Neubauer, Pavel (12 March 2019). "Hapal oznámil nomináciu. Škrtel neskončil kvôli mne, tvrdí". Pravda.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 12 March 2019.
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