Erik Sabo

Erik Sabo (born 22 November 1991) is a Slovak footballer who plays as a midfielder for Turkish Süper Lig club Çaykur Rizespor.

Erik Sabo
Sabo playing for Beitar (2016)
Personal information
Full name Erik Sabo
Date of birth (1991-11-22) 22 November 1991
Place of birth Šúrovce, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Çaykur Rizespor
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– Çaykur Rizespor 2 (0)
National team‡
2012 Slovakia U21 2 (0)
2014– Slovakia 18 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 October 2020

Club career

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

In August 2015, Spartak Trnava announced his transfer to PAOK.[2][3][4] He signed a 4-year contract. On 3 December 2015, Sabo was the MVP of a comfortable 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 PAOK having 24 appearances in all competitions with 3 goals.[6]

On 16 July 2016 it was announced that Sabo had signed a season-long loan deal with the side Beitar Jerusalem while the option of making the move permanent was set to €400,000.[7] Eventually, he changed his mind preferring to sign with 2.Bundesliga club VfL Bochum, but he had to overpass the legal issues due to his signing to Beitar Jerusalem.[8] According to media, Sabo will 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 1 May 2018, according to various sources, the administration of Beitar Jerusalem are in advanced talks with PAOK about making the loan move of Slovak defensive midfielder, permanent. The Israeli club was eager to pay an estimated amount of €200,000 in order to secure the purchase of 26-year-old international at the end of the 2017-18 season.

On 22 July 2019, Sabo joined Turkish club Fatih Karagümrük.[9]

International career

Sabo made his national team debut against Montenegro on 23 May 2014.[10] He appeared frequently in Ján Kozák's nominations, despite not appearing in many of the matches. Kozák, however, resigned in October 2018[11] 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.[12]

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). Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  9. https://twitter.com/karagumruk_sk/status/1153276842511609858
  10. Spál, Pavol (23 May 2014). "Slovensko vyhralo nad Čiernou Horou 2:0, Kozákovi chýbala atmosféra". sport.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  11. "Skutočné dôvody rezignácie Jána Kozáka. Môžu za to hráči?". Šport.sk (in Slovak). 16 October 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  12. 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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