Roland Sallai

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Roland Sallai
Personal information
Full name Roland Sallai
Date of birth (1997-05-22) 22 May 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Budapest, Hungary
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 SC Freiburg
Number 22
Youth career
2003–2007 Diósgyőr
2007–2009 Siófok
2009–2014 Videoton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Puskás 48 (3)
2016–2017 → Palermo (loan) 21 (1)
2017–2018 APOEL 29 (9)
2018– SC Freiburg 26 (3)
International career‡
2015 Hungary U-18 3 (1)
2015– Hungary U-19 1 (0)
2015 Hungary U-20 4 (1)
2015– Hungary U-21 8 (1)
2016– Hungary 16 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:27, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:27, 30 May 2020 (UTC)

Roland Sallai (born 22 May 1997) is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays for German club SC Freiburg. He also plays for Hungary national football team.[1]

Club career

Puskas FC

Roland Sallai started his professional career at Puskás FC where he played from 2014 until the summer of 2017, Played 65 matches and scored 4 goals in all the events for Puskás FC.

Palermo (loan)

On 4 August 2016, Sallai joined Italian club U.S. Città di Palermo on a seasonal loan, until the end of the 2016–17 season with a loan fee of €300,000.

Sallai completed 84 minutes on his debut for Serie A's club on 10 September 2016 against Napoli. He scored his first official goal for Palermo on 19 March 2017 against Udinese. He appeared in 21 Serie A matches (11 at starting line-up, 10 as a substitute) and scored 1 goal.

APOEL

On 29 August 2017, it was announced that APOEL had secured his signature on a four year contract until the end of May 2021, for an undisclosed transfer fee from Puskás, rumored to be around €2 million.

On 9 September, he made his debut and scored his first goal against Nea Salamina. He appeared in 29 Cypriot First Division matches and scored 9 goals.

He also appeared in 6 UEFA Champions League matches against Real Madrid , Borussia Dortmund and Tottenham Hotspur.

SC Freiburg

On 31 August 2018, Sallai signed a four-year deal with Bundesliga club, SC Freiburg for a fee reported to be €4.5 million.[2] On 22 September 2018 he scored and won a penalty on his debut against Wolfsburg at Volkswagen Arena on the 4th match day of the 2018–19 Bundesliga in a 3–1 victory.[3]

International career

Sallai was part of the Hungarian U-20 team at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup,[4] playing in two games. He made his debut for U-21 team against Italy U21 on 12 August 2015.

He made his full international debut on 20 May 2016 in a friendly match against Ivory Coast at the Groupama Arena, Budapest, Hungary.[5] On 5 May 2016, Sallai was named in Hungary's preliminary Euro 2016 squad, but was left off of final squad for the tournament.[6] On 11 September 2018, he scored his first goal for the national team against Greece at the Groupama Arena, Budapest, in a 2018–19 UEFA Nations League C match.[7]

Personal life

His uncle is former Hungarian national team defender Sándor Sallai.

Career statistics

Club

As of 4 June 2019[8][9]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Puskás Akadémia 2013–14 NB I 0 0 0 0 1 0 — — 1 0
2014–15 16 2 3 0 3 1 — — 22 3
2015–16 31 1 1 0 0 0 — — 32 1
2017–18 1 0 0 0 0 0 — — 1 0
Total 48 3 4 0 4 1 0 0 56 4
Palermo (loan) 2016–17 Serie A 21 1 1 0 — — — — 22 1
Total 21 1 1 0 — — 0 0 22 1
APOEL 2017–18 Cypriot First Division 29 9 4 0 — — 6 0 39 9
2018–19 0 0 0 0 — — 7 1 7 1
Total 29 9 4 0 — — 13 1 46 10
SC Freiburg 2018–19 Bundesliga 10 2 0 0 — — 0 0 10 2
Career totals 108 15 9 0 4 1 13 1 140 17

International

As of 4 June 2019[10]

International goals

Scores and results list Hungary's goal tally first.[10]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 11 September 2018 Groupama Arena, Budapest, Hungary  Greece 1–0 2–1 2018–19 UEFA Nations League C

References

  1. ^ [1] Fifa u20 world cup squad (hungarian)
  2. ^ "Roland Sallai kommt zum Sport-Club". SC Freiburg. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Sallainak 7 perc kellett a gólhoz a Freiburgban, aztán megsérült". Nemzeti Sport. 22 September 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  4. ^ [2] Fifa u20 world cup squad (hungarian)
  5. ^ "Nem tudtuk feltörni az elefántok masszív védelmét". mlsz.hu (in Hungarian). Hungarian Football Federation. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  6. ^ "Válogatott: ezzel a 30 játékossal készül Storck az Eb-re". nemzetisport.hu (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  7. ^ "Végre! Két szép góllal, olykor jól futballozva győzött válogatottunk". nemzetisport.hu (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 11 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  8. ^ "R. Sallai". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  9. ^ "Sallai Roland". MLSZ.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  10. ^ a b "Sallai, Roland". National Football Teams. Retrieved 19 September 2018.

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