Erik Sabo
 Sabo playing for Beitar (2017) | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Erik Sabo | ||
| Date of birth | 22 November 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Šúrovce, Czechoslovakia | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | ||
| Number | 52 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Šúrovce | |||
| Spartak Trnava | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2015 | Spartak Trnava | 95 | (25) |
| 2011–2012 | → Spartak Myjava (loan) | 34 | (3) |
| 2015–2018 | PAOK | 14 | (0) |
| 2016–2018 | → Beitar Jerusalem (loan) | 62 | (9) |
| 2018 | Beitar Jerusalem | 2 | (0) |
| 2018– | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 4 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012 | Slovakia U21 | 2 | (0) |
| 2014– | Slovakia | 16 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 October 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 October 2018 | |||
Erik Sabo (born 22 November 1991) is a Slovak footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hapoel Be'er Sheva.
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 AO Chania F.C. and Igor Tudor's team advances 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 July 16, 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 July 1st,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. Τhe Israeli club will 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.
International career
Sabo made his national team debut against Montenegro on 23 May 2014.[9]
References
- ^ V derby úspešnejší hosťujúci Slovan 25.02.2011, profutbal.sk
- ^ http://spartak.sk/fcst.php?clanok=6030
- ^ Στα ασπρόμαυρα ο Ερικ Σάμπο! 8 August 2015, www.paokmania.gr
- ^ PAOK acquire Sabo Retrieved 8 August 2015
- ^ Sabo hat-trick leads PAOK to Greek Cup win Retrieved 3 December 2015
- ^ Erik Sabo
- ^ "Ο Σάμπο στην Μπεϊταρ", λένε στο Ισραήλ
- ^ Erik Sabo wird wohl nicht zum VfL Bochum wechseln
- ^ Slovensko vyhralo nad Čiernou Horou 2:0, Kozákovi chýbala atmosféra, SME.sk, retrieved 25. 5. 2014 Template:Sk icon
External links
- Spartak Trnava profile Template:Sk icon
- Erik Sabo at Soccerway
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