Erik Sabo (born 22 November 1991) is a Slovak professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Club career

Sabo made his debut for

Spartak Trnava FC Spartak Trnava () is a Slovak professional football club based in Trnava. Historically, it is one of the most successful clubs in the country, having won the Czechoslovak First League five times and the Czechoslovak Cup on four occasions, and ...

against Slovan Bratislava on 25 February 2011. He spent one year on loan at

Spartak Myjava Spartak Myjava () is a Slovak football team, based in the town of Myjava. The club was founded in 1920. History Spartak Myjava was founded on 8 August 1920 as Športový klub Myjava (ŠK Myjava). ŠK Myjava founder and first president of the loc ...

, playing in the

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. In August 2015, Spartak Trnava announced Sabo's transfer to PAOK. He signed a four-year contract. On 3 December 2015, Sabo was the MVP of a 6–2 away victory for PAOK over

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, as Igor Tudor's team advanced to the next round of

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. Sabo scored three times, while

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and

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marked the visitors' other three goals. He finished the season with 24 appearances and 3 goals in all competitions. On 16 July 2016, it was announced that Sabo had signed a season-long loan deal with

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with an option of making the move permanent set to €400,000. In August 2016 he was linked with a move to 2. Bundesliga club

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but had to overpass legal issues due to his signing to Beitar Jerusalem. 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

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Anorthosis Famagusta

On 29 July 2022, Sabo joined

Anorthosis Famagusta F.C. Anorthosis Famagusta ( el, Ανόρθωση Αμμοχώστου, translit=Anorthosi Ammochostou), commonly known as Anorthosis in English or Anorthosi in Greek, is a Cypriot football club, part of the Anorthosis Famagusta multi-sport club fou ...

of the

on a two-year deal.

International career

Sabo made his national team debut against

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on 23 May 2014. He appeared frequently in Ján Kozák's nominations, despite not appearing in many of the matches. Kozák, however, resigned in October 2018 and was subsequently replaced by

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. Hapal did not call up Sabo for double

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fixture against

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and

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, making Sabo's absence from the national team during competitive fixtures the first, since September 2016.

References

External links

Spartak Trnava profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sabo, Erik Living people 1991 births People from Trnava District Footballers from the Trnava Region Slovak men's footballers Slovakia men's under-21 international footballers Slovakia men's international footballers Slovak expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Slovak First Football League players Super League Greece players Israeli Premier League players Süper Lig players TFF First League players FC Spartak Trnava players Spartak Myjava players PAOK FC players Beitar Jerusalem F.C. players Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. players Fatih Karagümrük S.K. footballers Çaykur Rizespor footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Greece Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Israel Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Hungarians in Slovakia Slovak people of Hungarian descent