Full name Erik Sabo Name Erik Sabo Date joined 2010 Years Team Weight 74 kg | Number 52 Height 1.87 m Playing position Role Footballer | |
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Date of birth (1991-11-22) 22 November 1991 (age 24) Place of birth Surovce, Czechoslovakia Current teams Slovakia national football team (Midfielder), PAOK FC (#52 / Midfielder) | ||
Erik Sabo (born 22 November 1991) is a Slovak footballer who plays as a midfielder for Beitar Jerusalem.
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Club career
He made his debut for Spartak Trnava against Slovan Bratislava on 25 February 2011. 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. 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. He finished the season with PAOK having 24 appearances in all competitions with 3 goals.
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. 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. According to media, Sabo will continue his career with Beitar Jerusalem, as the Israeli club is willing to activate the buy-out clause in the player’s loan contract.
International career
Sabo made his national team debut against Montenegro on 23 May 2014.