Erik Sabo


Erik Sabo is a Slovak footballer who plays as a midfielder for Turkish club Fatih Karagümrük.

Club career

Sabo 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 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. He finished the season with PAOK having 24 appearances in all competitions with 3 goals.
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. 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 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.

International career

Sabo made his national team debut against Montenegro 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 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.