Zoltan Sabo

Zoltan Sabo
Personal information
Date of birth	26 May 1972
Place of birth	Sombor, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Date of death	15 December 2020 (aged 48)
Place of death	Sremska Kamenica, Serbia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Jedinstvo Svetozar Miletić
	Radnički Sombor
Senior career*
Years	Team
1991–1992	Hajduk Kula
1992–1996	Vojvodina
1996–2000	Partizan
2000–2002	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
2002	Avispa Fukuoka
2003	Zalaegerszeg
2003–2004	AEK Larnaca
2004	Mladost Apatin
2005–2008	Cement Beočin
Total
Managerial career
2007–2009	Kecskemét (assistant)
2009–2011	Radnički Sombor
2011–2012	Hajduk Kula
2012	Vojvodina (assistant)
2013–2014	Litex Lovech (assistant)
2014–2015	Donji Srem (assistant)
2015	Vojvodina (assistant)
2016	Proleter Novi Sad
2016	Jagodina
2016–2017	Proleter Novi Sad
2018–2020	TSC
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Zoltan Sabo (Serbian Cyrillic: Золтан Сабо; Hungarian: Szabó Zoltán; 26 May 1972 – 15 December 2020) was a Serbian professional footballer who played as a defender, and later manager. He also held Hungarian citizenship.^[2]

Playing career

In his homeland, Sabo played for Hajduk Kula, Vojvodina, and Partizan, before moving abroad to South Korea and signing for Suwon Samsung Bluewings in early 2000. He left the club after two years to play for Japanese side Avispa Fukuoka. In early 2003, Sabo returned to Europe and joined Hungarian club Zalaegerszeg until the end of the season. He also played for AEK Larnaca in the 2003–04 campaign.

In 2004, he returned to Serbia and signed with second-tier side Mladost Apatin. He finished his playing career in third-tier side Cement Beočin.^[3]

Managerial career

After a stint as assistant manager to Tomislav Sivić at Kecskemét, Sabo began his managerial career at the helm of his hometown club Radnički Sombor in October 2009. He spent the next two years at the position before leaving the side in November 2011.^[4] A month later, Sabo was appointed manager at Hajduk Kula.

Death

Sabo died on 15 December 2020, aged 48, died of a heart attack.^[5]

Managerial statistics

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	Nat	From	To	Record
Team	Nat	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Radnički Sombor		July 2010	December 2011	52	17	16	19	032.69
Hajduk Kula		December 2011	May 2012	2	0	1	1	000.00
Proleter Novi Sad		January 2016	June 2016	14	4	6	4	028.57
Jagodina		July 2016	September 2016	7	3	2	2	042.86
Proleter Novi Sad		September 2016	June 2017	19	6	6	7	031.58
TSC		August 2018	December 2020	90	54	19	17	060.00
Career total				184	84	50	50	045.65

Honours

Partizan

Suwon Samsung Bluewings

Asian Club Championship: 2000–01, 2001–02
Asian Super Cup: 2001
Korean League Cup: 2000, 2001
Korean Super Cup: 2000

AEK Larnaca

Cypriot Cup: 2003–04

References

^ Preminuo Zoltan Sabo
^ "Szabó Zoltán" (in Hungarian). nela.hu. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
^ Zoltan Sabo at footballdatabase, retrieved 1 January 2019
^ "Zolika Sabo podneo ostavku!" (in Serbian). soinfo.org. 18 November 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
^ "IN MEMORIAM Золтан Сабо (1972 – 2020)". Archived from the original on 15 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.

External links

Srbijafudbal profile
Zoltan Sabo at WorldFootball.net
Zoltan Sabo at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
Zoltan Sabo – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)

[1] Preminuo Zoltan Sabo

[2] "Szabó Zoltán" (in Hungarian). nela.hu. Retrieved 24 December 2017.

[3] Zoltan Sabo at footballdatabase, retrieved 1 January 2019

[4] "Zolika Sabo podneo ostavku!" (in Serbian). soinfo.org. 18 November 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2017.

[5] "IN MEMORIAM Золтан Сабо (1972 – 2020)". Archived from the original on 15 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.

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