Zoltan Sabo
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Zoltán Szabó | ||
Date of birth | 26 May 1972 | ||
Place of birth | Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Playing position | Central defender | ||
Youth career | |||
– | Jedinstvo Svetozar Miletić[1] | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1990–1991 | Hajduk Kula | 31 | (?) |
1991–1996 | Vojvodina | 114 | (2) |
1996–2000 | Partizan Belgrade | 67 | (1) |
2000–2002 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 46 | (0) |
2002 | Avispa Fukuoka | 17 | (1) |
2002–2003 | Zalaegerszegi TE | 12 | (2) |
2003–2004 | AEK Larnaca | 22 | (4) |
2004–2005 | Mladost Apatin | ||
2005–2008 | Cement Beočin | ||
Teams managed | |||
2007–2009 | Kecskemeti TE (assistant) | ||
2009–2011 | Radnički Sombor | ||
2011–2012 | Hajduk Kula | ||
2012–2013 | Vojvodina (assistant) | ||
2013–2014 | Litex Lovech (assistant) | ||
2014–2015 | Donji Srem (assistant) | ||
2015–2016 | Vojvodina (assistant) | ||
2015–2016 | Proleter Novi Sad | ||
2016– | Jagodina | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Zoltan Sabo (Serbian Cyrillic: Золтан Сабо, Hungarian: Zoltán Szabó; born 26 May 1972 in Belgrade) is a retired Serbian professional football player. He is currently employed as a head coach in FK Jagodina.
Career
After playing in Serbian top-flight teams, such as FK Vojvodina and FK Partizan during the 1990s, he moved in 2000 to South Korea, to play in the K-League club Suwon Samsung Bluewings where he played three seasons. in 2003 he moved to Japan to play in J2 League club Avispa Fukuoka. He also played in Hungarian National Championship I club Zalaegerszegi TE, and in Cyprus in AEK Larnaca, before returning to Serbia to play, first, half a season in FK Mladost Apatin, then in FK Cement Beočin where he ended his playing career.
After retiring he began his coaching career, first with Kecskemeti TE in the Hungarian NB2, after two historic years in Kecskemeti TE he took charge of Serbian First League side FK Radnicki Sombor, before taking charge of Serbian SuperLiga side FK Hajduk Kula, which was the club where he started his professional career as player in 1990. In 2012 he joined Zlatomir Zagorcic in Serbian SuperLiga side FK Vojvodina, later he moved on with Bulgarian Premier League side Litex Lovech as an assistant coach. After a short spell at Serbian SuperLiga side FK Donji Srem he came back to Serbian SuperLiga side FK Vojvodina as an assistant coach of Zlatomir Zagorcic and had an good season with almost qualifying to UEFA Europe League. Later he was the head coach of Serbian First League side FK Proleter Novi Sad
Club statistics
Club performance | League | Cup | Total | |||||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | Total | |||||
2002 | Avispa Fukuoka | J2 League | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
Country | Japan | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | |
Total | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
Honours
- Partizan Belgrade
- 2 times First League of FR Yugoslavia Champion: 1996-97 and 1998-99
- 1 time Yugoslav Cup winner: 1998
- Suwon Bluewings
- 2 times AFC Champions League Champions: 2001 (mvp of the final game) and 2002
- 2 times Asian Super Cup winner: 2001 and 2002
- 1 time Korean FA Cup winner: 2002
- 1 time Korean Super Cup winner: 2000
- AEK Larnaca
- 1 time Cypriot Cup winner: 2004
References
External sources
- Profile at Srbijafudbal.
- Coaching profile at Srbijafudbal.
- Zoltan Sabo – K League stats at kleague.com (Korean)