Zoltan Sabo

Serbian association football player (1972-2020)

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

Zoltan Sabo
Personal information
Full name Zoltan Sabo
Date of birth (1972-05-26)26 May 1972
Place of birth Sombor, SR Serbia,
SFR Yugoslavia
Date of death 15 December 2020(2020-12-15) (aged 48)
Place of death Sremska Kamenica, Serbia[1]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
TSC Bačka Topola (head coach)
Youth career
Jedinstvo Svetozar Miletić
Radnički Sombor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1992 Hajduk Kula 31 (1)
1992–1996 Vojvodina 114 (2)
1996–2000 Partizan 67 (1)
2000–2002 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 48 (0)
2002 Avispa Fukuoka 17 (1)
2003 Zalaegerszeg 12 (2)
2003–2004 AEK Larnaca 20 (4)
2004 Mladost Apatin 4 (0)
2005–2008 Cement Beočin 83 (1)
Total 396 (12)
Teams managed
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
2017–2020 TSC Bačka Topola
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Sabo played for Hajduk Kula, Vojvodina, and Partizan. Sabo began his managerial career at the helm of his hometown club Radnički Sombor in October 2009.

Sabo died on 15 December 2020 in Sremska Kamenica, Serbia from pulmonary embolism-related problems at the age of 48.[1]

Managerial statistics

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Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
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

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Partizan
Suwon Samsung Bluewings
AEK Larnaca

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Preminuo Zoltan Sabo
  2. "Szabó Zoltán" (in Hungarian). nela.hu. Retrieved 24 December 2017.