Zoltan Sabo

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]

Zoltan Sabo

Personal information
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
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	35	(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		383	(12)
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

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[3] A month later, Sabo was appointed manager at Hajduk Kula.

Death

Sabo died on 15 December 2020, aged 48, died of a heart attack.^[4]

Managerial statistics

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

Partizan

• First League of FR Yugoslavia: 1996–97, 1998–99
• FR Yugoslavia Cup: 1997–98

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