Balázs Sallai
Hungarian footballer (born 1979)
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Balázs Sallai (born 24 September 1979) is a Hungarian former professional footballer who played as a defender.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 24 September 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Várpalota, Hungary | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2000 | Vasas | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2000 | Vasas | 5 | (0) |
| 2000–2003 | Kecskemét | 61 | (4) |
| 2003–2004 | Budapesti Vasas | 23 | (4) |
| 2004–2005 | Kecskemét | 21 | (0) |
| 2005–2011 | Rákospalota | 135 | (0) |
| 2011 | Szigetszentmiklós | 12 | (0) |
| 2011 | Eger | 10 | (0) |
| 2017 | Várpalota | 2 | (0) |
| Total | 269 | (8) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
Rákospalota
On 9 July 2005, Sallai signed a one-year contract to join Rákospalota for the club's first-ever season in the top flight of Hungarian football.[1]
On 11 September, he scored his first competitive goal for REAC, contributing to a 5–0 away victory over Jánossomorja in the Magyar Kupa,[2] and his second and final goal came on 12 November 2008 in a 2–3 home defeat to Ferencváros in the Ligakupa.[3]
Szigetszentmiklós
In the 2011 winter transfer window, he signed for Szigetszentmiklós, a Nemzeti Bajnokság II – West club, making a switch from the Eastern division. Earlier that season, he had faced and defeated Szigetszentmiklós in the Magyar Kupa before joining them for the second half of the campaign.[4]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | Magyar Kupa | Ligakupa | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Vasas | 1998–99[5] | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| 1999–2000[6] | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| Kecskemét | 2000–01[7] | Nemzeti Bajnokság II | 17 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||
| 2001–02[8] | Nemzeti Bajnokság II | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 29 | 3 | ||
| 2002–03[9] | Nemzeti Bajnokság II | 18 | 1 | — | — | 18 | 1 | |||
| Total | 61 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | 64 | 4 | |||
| Budapesti Vasas | 2003–04[10][11][12] | Nemzeti Bajnokság II | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | 25 | 4 | |
| Kecskemét | 2004–05[13] | Nemzeti Bajnokság II | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 22 | 0 | |
| Rákospalota | 2005–06[14] | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 22 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 26 | 1 | |
| 2006–07[15] | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 25 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08[16] | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |
| 2008–09[17] | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 1 | |
| 2009–10[17] | Nemzeti Bajnokság II | 26 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 0 | |||
| 2010–11[17] | Nemzeti Bajnokság II | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| Total | 135 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 160 | 2 | ||
| Szigetszentmiklós | 2010–11[17] | Nemzeti Bajnokság II | 12 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||
| Eger | 2011–12[17] | Nemzeti Bajnokság II | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | |
| Várpalota | 2017–18[17] | Megyei Bajnokság I | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 269 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 302 | 10 | ||
Honours
Eger
- Nemzeti Bajnokság II – East: 2011–12[18]