Balázs Sallai

Balázs Sallai
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-09-24) 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

Balázs Sallai (born 24 September 1979) is a Hungarian former professional footballer who played as a defender.

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

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Magyar Kupa Ligakupa Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vasas 1998–99[5] Nemzeti Bajnokság I 2010—30
1999–2000[6] Nemzeti Bajnokság I 30——30
Total 5010—60
Kecskemét 2000–01[7] Nemzeti Bajnokság II 170——170
2001–02[8] Nemzeti Bajnokság II 26330—293
2002–03[9] Nemzeti Bajnokság II 181——181
Total 61430—644
Budapesti Vasas 2003–04[10][11][12] Nemzeti Bajnokság II 23420—254
Kecskemét 2004–05[13] Nemzeti Bajnokság II 21010—220
Rákospalota 2005–06[14] Nemzeti Bajnokság I 22041—261
2006–07[15] Nemzeti Bajnokság I 23020—250
2007–08[16] Nemzeti Bajnokság I 2801070360
2008–09[17] Nemzeti Bajnokság I 2803061371
2009–10[17] Nemzeti Bajnokság II 260——260
2010–11[17] Nemzeti Bajnokság II 8020—100
Total 13501211311602
Szigetszentmiklós 2010–11[17] Nemzeti Bajnokság II 120——120
Eger 2011–12[17] Nemzeti Bajnokság II 10010—110
Várpalota 2017–18[17] Megyei Bajnokság I 20——20
Career total 269820113130210

Honours

Eger

References

  1. ↑ "Öt futballistával erősítettek" [They strengthened their team with five footballers]. nso.hu (in Hungarian). 9 July 2005. Archived from the original on 29 October 2025. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "Tanultak a múltból: most nyertek a lilák" [They learned from the past: now the purple team has won]. nso.hu (in Hungarian). 11 September 2005. Archived from the original on 29 October 2025. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  3. ↑ "A Ferencváros hármat kihasznált a REAC védelmi hibái közül" [Ferencváros took advantage of three defensive errors by REAC.]. nso.hu (in Hungarian). 12 November 2008. Archived from the original on 15 April 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  4. ↑ "NB II: átigazolási mérleg az SZTK-nál - nyolc játékos jött, kilenc játékos ment" [NB II: transfer balance at SZTK – eight players arrived, nine players left]. nso.hu (in Hungarian). 22 February 2011. Archived from the original on 29 October 2025. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  5. ↑ Ládonyi, László & Margay, Sándor (2000). "Futballévkönyv 1999/1. Magyar labdarúgás" [Football Yearbook 1999/1. Hungarian football]. arcanum.com (in Hungarian). Budapest: Aréna 2000. ISBN 9638596783. ISSN 1585-2172. Retrieved 17 September 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: periodical has ISBN (link)
  6. ↑ Ládonyi, László (2001). "Futballévkönyv 2000/1. Magyar labdarúgás" [Football Yearbook 2000/1. Hungarian football]. arcanum.com (in Hungarian). Budapest: Aréna 2000. ISSN 1585-2172. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  7. ↑ T. Szabó, Gábor (2002). "Futballévkönyv 2001/1. Magyar labdarúgás" [Football Yearbook 2001/1. Hungarian football]. arcanum.com (in Hungarian). Budapest: Aréna 2000. ISSN 1585-2172. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  8. ↑ T. Szabó, Gábor (2003). "Futballévkönyv 2002/1. Magyar labdarúgás" [Football Yearbook 2002/1. Hungarian football]. arcanum.com (in Hungarian). Budapest: Aréna 2000. ISSN 1585-2172. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  9. ↑ T. Szabó, Gábor (2004). "Futballévkönyv 2003/1. Magyar labdarúgás" [Football Yearbook 2003/1. Hungarian football]. arcanum.com (in Hungarian). Budapest: Aréna 2000. ISSN 1585-2172. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  10. ↑ Dévényi, Zoltán; Ferkai, Marcell & T. Szabó, Gábor (2005). "Futballévkönyv 2004" [Football yearbook 2004]. arcanum.com (in Hungarian). Budapest: Aréna 2000. ISSN 1585-2172. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  11. ↑ Football Yearbook did not record appearances and goals made by Sallai in Nemzeti Bajnokság II.
  12. ↑ "Sallai Balázs (Várpalota 1979.09.24 - ) • Személyek • Magyarfutball.hu - a magyar labdarúgás adatbázisa" [Balázs Sallai (Várpalota, September 24, 1979) • People • Magyarfutball.hu - the Hungarian football database]. magyarfutball.hu (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 22 September 2025. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  13. ↑ Dévényi, Zoltán; Ferkai, Marcell & T. Szabó, Gábor (2005). "Futballévkönyv 2005" [Football yearbook 2005]. arcanum.com (in Hungarian). Budapest: Aréna 2000. ISSN 1585-2172. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  14. ↑ Dévényi, Zoltán; Ferkai, Marcell; Moncz, Attila & T. Szabó, Gábor (2006). "Futballévkönyv 2006" [Football yearbook 2006]. arcanum.com (in Hungarian). Budapest: Aréna 2000. ISSN 1585-2172. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  15. ↑ Dévényi, Zoltán; Ferkai, Marcell; Kormanik, Zsolt & T. Szabó, Gábor (2007). "Futballévkönyv 2007" [Football yearbook 2007]. arcanum.com (in Hungarian). Budapest: Aréna 2000. ISSN 1585-2172. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  16. ↑ Ferkai, Marcell; Kormanik, Zsolt & T. Szabó, Gábor (2008). "Futballévkönyv 2008" [Football yearbook 2008]. arcanum.com (in Hungarian). Budapest: Aréna 2000. ISSN 1585-2172. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Balázs Sallai at Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség (MLSZ) (in Hungarian)
  18. ↑ "Feljutott az Eger az NB1-be" [Eger promoted to NB1]. nso.hu (in Hungarian). 27 May 2012. Archived from the original on 14 September 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2025.