Mário Sauer
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 15 May 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Bratislava, Slovakia | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
1. FC Kaiserslautern (on loan from Toulouse) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2013 | Rača | ||
| 2014–2018 | Slovan Bratislava | ||
| 2018–2020 | Žilina | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2023 | Žilina B | 23 | (7) |
| 2021–2025 | Žilina | 87 | (14) |
| 2025– | Toulouse | 29 | (1) |
| 2026– | → 1. FC Kaiserslautern (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| Slovakia U15 | 9 | (3) | |
| Slovakia U16 | 8 | (0) | |
| Slovakia U17 | 2 | (0) | |
| Slovakia U18 | 5 | (1) | |
| 2022–2023 | Slovakia U19 | 14 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Slovakia U20 | 6 | (0) |
| 2023– | Slovakia U21 | 17 | (3) |
| 2026– | Slovakia | 2 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 June 2026 | |||
Mário Sauer (born 15 May 2004) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club 2. Bundesliga club 1. FC Kaiserslautern, on loan from Ligue 1 club Toulouse, and the Slovakia national team.
Club career
MŠK Žilina
Sauer made his Fortuna Liga debut for Žilina against Spartak Trnava on 16 May 2021. He came on in the second half replacing Vahan Bichakhchyan.[1]
Toulouse
International career
Sauer played for the Slovakia U-19 side alongside his younger brother, Leo Sauer. Both were selected for the Slovakia U-20 side to compete at the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[3]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 17 May 2026
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Žilina B | 2020–21 | 2. Liga | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | 2. Liga | 11 | 4 | — | — | — | 11 | 4 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 2. Liga | 11 | 3 | — | — | — | 11 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 23 | 7 | — | — | — | 23 | 7 | |||||
| Žilina | 2020–21 | Slovak First Football League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | Slovak First Football League | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 1 | |||
| 2022–23 | Slovak First Football League | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 16 | 1 | |||
| 2023–24 | Slovak First Football League | 29 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | — | 34 | 6 | ||
| 2024–25 | Slovak First Football League | 32 | 7 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 37 | 8 | |||
| Total | 87 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 99 | 16 | |||
| Toulouse | 2025–26 | Ligue 1 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 135 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 24 | ||
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Conference League
International
- As of match played 5 June 2026
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 2026 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 | |
References
- ↑ FC SPARTAK TRNAVA - MŠK ŽILINA 1 - 1 16.05.2021, sportnet.sme.sk
- ↑ "Mario Sauer s'engage avec le Toulouse Football Club" (in French). Toulouse FC. 22 May 2025. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ↑ Pančík, Vladimír (6 May 2023). "Namiesto debutu v prvom tíme Feyenoordu môže Leo Sauer zažiť účasť na MS U20 a to po boku brata Mária". Sport.Aktuality.sk. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
External links
- MŠK Žilina official club profile (in Slovak)
- Mário Sauer at Soccerway
- Futbalnet profile (in Slovak)
- Mário Sauer at the Slovak First Football League (in Slovak)
Categories:
- 2004 births
- Footballers from Bratislava
- Living people
- 21st-century Slovak sportsmen
- Men's association football midfielders
- Slovak men's footballers
- Slovakia men's youth international footballers
- Slovakia men's under-21 international footballers
- MŠK Žilina players
- Toulouse FC players
- 2. Liga (Slovakia) players
- Ligue 1 players
- Slovak First Football League players
- Slovak expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Slovak expatriate sportspeople in France
- Slovakia men's international footballers
- Slovak football midfielder stubs