Roland Sallai


Roland Sallai is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays for German club SC Freiburg. He also plays for Hungary national football team.

Club career

Puskas FC

Roland Sallai started his professional career at Puskás FC where he played from 2014 until the summer of 2017, Played 65 matches and scored 4 goals in all the events for Puskás FC.

Palermo (loan)

On 4 August 2016, Sallai joined Italian club U.S. Città di Palermo on a seasonal loan, until the end of the 2016–17 season with a loan fee of €300,000.
Sallai completed 84 minutes on his debut for Serie A's club on 10 September 2016 against Napoli. He scored his first official goal for Palermo on 19 March 2017 against Udinese. He appeared in 21 Serie A matches and scored 1 goal.

APOEL

On 29 August 2017, it was announced that APOEL had secured his signature on a four year contract until the end of May 2021, for an undisclosed transfer fee from Puskás, rumored to be around €2 million.
On 9 September, he made his debut and scored his first goal against Nea Salamina. He appeared in 29 Cypriot First Division matches and scored 9 goals.
He also appeared in 6 UEFA Champions League matches against Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund and Tottenham Hotspur.

SC Freiburg

On 31 August 2018, Sallai signed a four-year deal with Bundesliga club, SC Freiburg for a fee reported to be €4.5 million. On 22 September 2018 he scored and won a penalty on his debut against Wolfsburg at Volkswagen Arena on the 4th match day of the 2018–19 Bundesliga in a 3–1 victory.

International career

Sallai was part of the Hungarian U-20 team at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, playing in two games. He made his debut for U-21 team against Italy U21 on 12 August 2015.
He made his full international debut on 20 May 2016 in a friendly match against Ivory Coast at the Groupama Arena, Budapest, Hungary. On 5 May 2016, Sallai was named in Hungary's preliminary Euro 2016 squad, but was left off of final squad for the tournament. On 11 September 2018, he scored his first goal for the national team against Greece at the Groupama Arena, Budapest, in a 2018–19 UEFA Nations League C match.

Personal life

His uncle is former Hungarian national team defender Sándor Sallai.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.11 September 2018Groupama Arena, Budapest, Hungary1–02–12018–19 UEFA Nations League C