Willi Orban

Willi Orban
Orban with 1. FC Kaiserslautern in 2011
Personal information
Full name Willi Orban
Date of birth (1992-11-03) 3 November 1992
Place of birth Kaiserslautern, Germany
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
 RB Leipzig
Number 4
Youth career
1997–2011 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 1. FC Kaiserslautern II 35 (7)
2011–2015 1. FC Kaiserslautern 68 (7)
2015– RB Leipzig 91 (8)
National team‡
2014 Germany U21 2 (0)
2018– Hungary 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:06, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:51, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

Vilmos Tamás "Willi" Orban[1] (born 3 November 1992) is a Hungarian footballer who plays as a centre back for RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga.[2][3]

Club career

1. FC Kaiserslautern

Orban started his career in the 1. FC Kaiserslautern youth academy as 4 year old. He made first-team debut in a match against Bayern Munich on 27 August 2011.[4] Orban received his first start against 1. FC Nürnberg on 26 November, deputising for suspended right back Florian Dick.[5] Orban made the team 6 times in the Bundesliga, but spent most of his time with the reserve team, 1. FC Kaiserslautern II, in the fourth tier, scoring three goals in 23 matches. Orban split the following season with the first team and the reserve team, but managed to break into the first team down the stretch, starting 4 of Kaiserslautern's final 5 matches in the 2012–13 2. Bundesliga. He scored his first goal with the first team in a 3–1 victory over Jahn Regebsburg on 12 May 2013. Orban also started both legs of Kaiserslautern's promotion playoff against 1899 Hoffenheim as the club sought an immediate return to the Bundesliga. Kaiserslautern lost 5–2 on aggregate, remaining in the second division.

RB Leipzig

In May 2015, Orban joined league rivals RB Leipzig.[6] The move caused much anger from the fans of 1. FC Kaiserslautern.[7] Orban played nearly every minute of Leipzig's successful campaign in the 2. Bundesliga, and as a center-back, was instrumental in Leipzig's league-leading defense. After picking up his fifth yellow card of the season against SV Sandhausen, Orban missed the contest against his former club, Kaiserslautern, through suspension. He scored his first goal for Leipzig in a 3–0 victory over Union Berlin on 19 February 2016, and was handed the captain's armband for two matches in March in the absence of regular captain Dominik Kaiser. Orban was sent off on his first return to the Fritz-Walter-Stadion in Kaiserslautern, after picking up his second yellow card in the 63rd minute.[8]

Orban was officially named captain of RB Leipzig by manager Ralph Hasenhüttl on 11 August 2017.[9] He extended his contract until the summer of 2022 on 13 October.[10]

International career

Orban was born in Germany to a Hungarian father and a Polish mother.[11] He is eligible for all three national teams. Orban is a youth international for Germany.

On 1 October 2018, Orban decided to represent Hungary.[12] Orban made his debut for Hungary in a 1-0 UEFA Nations League loss to Greece on 12 October 2018.[13]

Career statistics

As of match played 13 January 2018[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League DFB-Pokal Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Kaiserslautern II 2011–12 Regionalliga Südwest 233——233
2012–13 124——124
Total 357——357
Kaiserslautern 2011–12 Bundesliga 2000—20
2012–13 2. Bundesliga 71002[lower-alpha 1]091
2013–14 28241—323
2014–15 31430—344
Total 6877120778
RB Leipzig 2015–16 2. Bundesliga 32110—331
2016–17 Bundesliga 28310—293
2017–18 132206[lower-alpha 2]1213
Total 7364061837
Career total 176201118119522
  1. ↑ Appearances in the 2. Bundesliga promotion play-offs
  2. ↑ Appearances in the Champions League

Honours

club

RB Leipzig

References

  1. ↑ "Leipzig-Star Orban: Für welches Land will er auflaufen?". 90min.de (in German). 2017-09-08. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
  2. ↑ "1. FC Kaiserslautern". bundesliga.de. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "Willi Orban". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  4. ↑ "Bayern schon auf Betriebstemperatur" (in German). Fussballdaten.
  5. ↑ "Nachlese: verloren, vergessen, besser machen". 1. FC Kaiserslautern.
  6. ↑ "Orban wechselt zu RB Leipzig" (in German). Sport1.
  7. ↑ "Fan-Hass auf Orban" (in German). Bild.
  8. ↑ "Leipzig lose ground after drawing Kaiserslautern". Bundesliga. 25 April 2016.
  9. ↑ "Willi Orban named new RB Leipzig captain". Bundesliga. 11 August 2017.
  10. ↑ "RB Leipzig captain Willi Orban extends contract to 2022". Bundesliga. 13 October 2017.
  11. ↑ "Leipzig-Star Orban: Für welches Land will er auflaufen?". 8 September 2017.
  12. ↑ "RB Leipzig captain Willi Orban commits international future to Hungary". Bundesliga. 1 October 2018.
  13. ↑ https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000959/match=2024101/index.html
  14. ↑ "W. Orban". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
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