Dániel Sallói

Dániel Sallói (Hungarian: [ˈdaːniɛl ˈʃɒlloːi]; born 19 July 1996) is a Hungarian football player who currently plays for Sporting Kansas City as a striker.[1]

The native form of this personal name is Sallói Dániel. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Dániel Sallói
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-07-19) 19 July 1996
Place of birth Siófok, Hungary
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Sporting Kansas City
Number 20
Youth career
2005–2014 Újpest FC
2014–2015 Sporting Kansas City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Újpest FC 12 (1)
2016– Sporting Kansas City 79 (15)
2016 → Swope Park Rangers 10 (4)
2016 → Vasas SC (loan) 0 (0)
2016 → Gyirmót (loan) 13 (2)
2017 → Swope Park Rangers 3 (1)
National team‡
2013–2014 Hungary U18 1 (0)
2017– Hungary U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:51, 6 October 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:01, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

Club career

Youth

Sallói worked his way through the youth ranks of Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Újpest FC in his home town of Budapest, Hungary beginning in 2005.[2] He was a member of the U16, U17, and U21 sides between 2011 and 2014. He was named the U16 and U17 academy Player of the Year during his one season with each team. For the 2013/14 season, the U21 team claimed second place in Hungary's U21 championship with Sallói as a member.[3] In 2014, he traveled to the United States as a foreign exchange student and attended Blue Valley Northwest High School in Overland Park, Kansas. At that time he joined the U18 academy of Sporting Kansas City of Major League Soccer coached by fellow Hungarian and friend of his father István Urbányi. During the 2014/15 academy season, he scored a team-high 21 goals in 28 appearances, including three hat-tricks.[4]

Professional

In July 2015, Sallói returned to his former club by signing for the first team of Újpest FC, although on an amateur contract. He made his professional debut on 18 July 2015, a day before his 19th birthday. He scored his first professional league goal exactly one week later in a 3-1 victory over Vasas SC. He also made four appearances for the club in the Magyar Kupa, scoring six goals in the competition. In total, he scored seven goals and four assists in sixteen matches in all competitions.[4][5] In league play, he scored one goal in twelve appearances.[6]

On 13 January 2016, it was announced that Sallói had returned to Sporting Kansas City, signing a professional, first-team contract and becoming the club's fourth all-time homegrown player. He was eligible to be a HGP because of his residence in the area and because he had played for the club's academy team.[4]

Prior to the 2016 Major League Soccer season, Sallói was loaned to Sporting's reserve side, Swope Park Rangers.[7] In total, he scored four goals in ten league appearances during the loan.[8] In June 2016, it was announced that he would return to Hungary for a year-long loan at Vasas.[9] However after only the first match of the season, the loan was switched to newly promoted Gyirmót who was coached by István Urbányi, Sallói's former coach at the Sporting Kansas City Academy.[10]

International career

Sallói was a member of Hungary's national U18 side from 2013-2014.[3] He was a member of the U18 squad for the Václav Ježek Tournament in 2013[11] and debuted for the U18 team during the tournament during a 1–0 victory over Ukraine.[12] The team won the bronze medal in the tournament after beating the Czech Republic 5–4 on penalties in the 3rd place match in which Sallói came on as a 46th-minute substitute.[13] On 16 March 2014, he appeared in a friendly draw against Gibraltar as part of the team's preparation for the 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.[14] However, he was not named to the squad for the tournament[15] because of travel restrictions on his visa while he lived in the United States.[16] He has also trained with the national U21 team.[4]

Personal

Sallói was born in Siófok, Hungary and was raised in Budapest. He is the son of former professional footballer and Hungarian international and current coach István Sallói.[4]

In April 2019, Sallói earned a U.S. green card which qualifies him as a domestic player for MLS roster purposes.[17]

Career statistics
As of 14 March 2018[6]
Club Season League Cup League Cup International Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Újpest FC 2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 12122——143
Sporting Kansas City 2016 Major League Soccer 0000000000
2017 2234310—276
2018 25732——289
Total 47107510005515
Swope Park Rangers (loan) 2016 USL104———104
Vasas SC (loan) 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I00———00
Gyirmót (loan) 132———132
Swope Park Rangers (loan) 2017 USL31———31
Career total 85189710009525

References
  1. "MLS profile". Major League Soccer. Archived from the original on 19 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  2. "Újpest: Sallói Dániel visszatért, amatőr szerződést kötött" (in Hungarian). nemzetisport.hu. Archived from the original on 24 November 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  3. "USSDA profile". USSDA. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  4. Kovzan, Sam. "Sporting KC signs Daniel Salloi as Homegrown Player". Sporting Kansas City. Archived from the original on 16 January 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  5. "Fradi and Honvéd win again but Vidi remain pointless". Hungarian Football Federation. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  6. "Soccerway profile". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 26 December 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  7. Bergabo, Patrik. "Swope Park Rangers add Jon Kempin, Jimmy Medranda and Daniel Salloi on loan from Sporting KC". Sporting Kansas City. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  8. "2016 SPR Statistics". USL. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  9. "Daniel Salloi to spend 2016 on loan with Gyirmot FC Gyor". Sporting Kansas City. Archived from the original on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  10. "Salloi Loan Switched to Gyirmot FC Gyor". Down the Byline. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  11. "Hungary-Turkey". Turkish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  12. "Újabb Sallói lett válogatott". fourfourtwo.hu. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  13. "Bronzérmes az U18-as válogatott" (in Hungarian). fourfourtwo.hu. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  14. "U19 International – Gibraltar 2-2 Hungary Report". gibfootballtalk.wordpress.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  15. "Hungary 2014" (PDF). UEFA. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  16. "Amerikába költözött U21-es játékosunk, Sallói Dániel". u21-u17.utelabdarugas.hu. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  17. "Sporting KC signs 27-year-old defender Nicolas Hasler". SportingKC.com. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
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