Willi Orban

1. FC Kaiserslautern

Orbán started his career in the 1. FC Kaiserslautern youth academy as a four-year-old and progressed through the ranks of the club's academy by playing for the club's U17 and U19 sides. At the start of the 2011–12 season, Orbán was then promoted to 1. FC Kaiserslautern II squad. Shortly after, he was called up to the first team by Manager Marco Kurz. He made his first-team debut in a match against Bayern Munich on 27 August 2011. But his return was short–lived when he suffered an injury that kept him out for a month. Despite this, he signed his first professional contract with the club, keeping him until 2014. Orbán received his first start against 1. FC Nürnberg on 26 November, deputising for suspended right back Florian Dick. Orbán 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. Orbán 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 Regensburg FC on 12 May 2013. Orbán 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. At the end of the…

Orbán was born and grew up in Germany to a Hungarian father and a Polish mother, making him eligible for all three national teams: Germany, Hungary and Poland. Orbán was a youth international for Germany. In November 2009, he was called up to the Germany U18 squad for the first time. However, he never played for the side despite being called up once more. In November 2014, Orbán was called up to the Germany U21 squad for the first time. He made his Germany U21 debut on 13 November 2014, coming on as a late substitute, in a 3–2 win over Netherlands U21. Orbán went on to make two appearances for the U21 side. In August 2016, the RB Leipzig's sporting director Ralf Rangnick hinted that Orbán could potentially play for the national side. Two months later, he spoke out about the options in an interview with Bild, saying: "All three countries are still an option, Germany as one of the best football nations in the world remains for the time being my first address." His performance at RB Leipzig attracted attention from the German media over calls of including in the squad for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup. In response, Orbán made two separate interviews about his choice to play for, declaring his interests to play for the Germany national team. However, Orbán did not make the final cut to the Confederations Cup squad. Despite this, Orbán stated that he had not given up on a call-up to Germany team. On 1 October 2018, Orbán elected to represent Hungary. The decision came after…

Club

As of match played 29 August 2026

International

As of match played 9 June 2026

Scores and results list Hungary's goal tally first.

Orbán was born and grew up in Kaiserslautern, Germany to a Hungarian father and a mother of Polish descent. His parents split up when he was two, leaving his mother to raise him and his sister, Sandra. Speaking of his childhood in 2017, Orbán said: "when I was a kid at home, I shot everything with my football. A few flower vases and bottles, nothing wild, but it was enough that Mama said: The boy has too much energy, we prefer to put it in a football club. Since she has done everything right." He revealed that his father was a karate master in his youth. Because of his Hungarian father, Orbán has a Hungarian passport. Orbán attended Heinrich Heine High School in Kaiserslautern. Outside of football, Orbán is a fan of classical music and plays the violin.