Anton Salétros

AIK

Born in Stockholm, Salétros started his career with local club Enskede IK before joining his home-town team AIK in 2010. On 31 August 2013, he made his debut with the first team squad in Sweden's top flight, Allsvenskan, replacing Ibrahim Moro against Gefle IF, in his only official appearance of that championship. In the following season he played 15 games, including 3 as a starter. On 25 April 2016 he scored his first league goal, with a shot from outside the area in a 2-1 win over IF Elfsborg. In order to allow him to get more regular playing time, in August 2017 the AIK management chose to loan Salétros to the Hungarian side Újpest FC until 30 June 2018. With the Budapest team he made five appearances, before returning to AIK. In January 2018 he returned to AIK a few months before the loan expired, and played 12 league games, scoring 3 goals as AIK won the league title.

Rostov

On 6 June 2018, Salétros signed a four-year contract with the Russian Premier League club Rostov. He scored his first goal for the club on 26 September 2018 in a Russian Cup 4–0 victory over a third-tier club FC Syzran-2003.

loan to AIK

On 6 February 2019, he returned to AIK on loan until 30 June 2019. The loan was then extended to 31 December 2019. During the season he was a regular starter for AIK, appearing in 26 league matches and scored two goals.

Sarpsborg 08

On 14 February 2020, Sarpsborg 08 announced that they had signed Salétros on a loan deal…

Salétros was a part of the Sweden U17 team that finished third at the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup. He made his senior international debut for the Sweden national team in a friendly game against Kosovo on 12 January 2020. On 10 June 2025, Salétros scored his first senior international goal, a direct free-kick, for Sweden in a 4–3 friendly victory against Algeria.

Salétros operates normally as a classic central-midfield-playmaker but can be deployed at all positions on the midfield, including as a box-to-box midfielder, deep-lying playmaker, wide-midfielder but most regularly as an classic central midfielder. Salétros is known for his passing accuracy and teamplay.

Anton Salétros grew up in Farsta, Stockholm Municipality to a Swedish mother and a Hungarian father. Salétros is a boyhood fan of AIK and began visit their home games from an early age. Salétros is also a supporter of Liverpool FC where his role model was Steven Gerrard. Salétros was in a relationship with Sweden women international Johanna Rytting Kaneryd from 2018 to 2024.