Career
Playing for Varteks Varaždin, Sabolčki established himself as one of the most talented Croatian football players of his generation and signed a contract with the country"s top club Dinamo Zagreb less than a week prior to his death in a road accident in the early morning of 30 May 2003. Sabolčki rose through the youth ranks of Varteks before penning his first professional contract at the club in 1998, at the age of 18. He quickly established himself as a first-team regular at the club, appearing in a total of 121 matches and scoring 11 goals in the Prva HNL over the following five seasons.
He also made some Union of European Football Associations Cup appearances with the club
At the time of his death, he had already signed a contract with Croatian top club Dinamo Zagreb and was about to join the club at the beginning of the 2003-2004 season. Between 1998 and 2001, Sabolčki was a regular with the Croatian national under-21 football team, winning a total of 18 international caps with the team
He was also part of the Croatian squad at the 1999 Fédération internationale de football association World Youth Championship, where he scored his only international goal in a 5-1 victory over Kazakhstan in the group stage. The following year, he also played for Croatia at the 2000 Union of European Football Associations European Under-21 Championship.
His second appearance came against Macedonia in another international friendly in February 2003.
At the age of 23, Sabolčki was killed in a road accident that occurred in a Varaždin suburb in the early morning of 30 May 2003, when he lost control over his Audi A3 at high speed. Sabolčki and two other passengers, 20-year-old Kristijan Kitner and 24-year-old Krunoslav Sabolić, were ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene. Kitner and Sabolić were also professional football players, both goalkeepers.
Kitner was in his first professional season with Varteks, while Sabolić had left Varteks for Slaven Belupo a few years earlier.