Willi Orbán was born in Kaiserslautern to a Hungarian father and came through Kaiserslautern’s academy, becoming captain at a young age. RB Leipzig signed him in 2015, when the club was still in the second division.
He was part of the team that won promotion to the Bundesliga in 2016 and has been a mainstay of the defence ever since, winning the DFB-Pokal in 2022 and 2023. He is a strong, aerially dominant centre-back and a leader in the dressing room.
Orbán chose to represent Hungary and played at Euro 2020 and Euro 2024.
Career in numbers
Across 16 seasons of senior club football, beginning in 2011/12, Orbán has played 468 matches and scored 46 goals for 2 clubs. His best scoring return came in 2022/23: 5 goals in 48 appearances for RB Leipzig. So far in 2026/27 he has 2 goals in 6 appearances for RB Leipzig. The full season-by-season record is in the Stats section of this profile.