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Dominik Szoboszlai

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Dominik Szoboszlai
Szoboszlai with RB Leipzig in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-10-25) 25 October 2000 (age 25)
Place of birth Székesfehérvár, Hungary
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Liverpool
Number 8
Youth career
2006–2007 Fehérvár FC
2007–2015 Főnix Gold
2015–2016 MTK Budapest
2016–2017 Főnix Gold
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Liefering 42 (16)
2018–2021 Red Bull Salzburg 56 (16)
2021–2023 RB Leipzig 62 (12)
2023– Liverpool 33 (3)
International career‡
2016–2017 Hungary U17 10 (3)
2016–2018 Hungary U19 5 (2)
2017–2018 Hungary U21 8 (2)
2019– Hungary 47 (12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 October 2024

Dominik Szoboszlai (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈdominik ˈsoboslɒi];[2][3] (born 25 October 2000) is a Hungarian footballer. He plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Liverpool and captains the Hungary national team.

Club career

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He played for the youth youth of Videoton, Főnix-GOLD, Újpest Dosza and MTK Budapest. 2016 he went to Austria and played for the Red Bull Academy.

Liefering

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Szoboszlai made his professional debut in the 2017–18 season with the Liefering in the second division against Kapfenberg on 21 July 2017.[4] He scored his first professional goal against FC Blau-Weiß Linz on 4 August 2017.[4]

Red Bull Salzburg

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He made his debut for FC Red Bull Salzburg against Austria Wien on 27 May 2018. He substituted Enock Mwepu in the 57th minute. He scored his first goal for the club in 6–0 Austrian Cup win against SC Eglo Schwarz[4] His first league goal he scored against Wacker Innsbruck on 17 March 2019. On 17 September 2019 he made his Champions League debut and scored his first goal in this competition against Genk in a 6–2 victory.

RB Leipzig

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On 17 December 2020 he signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with RB Leipzig. With a price of €20 million, Szoboszlai became the most expensive Hungarian player in history.[5] Due to an injury he could not play in the 2020–21 season. [6] He debuted on 7 August 2021 in a German Cup game against SV Sandhausen, where he entered the pitch in the 78th minute and scored three minutes later.[7] On 20 August, he scored his first two goals in Bundesliga in a 4–0 win over VfB Stuttgart. [8]

Liverpool FC

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In July 2023, Szoboszlai moved to Liverpool FC in the Premier League. The Premier League club paid 70 million euros. This made Szoboszlai to the most expensive departure from RB Leipzig [9]

International career

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Szoboszlai against Yandaş in Nations League

Szoboszlai was the captain of Hungary U17 team during the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Croatia. There he scored two goals and his team finished 6th in this tournament. He also was the captain of Hungary U19 team during the 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship campaign. He made his debut for U-21 team against Germany U21 on 1 September 2017. He made his debut for the senior squad on 21 March 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Slovakia as a 54th-minute substitute for László Kleinheisler.[10] He scored his first international goal against the same opponent, Slovakia, in the same UEFA Euro 2020 run in a free kick at home.

He scored in yet another free kick in the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B against Turkey, where Hungary emerged victoriously 1–0 away against Turkey in Sivas.[11]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 29 October 2023[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Liefering 2017–18 2. Liga 3310————3310
2018–19 2. Liga 96————96
Total 4216————4216
Red Bull Salzburg 2017–18 Austrian Bundesliga 1000———10
2018–19 Austrian Bundesliga 16332—1[c]0—205
2019–20 Austrian Bundesliga 27962—7[d]1—4012
2020–21 Austrian Bundesliga 12421—8[e]4—229
Total 5616115—165—8326
RB Leipzig 2020–21 Bundesliga 0000—00—00
2021–22 Bundesliga 31652—9[f]2—4510
2022–23 Bundesliga 31663—8[e]11[g]04610
Total 6212115—173109120
Liverpool 2023–24 Premier League 10100112[c]0—132
Career total 170452210113581022964
  1. ↑ Includes Austrian Cup, DFB-Pokal
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup
  3. 1 2 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Five appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  6. ↑ Four appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League
  7. ↑ Appearance in DFL-Supercup

International

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As of match played 1 February 2026[13]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Hungary 201981
202042
202162
2022101
2023104
2024135
2025102
Total5917
Scores and results list Hungary's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Szoboslai goal.
List of international goals scored by Dominik Szoboszlai
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
19 September 2019Groupama Aréna , Budapest, Hungary Slovakia1-11-2UEFA Euro qualification
23 September 2020BG Grup 4 Eylül Stadyumu, Sivas, Turkey Turkey0-10-1UEFA Nations League B
312 November 2020Puskás Aréna , Budapest, Hungary Iceland2-12-1EM qualification play off
412 November 2021Puskás Aréna, Budapest, Hungary San Marino1-04-0FIFA WM qualification
53-0
64 June 2022Puskás Aréna, Budapest, Hungary England1-01-0UEFA Nations League A
727 March 2023Puskás Aréna, Budapest, Hungary Bulgaria2-03-0UEFA Euro qualification
817 October 2023Dariaus ir Girėno stadionas, Kaunas, Lithuania Lithuania2-12-2UEFA Euro qualification
912 November 2021Puskás Aréna, Budapest, Hungary Montenegro1-13-1UEFA Euro qualification
102-1
1122 March 2024Puskás Aréna, Budapest, Hungary Turkey1-01-0Friendly match
1226 March 2024Puskás Aréna, Budapest, Hungary Kosovo1-02-0Friendly match
1312 November 2021Bilino Polje , Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina1-02-0UEFA Nations League A
142-0
1519 November 2024Puskás Aréna, Budapest, Hungary Germany1-11-1UEFA Nations League A
1619 November 2024Liv Bona Dea Arena , Mardakan, Azerbaijan Azerbaijan2-12-1Friendly match
1719 November 2024Estádio José Alvalade , Lisbon, Portugal Portugal2-22-2FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

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Red Bull Salzburg

RB Leipzig

Individual

References

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  1. ↑ "Dominik Szoboszlai". FC Red Bull Salzburg. Archived from the original on 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  2. ↑ Price, Glenn (2 July 2023). "How do you pronounce 'Dominik Szoboszlai'? The man himself reveals". Liverpool FC. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  3. ↑ "Szoboszlai Dominik a Csisztu Sport Castben, a teljes interjú!" [Dominik Szoboszlai in the Csisztu Sport Cast, the full interview!]. Youtube (in Hungarian). 31 July 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 Soccerway Dominik Szoboszlai
  5. ↑ "Youngster Szoboszlai Becomes Most Expensive Hungarian Footballer Ever". Hungary Today. 2020-12-18. Archived from the original on 2021-04-17. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  6. ↑ "Unexpected news about Dominik Szoboszlai's injury". newsline.news. 6 May 2021. Archived from the original on 16 January 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "Első tétmeccsén három perc alatt gólt rúgott Szoboszlai Dominik Lipcsében" (in Hungarian). origo.hu. 7 August 2021. Archived from the original on 16 January 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  8. ↑ "Szoboszlai double earns Leipzig crushing win over Stuttgart". Bundesliga. 20 August 2021.
  9. ↑ Liverpool FC
  10. ↑ "Slovkia v Hungary game report". UEFA. 21 March 2019.
  11. ↑ "Nations League: Dominik Szoboszlai free kick earns Hungary narrow win in Turkey". Eurosport. 3 September 2020.
  12. ↑ Dominik Szoboszlai at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  13. ↑ Szoboszlai, Dominik at National-Football-Teams.com
  14. ↑ Peeters, Thomas (23 May 2022). "A thriller in Berlin: how relentless RB Leipzig won their first major title". Red Bull. Archived from the original on 13 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  15. ↑ "Christopher Nkunku-inspired RB Leipzig beat Eintracht Frankfurt to win DFB Cup". Bundesliga. 3 June 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  16. 1 2 3 "Bundesliga Rookie Award". Bundesliga. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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