Dominik Szoboszlai

Dominik Szoboszlai (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈsoboslɒi]; born 25 October 2000) is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and captains the Hungary national team.

The native form of this personal name is Szoboszlai Dominik. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Dominik Szoboszlai
Szoboszlai with Red Bull Salzburg in 2020
Personal information
Full name Dominik Szoboszlai[1]
Date of birth (2000-10-25) 25 October 2000
Place of birth Székesfehérvár, Hungary
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 RB Leipzig
Number 17
Youth career
2006–2007 Videoton
2007–2015 Főnix Gold
2011 → Újpest (loan)
2015–2016 MTK Budapest
2016–2017 Liefering
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Liefering 42 (16)
2018–2021 Red Bull Salzburg 56 (16)
2021– RB Leipzig 60 (11)
International career‡
2016–2017 Hungary U17 10 (3)
2016–2018 Hungary U19 5 (2)
2017–2018 Hungary U21 8 (2)
2019– Hungary 30 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 March 2023

Coming through the youth system, Szoboszlai made his senior debut in 2017 with Austrian club FC Liefering, the reserve team of Red Bull Salzburg. In January 2018, Szoboszlai debuted with the parent club, becoming a starter from the 2018–19 season. Following three seasons, where he helped his club win three league titles and two domestic cups, in January 2021, Szoboszlai moved to Germany at RB Leipzig, a club associated with Red Bull Salzburg, for a reported of €20 million, making him the most expensive Hungarian footballer of all time.

Szoboszlai represented Hungary internationally, both at youth and senior levels. He made his senior debut at the Euro 2020 qualifiers, helping his country qualify to the finals by scoring in the last minute in the play-offs against Iceland.

Club career

Liefering

Szoboszlai made his professional debut in the 2017–18 campaign, with the Liefering in the second division against Kapfenberg on 21 July 2017.[3][4] He scored his first professional goal against FC Blau-Weiß Linz on 4 August 2017.[5]

Red Bull Salzburg

During the 2017–18 season, he made his debut against Austria Wien on 27 May 2018. He entered the pitch in the 57th minute as a substitute for Enock Mwepu. He scored his first goal for the club in 6–0 Austrian Cup win against SC Eglo Schwarz.[6] He scored his first league goal against Wacker Innsbruck on 17 March 2019.[7] 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.[8]

He scored a hat-trick as Salzburg won 5–1 against Sturm Graz on 10 June 2020.[9] He finished the season with 9 goals and 14 assists in 27 league matches, and was voted player of the season for 2019–20 in Austrian football's top tier, the Bundesliga.[10]

RB Leipzig

On 17 December 2020, RB Leipzig announced the signing of Szoboszlai on a four-and-a-half-year contract, until June 2025.[11] He became eligible to play in January 2021.[11] With a reported price of €20 million, Szoboszlai became the most expensive Hungarian player in history.[12] However, Szoboszlai could not feature in any match for RB Leipzig in the 2020–21 season due to a long-term injury.[13] He finally 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.[14] On 20 August, he scored his first two goals in Bundesliga in a 4–0 win over VfB Stuttgart.[15] On 17 April 2022, he scored the only goal of the match between Bayer 04 Leverkusen and Leipzig on the 30th game week of the 2021–22 Bundesliga season.[16]

International career
Szoboszlai in nations team

Szoboszlai was the captain of Hungary U17 team during the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Croatia, 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 received his first call up to the senior Hungary squad for the friendly match against Russia and 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification against Andorra in June 2017.[17] 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.[18] 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.[19]

In the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs game against Iceland, he scored a last minute winner to send Hungary into Euro 2020.[20] Despite being initially selected to play in the latter, Szoboszlai withdrew injured on 1 June 2021.[21] On 4 June 2022, Szoboszlai scored a penalty in a 1–0 win over England in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League A, which was Hungary's first win against England since 31 May 1962, during the 1962 FIFA World Cup.[22]

After the resignation of Ádám Szalai and long-term injury of Péter Gulácsi, the team mates of the national team and Marco Rossi appointed Szoboszlai as the new captain of the national team.[23] Right after the friendly match against Luxembourg, Rossi said in an interview with M4 that Szoboszlai could become a top player soon, that is why he was elected as the captain of the national team.[24]

On 27 March 2023, he scored against Bulgaria in a 3-0 victory for Hungary in the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying at the Puskás Aréna.[25]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 14 May 2023[26]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Liefering 2017–18 2. Liga 3310———3310
2018–19 96———96
Total 4216———4216
Red Bull Salzburg 2017–18 Austrian Bundesliga 1000——10
2018–19 163321[lower-alpha 1]0—205
2019–20 279627[lower-alpha 2]1—4012
2020–21 124218[lower-alpha 3]4—229
Total 5616115165—8326
RB Leipzig 2020–21 Bundesliga 000000—00
2021–22 316529[lower-alpha 4]2—4510
2022–23 295528[lower-alpha 3]11[lower-alpha 5]0438
Total 6011104173108818
Career total 158432193381021360
  1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. Five appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  4. Four appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. Appearance in DFL-Supercup

International
As of match played 23 March 2023[27]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Hungary 201981
202042
202162
2022101
202321
Total307
As of match played 27 March 2023.[27]
Scores and results list Hungary's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Szoboszlai goal.
List of international goals scored by Dominik Szoboszlai
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 9 September 2019 Groupama Arena, Budapest, Hungary  Slovakia 1–1 1–2 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
2 3 September 2020 New Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium, Sivas, Turkey  Turkey 1–0 1–0 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B
3 12 November 2020 Puskás Aréna, Budapest, Hungary  Iceland 2–1 2–1 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
4 12 November 2021  San Marino 1–0 4–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 3–0
6 4 June 2022  England 1–0 1–0 2022–23 UEFA Nations League A
7 27 March 2023  Bulgaria 2–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg

RB Leipzig

Individual

Personal life

In an interview with Nemzeti Sport, Bendegúz Bolla said that Szoboszlai's father often made Dominik practice with golf balls in his childhood.[30]

Szoboszlai spends his free time playing FIFA and watching anime.[31] On 26 October 2022, 50 Cent was wearing Szoboszlai's t-shirt during his concert in László Papp Budapest Sports Arena.[32][33]

References
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  4. "Légiósok: a Salzburg új kihívás elé állította Szoboszlait". NSO.hu (in Hungarian). 13 June 2017.
  5. "Légiósok: megvan Szoboszlai első gólja a felnőttek között – videó" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 4 August 2017.
  6. "Légiósok: Szoboszlai megszerezte az első gólját a Salzburgban" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 22 September 2018.
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