Dominik Szoboszlai

Dominik Szoboszlai ( born 25 October 2000) is a Hungarian footballer He plays as a midfielder for club RB Leipzig in the German Bundesliga and the Hungary national team.

Dominik Szoboszlai
Szoboszlai with RB Leipzig in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-10-25) 25 October 2000
Place of birth Székesfehérvár, Hungary
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club 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 18 (4)
National team‡
2016–2017 Hungary U17 14 (7)
2016–2018 Hungary U19 7 (4)
2017–2018 Hungary U21 8 (0)
2019– Hungary 18 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 January 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 November 2021

Club career

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

Szoboszlai made his professional debut in the 2017–18 season with the Liefering in the second division against Kapfenberg on 21 July 2017.[2] He scored his first professional goal against FC Blau-Weiß Linz on 4 August 2017.[2]

Red Bull Salzburg

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[2] 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

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.[3] Due to an injury he could not play in the 2020–21 season. [4] 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.[5] On 20 August, he scored his first two goals in Bundesliga in a 4–0 win over VfB Stuttgart. [6]

International career
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.[7] 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.[8]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 6 November 2021[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
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]0205
2019–20 279627[lower-alpha 2]14012
2020–21 124218[lower-alpha 3]4229
Total 56161151658326
RB Leipzig 2020–21 Bundesliga 00000000
2021–22 184224[lower-alpha 3]2248
Total 1842242248
Career total 1163613720714950
  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

International
As of match played 12 November 2021[10]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Hungary 201981
202042
202162
Total185
As of match played 12 November 2021.[10]
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

Honours
Red Bull Salzburg
Individual
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References
  1. "Dominik Szoboszlai". FC Red Bull Salzburg. Archived from the original on 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  2. Soccerway Dominik Szoboszlai
  3. "Youngster Szoboszlai Becomes Most Expensive Hungarian Footballer Ever". Hungary Today. 2020-12-18. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  4. "Unexpected news about Dominik Szoboszlai's injury". newsline.news. 6 May 2021. Archived from the original on 16 January 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  5. "Első tétmeccsén három perc alatt gólt rúgott Szoboszlai Dominik Lipcsében" (in Hungarian). origo.hu. 7 August 2021.
  6. "Szoboszlai double earns Leipzig crushing win over Stuttgart". Bundesliga. 20 August 2021.
  7. "Slovkia v Hungary game report". UEFA. 21 March 2019.
  8. "Nations League: Dominik Szoboszlai free kick earns Hungary narrow win in Turkey". Eurosport. 3 September 2020.
  9. Dominik Szoboszlai at Soccerway
  10. Szoboszlai, Dominik at National-Football-Teams.com
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