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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 (age 24)[2]
Place of birth Székesfehérvár, Hungary
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Liverpool
Number 8
Youth career
2006–2007 Videoton
2007–2015 Főnix Gold
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)
2021–2023 RB Leipzig 62 (12)
2023– Liverpool 4 (1)
International career‡
2016–2017 Hungary U17 10 (3)
2016–2018 Hungary U19 5 (2)
2017–2018 Hungary U21 8 (2)
2019– Hungary 32 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 August 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 June 2023

Dominik Szoboszlai (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈdominik ˈsoboslɒi];[3] born 25 October 2000) is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Liverpool and captains the Hungary national team. A versatile player, he is able to play as a box-to-box midfielder, right midfielder or attacking midfielder.

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. In his three seasons at the club he helped his side win two DFB-Pokal titles. In July 2023, he joined Liverpool after they paid his release clause of €70 million, making him the club's fourth-most expensive signing 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 with Liefering in 2017

Szoboszlai made his professional debut in the 2017–18 campaign, playing for the FC Liefering in the second division against Kapfenberg on 21 July 2017.[4][5] He scored his first professional goal against FC Blau-Weiß Linz on 4 August 2017.[6]

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.[7] He scored his first league goal against Wacker Innsbruck on 17 March 2019.[8] 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.[9]

He scored a hat-trick as Salzburg won 5–1 against Sturm Graz on 10 June 2020.[10] 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.[11]

RB Leipzig

2020–22: Injury and DFB-Pokal

On 17 December 2020, RB Leipzig announced the signing of Szoboszlai on a four-and-a-half-year contract, until June 2025.[12] He became eligible to play in January 2021.[12] With a reported price of €20 million, Szoboszlai became the most expensive Hungarian player in history.[13] However, Szoboszlai could not feature in any match for RB Leipzig in the 2020–21 season due to a long-term injury.[14]

Szoboszlai playing for Leipzig in 2021

In the 2021–22 Bundesliga season, he made 31 appearances and scored 6 goals.[15]

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.[16] On 20 August, he scored his first two goals in Bundesliga in a 4–0 win over VfB Stuttgart.[17] 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.[18]

2022–23: Second DFB-Pokal title

In the 2022–23 Bundesliga season he made 31 appearances and scored 6 goals.[19] He scored his first goal of the season in a 3–0 victory against Borussia Dortmund on 10 September 2022.[20] On 27 January 2023, he scored a double against VfB Stuttgart at the Red Bull Arena on the 18th matchday.[21] The final result was 2–1 to Leipzig. He scored the third goal in a 3–1 surprise victory against Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena on 20 May on the 33rd matchday.[22][23] On 3 June, he scored the second goal in a 2–0 win against Eintracht Frankfurt in the DFB-Pokal final at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.[24][25]

Liverpool

On 2 July 2023, Liverpool signed Szoboszlai on a five-year contract after triggering his release clause which was reportedly worth £60 million.[26][27] He is the third Hungarian player to play for the club after István Kozma and Ádám Bogdán; others, such as his former teammate at Leipzig Péter Gulácsi, did not manage to feature in a competitive senior fixture for Liverpool.[28] On 19 July 2023, Szoboszlai made his debut for Liverpool in a 4–2 pre-season victory against Karlsruher.[29] He later described himself as “really looking forward to having more and more games in the Liverpool shirt”.[30] On 7 August 2023, Szoboszlai provided his first assist for Liverpool, taking a corner that landed directly at the feet of Luis Díaz, in a pre-season win against Darmstadt 98.[31][32][33] On 13 August, Szoboszlai made his Premier League debut in Liverpool's opening game of the 2023–24 season as his side drew to Chelsea with a score line of 1–1.[34] Following this match, Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp labelled Szoboszlai “a beast”.[35] On 19 August, Szoboszlai made his competitive debut at Anfield, in a 3–1 victory against Bournemouth.[36] He was widely praised for his performance and Liverpool fans voted to award him the Player of the Match award.[37][38][39] Szoboszlai later stated that his teammates had “so much quality” and that they and him understood “each other so good”.[40] On 3 September, Szoboszlai scored his first goal for Liverpool in a 3–0 Premier League win against Aston Villa with a first-time finish from outside the box.[41]

International career

Szoboszlai playing for the national team in 2021

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.[42] 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.[43] 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.[44]

In the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs game against Iceland, he scored a last minute winner to send Hungary into Euro 2020.[45] Despite being initially selected to play in the latter, Szoboszlai withdrew injured on 1 June 2021.[46] 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.[47]

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.[48] Right after the friendly match against Luxembourg, Rossi said in an interview with M4 that Szoboszlai could become a top player soon, which is why he was elected captain.[49]

On 27 March 2023, he scored his first goal as a captain against Bulgaria in a 3–0 victory for Hungary in the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying at the Puskás Aréna.[50]

Personal life

Szoboszlai in 2019

Szoboszlai was born in Székesfehérvár to Zsanett (née Németh) and former footballer Zsolt Szoboszlai, who played in the lower leagues of the Austrian Football Bundesliga.[51] When Dominik was born, his mother was only 19 years old, while his father was 23 years old. His father started training him from the age of three by positioning plastic bottles on the ground to slalom with the ball.

In an interview with Nemzeti Sport, Bendegúz Bolla said that Szoboszlai's father often made Dominik practice with golf balls in his childhood.[52]

In 2022, he donated to the charity Cseppkő Gyermekotthoni Központ along with Ádám Szalai.[53][54] In 2023, he donated a shirt to the foundation that helped to raise money for the family of late Csaba Ponczok, former player of Maglódi TC, who died in 2022.[55]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played September 3rd 2023[56]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Liefering 2017–18 2. Liga 33 10 — — — — 33 10
2018–19 9 6 — — — — 9 6
Total 42 16 — — — — 42 16
Red Bull Salzburg 2017–18 Austrian Bundesliga 1 0 0 0 — — — 1 0
2018–19 16 3 3 2 — 1[b] 0 — 20 5
2019–20 27 9 6 2 — 7[c] 1 — 40 12
2020–21 12 4 2 1 — 8[d] 4 — 22 9
Total 56 16 11 5 — 16 5 — 83 26
RB Leipzig 2020–21 Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0
2021–22 31 6 5 2 — 9[e] 2 — 45 10
2022–23 31 6 6 3 — 8[d] 1 1[f] 0 46 10
Total 62 12 11 5 — 17 3 1 0 91 20
Liverpool 2023–24 Premier League 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 4 1
Career total 164 45 22 10 0 0 33 8 1 0 220 63
  1. ^ Includes Austrian Cup, DFB-Pokal
  2. ^ Appearance in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Five appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ^ Four appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. ^ Appearance in DFL-Supercup

International

As of match played 20 June 2023[57]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Hungary 2019 8 1
2020 4 2
2021 6 2
2022 10 1
2023 4 1
Total 32 7
As of match played 27 March 2023[57]
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 Puskás Aréna, Budapest, Hungary  San Marino 1–0 4–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 3–0
6 4 June 2022 Puskás Aréna, Budapest, Hungary  England 1–0 1–0 2022–23 UEFA Nations League A
7 27 March 2023 Puskás Aréna, Budapest, Hungary  Bulgaria 2–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2024 qualification

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg

RB Leipzig

Individual

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