Dominik Szoboszlai (; born 25 October 2000) is a Hungarian professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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and the Hungary national team. Coming through the youth system, Szoboszlai made his senior debut in 2017 with Austrian club

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, 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

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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

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, helping his country qualify to the

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by scoring in the last minute in the

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against

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Club career

Liefering

Szoboszlai made his professional debut in the 2017–18 campaign, with the Liefering in the

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against

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on 21 July 2017. He scored his first professional goal against

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on 4 August 2017.

Red Bull Salzburg

During the 2017–18 season, he made his debut against

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on 27 May 2018. He entered the pitch in the 57th minute as a substitute for

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. He scored his first goal for the club in 6–0

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win against SC Eglo Schwarz. He scored his first league goal against

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on 17 March 2019. On 17 September 2019, he made his Champions League debut and scored his first goal in this competition against

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in a 6–2 victory. He scored a hat-trick as Salzburg won 5–1 against

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on 10 June 2020. 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

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RB Leipzig

On 17 December 2020,

announced the signing of Szoboszlai on a four-and-a-half-year contract, until June 2025. He became eligible to play in January 2021. With a reported price of €20 million, Szoboszlai became the most expensive Hungarian player in history. However, Szoboszlai could not feature in any match for RB Leipzig in the 2020–21 season due to a long-term injury. He finally debuted on 7 August 2021 in a

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game against

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where he entered the pitch in the 78th minute and scored three minutes later. On 20 August, he scored his first two goals in

in a 4–0 win over

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. On 17 April 2022, he scored the only goal of the match between

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and Leipzig on the 30th game week of the

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season.

International career

Szoboszlai was the

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of Hungary U17 team during the

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, he scored two goals and his team finished 6th in this tournament. He also was the

of Hungary U19 team during the

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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

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squad for the

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against

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and

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against

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in June 2017. He made his debut for the senior squad on 21 March 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against

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as a 54th-minute substitute for László Kleinheisler. 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

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against

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, where Hungary emerged victoriously 1–0 away against Turkey in

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. In the

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game against

, he scored a last minute winner to send Hungary into

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. Despite being initially selected to play in the latter, Szoboszlai withdrew injured on 1 June 2021. On 4 June 2022, Szoboszlai scored a penalty in a 1–0 win over

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in the

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, which was Hungary's first win against England since 31 May 1962, during the

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. After the resignation of Ádám Szalai and long-term injury of

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, the team mates of the national team and Marco Rossi appointed Szoboszlai as the new captain of the national team. Right after the friendly match against

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, 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.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Hungary's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Szoboszlai goal''.

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg *

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: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20,

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: 2018–19, 2019–20,

RB Leipzig *

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: 2021–22 Individual * Austrian Second League Team of the Season: 2017–18 *

Player of the Season: 2019–20 *

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: 2020 *

Rookie of The Month: August 2021, October 2021, April 2022

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. Szoboszlai spends his free time playing FIFA and watching anime. On 26 October 2022,

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was wearing Szoboszlai's t-shirt during his concert in

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References

External links

HLSZ

profile at magyarfutball.hu

at club home page
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Szoboszlai, Dominik 2000 births Living people Sportspeople from Székesfehérvár Hungarian footballers Hungary youth international footballers Hungary under-21 international footballers Hungary international footballers Association football midfielders FC Liefering players FC Red Bull Salzburg players RB Leipzig players 2. Liga (Austria) players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Bundesliga players Hungarian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Austria Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate footballers in Germany Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Germany