Dominik Szoboszlai (; (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

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.

Dominik Szoboszlai

Liefering

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

Dominik Szoboszlai

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 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.

Dominik Szoboszlai

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

International career

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. 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.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg

Austrian Bundesliga: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21

Austrian Cup: 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21

RB Leipzig

DFB-Pokal: 2021–22, 2022–23

Individual

Austrian Second League Team of the Season: 2017–18

Austrian Bundesliga Player of the Season: 2019–20

Hungarian Sportsman of The Year: 2020

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

References

2000 births

Living people

Hungarian footballers

Association football midfielders

Players of FC Liefering

FC Red Bull Salzburg players

RB Leipzig players

Austrian football champions

Liverpool F.C. players