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 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 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 29 (6)
National team‡
2016–2017 Hungary U17 10 (3)
2016–2018 Hungary U19 5 (2)
2017–2018 Hungary U21 8 (2)
2019– Hungary 20 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 May 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2022

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.[2][3] He scored his first professional goal against FC Blau-Weiß Linz on 4 August 2017.[4]

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.[5] He scored his first league goal against Wacker Innsbruck on 17 March 2019.[6] 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.[7]

He scored a hat-trick as Salzburg won 5–1 against Sturm Graz on 10 June 2020.[8] 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.[9]

RB Leipzig

On 17 December 2020, RB Leipzig announced the signing of Szoboszlai on a four-and-a-half-year contract, until June 2025.[10] He became eligible to play in January 2021.[10] With a reported price of €20 million, Szoboszlai became the most expensive Hungarian player in history.[11] However, Szoboszlai could not feature in any match for RB Leipzig in the 2020–21 season due to a long-term injury.[12] 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.[13] On 20 August, he scored his first two goals in Bundesliga in a 4–0 win over VfB Stuttgart. [14] 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.[15]

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, 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.[16] 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.[17] 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.[18]

In the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs game against Iceland, he scored a last minute winner to send Hungary into Euro 2020.[19] Despite being initially selected to play in the latter, Szoboszlai withdrew injured on 1 June 2021.[20]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 2 May 2022[21]
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 296428[lower-alpha 4]24110
Total 29642824110
Career total 1273815724716652
  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, four appearances in UEFA Europa League

International
As of match played 29 March 2022[22]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Hungary 201981
202042
202162
202220
Total205
As of match played 12 November 2021.[22]
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

References
  1. "Dominik Szoboszlai". FC Red Bull Salzburg.
  2. "Ausztria: Szoboszlai gólpasszt adott, csapata nyert" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 21 July 2017.
  3. "Légiósok: a Salzburg új kihívás elé állította Szoboszlait". NSO.hu (in Hungarian). 13 June 2017.
  4. "Légiósok: megvan Szoboszlai első gólja a felnőttek között – videó" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 4 August 2017.
  5. "Légiósok: Szoboszlai megszerezte az első gólját a Salzburgban" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 22 September 2018.
  6. "Légiósok: Szoboszlai válogatott formában – kezdett és gólt lőtt!" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 17 March 2019.
  7. "Videó: Szoboszlai góllal kezdte a Bajnokok Ligája-idényt!" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 17 September 2019.
  8. "Légiósok: Szoboszlai triplázott, a Salzburg öt gólig jutott a Sturm ellen" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 10 June 2020.
  9. "Légiósok: Szoboszlait választották meg az idény legjobbjának" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 5 July 2020.
  10. "RasenBallsport Leipzig - Neuzugang-Szoboszlai". redbulls (in German). Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  11. "Youngster Szoboszlai Becomes Most Expensive Hungarian Footballer Ever". Hungary Today. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  12. "Unexpected news about Dominik Szoboszlai's injury". newsline.news. 6 May 2021.
  13. "Első tétmeccsén három perc alatt gólt rúgott Szoboszlai Dominik Lipcsében" (in Hungarian). origo.hu. 7 August 2021.
  14. "Szoboszlai double earns Leipzig crushing win over Stuttgart". Bundesliga. 20 August 2021.
  15. "Bayer Leverkusen 0-1 Leipzig". Soccerway. 17 April 2022.
  16. "Válogatott: Szoboszlait valóban behívta Storck – megvan a légióskeret!" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 19 May 2017.
  17. "Slovkia v Hungary game report". UEFA. 21 March 2019.
  18. "Nations League: Dominik Szoboszlai free kick earns Hungary narrow win in Turkey". Eurosport. 3 September 2020.
  19. "Hungary 2 Iceland 1". BBC Sport. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  20. "Rossi announces 26-man squad for European Championship". Hungarian Football Federation. 1 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  21. Dominik Szoboszlai at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  22. "Szoboszlai, Dominik". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
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