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Dominik Szoboszlai: An Exceptional Midfielder

This Remarkable Talent was born on October 25, 2000 (23 years of age). His hometown is known as Székesfehérvár, which is one of the largest city of Hungary. Szoboszlai can efficiently play as box-to-box midfielder and attacking midfielder. He is a protean midfielder who had knack for football since childhood and used to train with his father in his hometown. He plays as a captain in Hungary National Team. He also earned the title of Footballer of the Year in 2022.

Inception of Professional Career

Dominik got himself in the world of football by joining clubs like Fehérvár FC, Főnix Gold and MTK Budapest in his youth from 2006-2017. Then he made a debut in Hungary U17 national team, made 10 appearances and scored 3 goals. He made his way in Hungary senior national team in 2019 and wears shirt number 10 for Hungary National Team and captains Hungary National Team.

Life at Liefering and RB Salzburg

FC Liefering is a club which is based in Liefering, part of Salzburg, Austria. Szoboszlai made his club debut at FC Liefering in 2017 against Austrian club based in Kapfenberg, Styria. Dominik made 42 appearances where he was successful in scoring 16 goals for his club. Then he moved to RedBull Salzburg, which is an Aistrian club plays in top flight of football, Austrian Bundesliga. At RB Sulzburg, he relished many triumphs, for instance, three Austrian Bundesliga titles and two Austrian domestic cups. In his 56 appearances at RB Salzburg, he managed to score 16 goals.

RedBull Leipzig career in German Bundesliga

Szoboszlai joined RB Leipzig on December 2020, with transfer fee of approximately 20 million euros making him the most valuable Hunagrian player in history of football. He managed to score 12 goals in 62 matches for RB Leipzig. Szoboszlai scored his debut goal for Leipzig in German Cup DFB-Pokal against SV Sandhausen. He suffered injury at Leipzig which made him unavailable for 2020-2021 Bundesliga season. He had also scored 3 goals in Champions League, Szoboszlai won two DFB-Pokal which is a German cup, in 2021/22 and 2022/23. He was Bundesliga Rookie of the month for August 2021, October 2021 and April 2022.

A New Journey at Liverpool

Liverpool which is a premier league giant, signed Dominik Szoboszlai with price of approximately 60 million pounds. He made Liverpool debut in 2023-24 premier league season in Liverpool’s first match of the campaign against west London club Chelsea, Szoboszlai scored his debut goal against Aston Villa at Anfield, Liverpool and became first Hungarian, which have scored for this English club.He was Standard Chartered Men’s Player of the month for the month of August. He wears Shirt no. 8 for Liverpool, which was once worn by Liverpool legend and captain Steven Gerrard.

Steven Gerrard can become a beast midfielder under the tutelage of Liverpool manager, Jürgen Klopp, which is considered by many as best manager in the world. Szoboszlai might have some hidden feats to reveal for us in his repertoire in near future.

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