Dominik Szoboszlai

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.

Dominik Szoboszlai ( 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.

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.

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

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 fee 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.

During the 2017–18 season, he made his debut against Austria Wien on 27 May 2018.

He scored his first league goal 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.

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.

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.

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

On 17 December 2020, RB Leipzig 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.

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

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.

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.

In the 2022–23 Bundesliga season he made 31 appearances and scored 6 goals.

He scored his first goal of the season in a 3–0 victory against Borussia Dortmund on 10 September 2022.

On 27 January 2023, he scored a double against VfB Stuttgart at the Red Bull Arena on the 18th matchday.

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.

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.

On 2 July 2023, Liverpool signed Szoboszlai on a five-year contract after triggering his release clause which was reportedly worth £60 million.

He is the third Hungarian player to play for the club.

On 13 August, Szoboszlai made his debut for Liverpool in their opening game of the 2023–24 season as his side drew to Chelsea with a score line of 1–1.

On 19 August, Szoboszlai made his competitive debut at Anfield, in a 3–1 victory against Bournemouth.

He was widely praised for his performance and Liverpool fans voted to award him the Player of the Match award.

On 3 September 2023, Szoboszlai scored his first goal for Liverpool in a 3–0 Premier League win against Aston Villa, using his weak foot to strike from outside the box in the 3rd minute.

He also became the first Hungarian to score for Liverpool.

He was eventually voted as Player of the Match.