Benjamin Šeško
Benjamin Šeško (born 31 May 2003) is a Slovenian professional footballer. He plays as a forward for Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg and the Slovenia national team.
_21_(cropped).jpg) Šeško with Red Bull Salzburg in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 31 May 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Radeče, Slovenia[1] | ||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[2] | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | RB Leipzig | ||
| Number | 30 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2013 | Radeče | ||
| 2013–2014 | Rudar Trbovlje | ||
| 2014–2016 | Radeče | ||
| 2016–2018 | Krško | ||
| 2018–2019 | Domžale | ||
| 2019–2020 | Red Bull Salzburg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2023 | Red Bull Salzburg | 55 | (21) |
| 2019–2021 | → FC Liefering (loan) | 44 | (22) |
| 2023– | RB Leipzig | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2017–2018 | Slovenia U15 | 6 | (4) |
| 2018 | Slovenia U16 | 4 | (4) |
| 2018–2019 | Slovenia U17 | 14 | (5) |
| 2020 | Slovenia U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2021– | Slovenia | 21 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:58, 1 July 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:37, 20 June 2023 (UTC) | |||
Career
He started at his hometown club NK Radeče. He then played for Rudar Trbovlje and then returned to Radeče where he played for the under-15s and under-17s. In the 2017–18 season, he scored 59 goals in 23 matches for the under-15s. In 2018 he went to Domžale.
2019 Sesko signed a contract with FC Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Bundesliga. [3] After the signing he went on loan to the farmteam FC Liefering in the Austrian Second League. For Liefering he scored in the 2020-21 season 21 goals in 29 matches, 13 of them in the last seven rounds.
He played his first match with Red Bull Salzburg in a 3–0 Austrian Football Bundesliga win over TSV Hartberg on 30 January 2021. He came in in minute 87 for Patson Daka.[4]
International career
Sesko played for Slovenia at U15, U16, U17 and U19 level. In June 2021 he debuted for the national team versus North Macrdonia. He was 18 years and 1 day old and became the youngest player of the national team. On 8 October 2021 he scored his first goal for Slovenia in against Malta, becoming Slovenia's youngest ever goalscorer at the age of 18 years, 4 months and 8 days.[5]
Shortly after the start of the 2022/23 season, it became known in August 2022 that Šeško was leaving Salzburg after the end of the season and moving to Germany to RB Leipzig. He signed a contract that ran until June 2028.[6]
Honours
- Austrian Champion: 2021, 2022, 2023
- Austrian Cup: 2021, 2022
- Slovanian Youth Player of the Year:2021
Benjamin Šeško Media
Šeško (number 11) with Slovenia in 2022
References
- ↑ "Slovenia – B. Šeško". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ↑ "Benjamin Šeško". RB Leipzig. Archived from the original on 8 July 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ↑ "Red Bull Salzburg.at (German)". Archived from the original on 2021-05-09. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
- ↑ FC Salzburg Wiki (German)
- ↑ snportal.si
- ↑ RB Leipzig Homepage (German)