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Benjamin Šeško
Slovenian footballer (born 2003) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Benjamin Šeško (pronounced [ˈbeːnjamin ˈʃɛːʃkɔ], born 31 May 2003) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Slovenia national team.
![]() Šeško with Red Bull Salzburg in 2023 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (2003-05-31) 31 May 2003 (age 21) | ||
Place of birth | Radeče, Slovenia[1] | ||
Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team 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 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2023 | Red Bull Salzburg | 55 | (21) |
2019–2021 | → FC Liefering (loan) | 44 | (22) |
2023– | RB Leipzig | 31 | (14) |
International career‡ | |||
2017–2018 | Slovenia U15 | 6 | (4) |
2018 | Slovenia U16 | 4 | (4) |
2018–2019 | Slovenia U17 | 14 | (5) |
2020 | Slovenia U19 | 1 | (0) |
2021– | Slovenia | 33 | (11) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:35, 18 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:17, 2 July 2024 (UTC) |
Šeško joined Red Bull Salzburg aged 16 in 2019 from Domžale. He was loaned to the Salzburg's reserve team FC Liefering for two seasons, where he scored 22 goals in 44 games in the second tier of Austrian football. He made his first-team debut for Red Bull Salzburg in January 2021 and went on to win three Austrian Bundesliga titles and one Austrian Cup.
Šeško represented Slovenia at youth international level from under-15 to under-19, before becoming the youngest player to appear for the senior national team in June 2021 when he made his debut aged 18 years and 1 day. He scored his first goal for the national team in October 2021, which made him Slovenia's youngest ever goalscorer.