Captain of Hungarian National Football Team Ranked 22nd Most Valuable Player in World

  • 31 May 2024 3:26 PM
  • Hungary Today
Captain of Hungarian National Football Team Ranked 22nd Most Valuable Player in World
Dominik Szoboszlai, the captain of the Hungarian national football team, is the 22nd most valuable player in the world, according to the International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES), based on its database. Jude Bellingham, under contract with Real Madrid, is at the top of the list, worth EUR 280 million.

The CIES has once again examined the value of professional footballers after the end of the season, and according to its model, Real Madrid’s English midfielder Jude Bellingham is currently the world’s most valuable player with a value of EUR 280 million.

In addition, Hungarian national team captain Dominik Szoboszlai is 22nd on the list with a value of  EUR 108 million, ahead of Darwin Núñez as Liverpool’s most valuable footballer, Nemzeti Sport reported.

The model also takes into account the amount invested by clubs, the age of the player, the length of his contract, minutes played, results, the economic power of the player’s club and league, the economic power of potential buyers, and the rate of inflation.

All of these have put Jude Bellingham, who has a contract at Real Madrid until 2029, and is worth EUR 280.4 million at the age of 20, at the top of the list.

The English midfielder has now overtaken Manchester City’s Norwegian midfielder Erling Haaland, who is valued at EUR 255.3 million, almost EUR 15 million ahead of third-placed Vinicius Junior (EUR 240.8, Real Madrid).

Two others players have reached the EUR 200 million mark: Rodrygo Goes (Real Madrid) is valued at EUR 220.7 and Phil Foden (Manchester City) at EUR 203.8.

Dominik Szoboszlai came 22nd with an estimated value of  EUR 108 million, just ahead of Núñez, who was valued at  EUR 107.9 million.

In 2007, at the age of six and a half, Dominik Szoboszlai began playing football under the guidance of his father Zsolt Szoboszlai, a former footballer from Tatabánya (northwestern Hungary). His talent has attracted great interest worldwide:

In October 2017, The Guardian ranked him as one of the most talented 17-year-old footballers in the world, and in March 2019, he was rated the 21st most talented player in the world by goal.com. In January 2020, the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) named him one of the 50 most talented footballers in the world.

In October 2020, he was voted among the 20 best players at the Golden Boy Awards, where he finished in eighth place. He was twice the most expensive Hungarian player of all time, first when RB Leipzig and then when Liverpool signed him.

The footballer has reportedly been bought by the English Premier League side for EUR 70 million.

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