Liverpool’s Dominik Szoboszlai has won the Sportsperson of the Year award in his home country of Hungary.

The Hungarian Sports Journalists’ Association (MSÚSZ) has chosen Dominik Szoboszlai, Liverpool footballer and captain of the Hungarian national team, for men, and Mária Érdi, world champion sailor, as athletes of the year 2023 for women.

The winners of the 66th ballot were announced at the Athlete of the Year gala at the Opera House on Monday night.

The best performance of the year in traditional team sports – like last year – was the men’s soccer team, while the men’s fencing team won the individual team sports competition category. Among the coaches, Marco Rossi, captain of the national football team, received the most votes, thereby repeating last year’s success.

In addition to this, Szoboszlai won the DFB-Pokal with RB Leipzig before securing a summer move to Liverpool.

The midfielder has been a hit at Anfield so far and fans of the Premier League giants will be happy to see one of their players pick up a meaningful award.