Benjamin Šeško

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Benjamin Šeško (pronounced [ˈbeːnjamin ˈʃɛːʃkɔ], born 31 May 2003) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Manchester United and the Slovenia national team.
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. In July 2023, Šeško joined German club RB Leipzig, where he scored 39 goals in 87 appearances over two seasons, and won one DFL-Supercup.
Šeško represented Slovenia at youth international level, and made his senior debut in 2021 at the age of 18, becoming the youngest player to play for Slovenia at the time. That same year, he also scored his first national team goal, making him the youngest scorer in Slovenia’s history.

Šeško began his career at his hometown club Radeče when he was in the first grade. He then spent one year with Rudar Trbovlje in the under-11 selection, before returning to Radeče….