Benjamin Šeško
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Šeško with Red Bull Salzburg in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Benjamin Šeško | ||
| Date of birth | 31 May 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Radeče, Slovenia | ||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Manchester United | ||
| 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) |
| 2023–2025 | RB Leipzig | 64 | (27) |
| 2025– | Manchester United | 25 | (9) |
| 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 | 45 | (16) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:20, 15 March 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 11:18, 14 October 2025 (UTC) | |||
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, before becoming the youngest player to appear for the senior national team in 2021, aged 18, and scored his first goal for the national team in October 2021, making him Slovenia's youngest ever goalscorer.