Christoph Leitgeb
Christoph Leitgeb (born 14 April 1985) is an Austrian former professional footballer, who played as a midfielder . Leitgeb has represented his country at international level and took part in Euro 2008.
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 14 April 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Graz, Austria | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Playing position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1991–2003 | Sturm Graz | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003–2005 | Sturm Graz Amateure | ||
2005–2007 | Sturm Graz | 54 | (5) |
2007–2019 | Red Bull Salzburg | 229 | (17) |
2019–2020 | Sturm Graz | 4 | (0) |
Total | 287 | (22) | |
National team‡ | |||
2006– | Austria[1] | 41 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 September 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2014 |
Club career
Born in Graz, Leitgeb began his career in the youth squad of Sturm Graz spending two years there before moving into the first squad during the 2005/06 season. Leitgeb spent two years in the first team before moving to league rivals Red Bull Salzburg in the summer of 2007 for a fee of 1.7 million euros. On 4th of August 2020 Leitgeb announced his retirement.[2]
International career
Leitgeb made his debut for Austria on 23 June 2006 in a friendly against Croatia and was a participant at Euro 2008 and played two out of three matches for Austria.
Career statistics
- As of matches played on 7 May 2018.
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Sturm Graz | 2005–06 | Bundesliga | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 21 | 1 | |
2006–07 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 4 | ||||
Totals | 54 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | 55 | 5 | |||
Red Bull Salzburg | 2007–08 | Bundesliga | 31 | 4 | — | 6 | 0 | 37 | 4 | |
2008–09 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
2009–10 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 48 | 5 | ||
2010–11 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 48 | 1 | ||
2011–12 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 34 | 2 | ||
2012–13 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 4 | ||
2013–14 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 36 | 1 | ||
2014–15 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 31 | 1 | ||
2015–16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
2016–17 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
2017–18 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
Totals | 223 | 17 | 22 | 1 | 70 | 0 | 315 | 18 | ||
Career totals | 277 | 22 | 23 | 1 | 70 | 0 | 370 | 23 | ||
Reference:[3] |
Honours
- Red Bull Salzburg
- Austrian Bundesliga: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
- Austrian Cup: 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
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References
- "Christoph Leitgeb". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
- https://www.kleinezeitung.at/sport/fussball/oesterreich/bundesliga/sksturm/5848459/SK-Sturm_Christoph-Leitgeb-beendet-seine-Karriere
- "Christoph Leitgeb » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
External links
- Player profile – Red Bull Salzburg
- Profile – EURO2008 at the Wayback Machine (archived 27 September 2008)
- Christoph Leitgeb at National-Football-Teams.com
- Guardian Football Stats at the Wayback Machine (archived 2 October 2012)
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