Christoph Leitgeb
_2017-04-26_(103).jpg) Leitgeb with Red Bull Salzburg in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 April 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Graz, Austria | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| 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) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2006–2014 | Austria[1] | 41 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 September 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 November 2014 | |||
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, earning 41 caps, and took part in Euro 2008.
Club career[edit]
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 4 August 2020 Leitgeb announced his retirement.[2]
International career[edit]
Leitgeb made his debut for Austria on 23 May 2006 in a friendly against Croatia and was a participant at Euro 2008 and played two out of three matches for Austria.
Career statistics[edit]
- As of matches played on 7 May 2018.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[edit]
- Red Bull Salzburg
- Austrian Football Bundesliga: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
- Austrian Cup: 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
References[edit]
- ^ Christoph Leitgeb at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "SK Sturm: Christoph Leitgeb beendet seine Karriere". 4 August 2020.
- ^ "Christoph Leitgeb » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
External links[edit]
- 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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- 1985 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Graz
- Austrian men's footballers
- Austria men's international footballers
- UEFA Euro 2008 players
- SK Sturm Graz players
- FC Red Bull Salzburg players
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players
- Men's association football forwards
- SK Sturm Graz non-playing staff
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