Nicolas Seiwald
_49.jpg) Seiwald with Red Bull Salzburg in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 May 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Kuchl, Austria | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | RB Leipzig | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2019 | Red Bull Salzburg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2020 | Liefering | 37 | (5) |
| 2020–2023 | Red Bull Salzburg | 78 | (3) |
| 2023– | RB Leipzig | 17 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | Austria U15 | 2 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | Austria U17 | 9 | (0) |
| 2018 | Austria U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2020 | Austria U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2021– | Austria U21 | 9 | (2) |
| 2021– | Austria | 22 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:28, 20 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:22, 26 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
Nicolas Seiwald (born 4 May 2001) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Austria national team.[2]
Club career[edit]
Seiwald began his career in 2009 with the youth academy of FC Red Bull Salzburg. He made his professional debut playing for Red Bull Salzburg's feeder team, Liefering, against WSG Wattens on 24 May 2019.[3]
He made his debut for FC Red Bull Salzburg on 21 November 2020 when he was in the starting XI versus SK Sturm Graz.[4] On 11 October 2022, he scored his first Champions League goal in a 1–1 away draw against Dinamo Zagreb.[5]
On 26 February 2023, it was officially announced that Seiwald would join German side RB Leipzig from the 2023–24 season onwards, signing a five-year deal with the club.[6][7]
International career[edit]
Seiwald has represented Austria in various youth levels.[8]
He made his debut for Austria national football team on 12 November 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Israel.[9]
Career statistics[edit]
Club[edit]
- As of match played 20 April 2024
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Liefering | 2018–19 | 2. Liga | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | 2. Liga | 23 | 3 | — | — | — | 23 | 3 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 2. Liga | 11 | 2 | — | — | — | 11 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 37 | 5 | — | — | — | 37 | 5 | |||||
| Red Bull Salzburg | 2020–21 | Austrian Bundesliga | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | Austrian Bundesliga | 32 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 10[a] | 0 | — | 47 | 1 | ||
| 2022–23 | Austrian Bundesliga | 31 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7[a] | 0 | — | 42 | 3 | ||
| Total | 78 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 0 | — | 107 | 4 | |||
| RB Leipzig | 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| Career total | 132 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 167 | 9 | ||
- ^ a b c Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Appearance in DFL-Supercup
International[edit]
- As of match played 26 March 2024
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 2021 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 0 | |
Honours[edit]
Red Bull Salzburg Youth
- Jugendliga U18: 2019[10]
FC Liefering
Runner-up
Red Bull Salzburg
RB Leipzig
References[edit]
- ^ "Nicolas Seiwald". FC Red Bull Salzburg. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ^ Nicolas Seiwald at Soccerway
- ^ "Liefering vs. Swarovski Tirol - 24 May 2019". Soccerway. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
- ^ "FC Red Bull Salzburg-SK Sturm". salzburg24. 22 November 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "Dinamo Zagreb 1–1 Salzburg". UEFA. 11 October 2022.
- ^ "RB Leipzig verpflichtet Nicolas Seiwald". RB Leipzig (in German). 26 February 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ "Fix: Seiwald wechselt im Sommer von RB Salzburg zu RB Leipzig". kicker (in German). 26 February 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ "Nicolas Seiwald - FC Salzburg Wiki". Retrieved 20 November 2019.
- ^ "Austria v Israel game report". FIFA. 12 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Summary - Jugendliga U18 - Austria - Results, fixtures, tables and news". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- ^ Lisjak, Mitja (12 August 2023). "Olmo s hat-trickom pokvaril veliki debi Kana pri Bayernu" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
External links[edit]
- Profile at the RB Leipzig website
- Nicolas Seiwald at WorldFootball.net
- Nicolas Seiwald – UEFA competition record (archive)
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Austrian men's footballers
- Austria men's youth international footballers
- Austria men's under-21 international footballers
- Austria men's international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- FC Liefering players
- FC Red Bull Salzburg players
- RB Leipzig players
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players
- 2. Liga (Austria) players
- Bundesliga players
- Austrian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany