Benedikt Pichler

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Benedikt Pichler
2025-04-15 Benedikt Pichler.jpg
Pichler with Holstein Kiel in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-07-20) 20 July 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Salzburg, Austria [1]
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) [2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Holstein Kiel
Number 9
Youth career
2006–2010 USK Gneiss
2010–2014 USK Anif
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2016 Grödig II 40 (13)
2016–2018 Grödig 49 (15)
2018–2019 Austria Klagenfurt 22 (8)
2019–2021 Austria Wien 49 (13)
2019–2021 Austria Wien II 12 (5)
2021– Holstein Kiel 77 (19)
2023– Holstein Kiel II 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 May 2025

Benedikt Pichler (born 20 July 1997) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club Holstein Kiel. [3]

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Career

Pichler was born in Salzburg, Austria, and began his youth career with local club USK Gneiss. In 2010, he joined the academy of the USK Anif. Ahead of the 2014–15 season, he moved to the amateurs of Grödig, making his debut in the Salzburger Liga in August 2014, when he was substituted for Marinko Sorda in the 58th minute on the first matchday of that season against his former side USK Anif. In the same month, he scored his first goal in the fourth division in a 4–2 victory against the Salzburger AK 1914. [4]

In July 2016, he made his debut for Grödig's first team in the Austrian Regionalliga when he came off the bench at half-time for Julian Feiser on the first matchday of the 2016–17 season against FC Kufstein. [5] Pichler scored his first goal in the Regionalliga in September 2016 in a 2–0 win against TSV St. Johann im Pongau. [6]

For the 2018–19 season, he moved to the 2. Liga club Austria Klagenfurt. [7] He made his competitive debut in July 2018, when he was in the starting eleven on the first matchday of the season against Austria Lustenau. [8]

For the 2019–20 season, he moved to the Austrian Bundesliga club Austria Wien, where he signed a four-year contract. [9] In two years with the Viennese, he made 43 Bundesliga appearances, in which he scored eleven goals. [3]

Pichler moved to 2. Bundesliga club Holstein Kiel from in August 2021, having agreed a four-year contract. [2] On 11 May 2024, he scored a goal in a 1–1 draw against Fortuna Düsseldorf, securing his club's promotion to the Bundesliga for the first time in their history. [10] [11]

Career statistics

As of match played 10 May 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Grödig II 2014–15 Salzburger Liga 113113
2015–16Salzburger Liga29102910
Total40134013
Grödig 2016–17 Austrian Regionalliga West 23540275
2017–18 Austrian Regionalliga West2610102710
Total4915505415
Austria Klagenfurt 2018–19 2. Liga 22811239
Austria Wien 2019–20 Austrian Bundesliga 195001 [a] 000205
2020–21 Austrian Bundesliga257420000299
2021–22 Austrian Bundesliga51102 [b] 00081
Total49135230005715
Austria Wien II 2019–20 2. Liga125125
Holstein Kiel 2021–22 2. Bundesliga 26710277
2022–23 2. Bundesliga11310123
2023–24 2. Bundesliga22821249
2024–25 Bundesliga 18120201
Total7719618320
Holstein Kiel II 2022–23 Regionalliga Nord 1010
2023–24 Regionalliga Nord1010
2024–25 Regionalliga Nord1111
Total3131
Career total25274174300027278
  1. Appearance in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearances in UEFA Conference League

References

  1. Andonov, Aleksandar (30 August 2021). "Benedikt Pichler wechselt von Austria Wien zu Holstein Kiel". Salzburg24 (in German).
  2. 1 2 "Benedikt Pichler verstärkt Kieler Offensive". Kieler Sportvereinigung Holstein von 1900 e. V. (in German). 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  3. 1 2 Benedikt Pichler at Soccerway
  4. "Grödig Amateure siegten beim SAK mit 4:2". Fußball Salzburg - Ergebnisse, Tabellen und Torschützen von allen Sbg Ligen. | ligaportal.at (in German). 17 August 2014.
  5. "Aufstellung FC Kufstein - SV Grödig 0:3 (Regionalliga West (-2019) 2016/2017, 1. Spieltag)". Sport (in German). Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  6. "Aufstellung TSV St. Johann - SV Grödig 0:2 (Regionalliga West (-2019) 2016/2017, 11. Spieltag)". Sport (in German). Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  7. Rosenzopf, Christian. "Neues Trio bei der Austria - News - SK Austria Klagenfurt - geomix Vereinshomepage". SK Austria Klagenfurt (in German). Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  8. "SK Austria Klagenfurt - Austria Lustenau 1:1 (2. Liga 2018/2019, 1. Round)". WorldFootball. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  9. "Austria Wien verpflichtet Benedikt Pichler". FK Austria Wien (in German). 5 June 2019. Archived from the original on 5 June 2019.
  10. "Erster Aufsteiger fix - Ekstase in Kiel" (in German). Sport1. 11 May 2024.
  11. "Holstein Kiel promoted to the Bundesliga for first time!". Bundesliga. 11 May 2024.