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) | ||
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) |
*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.
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]
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.
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] |
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