Christoph Leitgeb

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Christoph Leitgeb
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Leitgeb with Red Bull Salzburg in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-04-14) 14 April 1985 (age 40)
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*
YearsTeamApps(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)
Total287(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.

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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 4 August 2020 Leitgeb announced his retirement. [2]

International career

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

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition [3]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sturm Graz 2005–06 Bundesliga 20110211
2006–07 34400344
Total54510555
Red Bull Salzburg 2007–08 Bundesliga31460374
2008–09 1601030200
2009–10 33510140485
2010–11 36110110481
2011–12 2323080342
2012–13 2243020274
2013–14 2215090361
2014–15 18031100311
2015–16 30004070
2016–17 803000110
2017–18 1202030170
2018–19 502141112
Total2291724274132720
Sturm Graz 2019–20 Bundesliga2301010250
Career total3062226275140725

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg

References

  1. Christoph Leitgeb at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. "SK Sturm: Christoph Leitgeb beendet seine Karriere". 4 August 2020.
  3. "Christoph Leitgeb » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 28 February 2018.