Leopold Querfeld

Leopold Querfeld

Querfeld in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth	(2003-12-20) 20 December 2003 (age 22)
Place of birth	Vienna, Austria
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Union Berlin
Number	14
Youth career
2010–2012	Union Mauer
2012–2020	Rapid Wien
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2020–2022	Rapid Wien II	42	(1)
2021–2024	Rapid Wien	56	(4)
2024–	Union Berlin	45	(2)
International career‡
2021	Austria U18	1	(0)
2021–2022	Austria U19	8	(2)
2022–	Austria U21	11	(1)
2024–	Austria	5	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 January 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 June 2025

Leopold Querfeld (born 20 December 2003) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for German Bundesliga club Union Berlin and the Austria national team.

Biography

A youth product of Union Mauer, Querfeld moved to the academy of Rapid Wien in 2012. ^[1] He began training with their reserves in 2020 and debuted for the first team in a 3–1 UEFA Europa League loss to Dinamo Zagreb on 4 November 2021. ^[2]

Querfeld is a youth international for Austria, having represented his country at Austria U18 and U19 age levels. ^[3] He debuted for the senior squad on 23 March 2024 in a friendly against Slovakia. ^[4]

On 14 June 2024, Querfeld signed with Union Berlin in Germany. ^[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 18 January 2026

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Rapid Wien II	2020–21	Austrian Football Second League	21	0	—		—		—		21	0
	2021–22	Austrian Football Second League	20	0	—		—		—		20	0
	2022–23	Austrian Football Second League	1	1	—		—		—		1	1
	Total		42	1	—		—		—		42	1
Rapid Wien	2021–22	Austrian Bundesliga	5	0	0	0	2 [a]	0	2 [b]	0	9	0
	2022–23	Austrian Bundesliga	23	1	2	0	1 [c]	0	—		26	1
	2023–24	Austrian Bundesliga	28	3	4	0	4 [c]	0	—		36	2
	Total		56	4	6	0	7	0	2	0	71	4
Union Berlin	2024–25	Bundesliga	27	2	1	0	—		—		28	2
	2025–26	Bundesliga	18	0	3	4	—		—		21	4
	Total		45	2	4	4	—		—		49	6
Career total			143	7	10	4	7	0	2	0	162	11

1. One appearance in UEFA Europa League, one appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League
2. Appearances in Bundesliga EC Play-off
3. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of 10 June 2025

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Austria	2024	4	0
	2025	1	0
Total		5	0

Honours

Individual

• Bundesliga Goal of the Season: 2024–25 ^[6]

References

1. "Youngster im Fokus". SK Rapid Wien (in German). 14 April 2024.
2. "Schulfrei! SCR-Debütant Querfeld sorgt für Lacher". Laola1 (in German). 5 November 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
3. "Die ungewöhnliche Familiengeschichte des Rapidlers Leopold Querfeld" . Kurier (in German). 19 June 2022.
4. "Mit Debütant Querfeld: Das ist die ÖFB-Startelf gegen die Slowakei" [With debutant Querfeld: This is the ÖFB starting eleven against Slovakia]. Sky Sports Austria (in German). Sky Group. 23 March 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
5. "Leopold Querfeld moves from Rapid to Union". Union Berlin. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
6. "Union Berlin's Leopold Querfeld wins Bundesliga Goal of the Season 2024/25". Bundesliga. 2 June 2025. Retrieved 2 June 2025.

External links

• Leopold Querfeld at Soccerway
• Leopold Querfeld at ÖFB (in German)
• Leopold Querfeld at ÖFB (in German) (national team)
• Leopold Querfeld on Instagram