Matthias Seidl

Matthias Seidl

Personal information
Date of birth	(2001-01-24) 24 January 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth	Salzburg, Austria
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Rapid Wien
Number	18
Youth career
–2009	SV Kuchl
2009–2015	FC Red Bull Salzburg
2015	SV Kuchl
2015–2017	SV Grödig
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2021	SV Kuchl
2021–2023	FC Blau-Weiß Linz	56	(21)
2023–	SK Rapid Wien	25	(5)
International career‡
2019	Austria U18	2	(0)
2019–2020	Austria U20	5	(1)
2023–	Austria	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2023

Matthias Seidl (born 24 January 2001) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Austrian Bundesliga club Rapid Wien and the Austria national team. ^[1]

Club career

Seidl started his senior team career with SV Kuchl in the Austrian fourth tier Salzburger Liga helping them win promotion to into the third tier Regionalliga Salzburg in 2019. For the 2021/22 season he joined second division team Blau-Weiß Linz, ^[2] becoming one of their key players in winning the league title and being promoted to the Austrian Football Bundesliga at the end of the 2022/23 season and being named player of the season in the 2. Liga. ^[3]

In June 2023 Rapid Wien announced that Seidl would join the club prior to 2022–23 season. ^{[4] [5]}

International career

Seidl was called up to the Austria national team for a set of UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches in September 2023. ^[6]

He then made his national team debut in September 2023 when he came on as a substitute for Konrad Laimer in the 87th minute of the World Cup qualifying game against Sweden.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 14 April 2024

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
SV Kuchl	2018–19	Salzburger Liga	2	2	—		—		—		2	2
	2019–20	Regionalliga Salzburg	5	2	—		—		—		5	2
	2020–21	Regionalliga Salzburg	3	4	—		—		—		3	4
	Total		10	8	—		—		—		10	8
Blau-Weiß Linz	2021–22	Austrian 2. Liga	30	9	3	4	—		—		33	13
	2022–23	Austrian 2. Liga	26	12	3	2	—		—		29	14
	Total		56	21	6	6	0	0	0	0	62	27
Rapid Wien	2023–24	Austrian Bundesliga	25	5	4	2	4 [lower-alpha 1]	1	—		33	8
Career total			91	34	10	8	4	1	0	0	105	43

1. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 20 November 2023

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Austria	2023	3	0
Total		3	0

Honours

Club

• 2. Liga champion: 2022–23

Individual

• 2. Liga Player of the Season: 2022–23 ^[3]
• 2. Liga Team of the Season: 2022–23 ^[7]

References

1. "Matthias Seidl". oefb.at. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
2. "Kuchl-Talent Seidl schafft Sprung in Profifußball". 15 March 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
3. "Die Besten der Saison 2022/23: Seidl, Lukse & Scheiblehner". 2 June 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
4. "Matthias Seidl von Blau-Weiß zu Grün-Weiß". 27 June 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
5. "Seidl verlässt den FC Blau-Weiß Linz". 27 June 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
6. @oefb1904 (29 August 2023). "Unser Team für" (Tweet) (in German). Retrieved 29 August 2023– via Twitter.
7. "Team der Saison – ADMIRAL 2. Liga 2022/23". 2liga.at. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.

External links

• Matthias Seidl at WorldFootball.net