Nicolas Seiwald

Nicolas Seiwald

Seiwald with Red Bull Salzburg in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth	(2001-05-04) 4 May 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth	Kuchl, Austria
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	RB Leipzig
Number	13
Youth career
2009–2019	Red Bull Salzburg
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–2020	FC Liefering	37	(5)
2020–2023	Red Bull Salzburg	78	(3)
2023–	RB Leipzig	40	(0)
International career‡
2015	Austria U15	2	(1)
2017–2018	Austria U17	9	(0)
2018	Austria U18	1	(0)
2020	Austria U19	1	(0)
2021–	Austria U21	9	(2)
2021–	Austria	34	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:27, 23 February 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:28, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

Nicolas Seiwald (born 4 May 2001) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Austria national team. ^[2]

Club career

Seiwald began his career in 2009 with the youth academy of Red Bull Salzburg. He made his professional debut playing for Red Bull Salzburg's feeder team, FC Liefering, against WSG Wattens on 24 May 2019. ^[3] He made his league debut on 21 November 2020 as a starter against SK Sturm Graz. ^[4] On 11 October 2022, Seiwald scored his first Champions League goal in a 1–1 away draw against Dinamo Zagreb. ^[5]

On 26 February 2023, Seiwald joined German side RB Leipzig for the 2023–24 season, signing a five-year contract with the club. ^{[6] [7]}

International career

Having represented Austria at various youth levels, ^[8] Seiwald debuted for Austria national football team on 12 November 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Israel. ^[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 23 February 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FC Liefering	2018–19	2. Liga	3	0	—		—		—		3	0
	2019–20	2. Liga	23	3	—		—		—		23	3
	2020–21	2. Liga	11	2	—		—		—		11	2
	Total		37	5	—		—		—		37	5
Red Bull Salzburg	2020–21	Austrian Bundesliga	15	0	3	0	0	0	—		18	0
	2021–22	Austrian Bundesliga	32	0	5	1	10 [a]	0	—		47	1
	2022–23	Austrian Bundesliga	31	3	4	0	7 [a]	0	—		42	3
	Total		78	3	12	1	17	0	—		107	4
RB Leipzig	2023–24	Bundesliga	21	0	1	0	4 [a]	0	1 [b]	0	27	0
	2024–25	Bundesliga	19	0	2	0	7 [a]	0	—		28	0
	Total		40	0	3	0	11	0	1	0	55	0
Career total			155	8	15	1	28	0	1	0	199	9

1. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
2. Appearance in DFL-Supercup

International

As of match played 17 November 2024

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Austria	2021	2	0
	2022	8	0
	2023	10	0
	2024	14	0
Total		34	0

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg Youth

• Jugendliga U18: 2019 ^[10]

Runner-up

• Austrian Football First League: 2021

Red Bull Salzburg

• Austrian Champion: 2021, 2022
• Austrian Cup: 2021, 2021–22

RB Leipzig

• DFL-Supercup: 2023 ^[11]

Individual

• Austrian Bundesliga Breakthrough Player of the Year: 2021–22
• Austrian Bundesliga Team of the Year: 2021–22 ^[12]

References

1. "Nicolas Seiwald". FC Red Bull Salzburg. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
2. Nicolas Seiwald at Soccerway
3. "Liefering vs. Swarovski Tirol". Soccerway. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
4. "FC Red Bull Salzburg-SK Sturm". Salzburg24 (in German). 22 November 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
5. "Dinamo Zagreb 1–1 Salzburg". UEFA . 11 October 2022.
6. "RB Leipzig verpflichtet Nicolas Seiwald". RB Leipzig (in German). 26 February 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
7. "Fix: Seiwald wechselt im Sommer von RB Salzburg zu RB Leipzig". Kicker (in German). 26 February 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
8. "Nicolas Seiwald". FC Salzburg Wiki. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
9. Gottsmann, Thomas (12 November 2021). "WM-Qualifikation: Österreich schlägt Israel 4:2 - Joker Schaub sichert Fodas Job". Salzburger Nachrichten (in German). Debütant Nicolas Seiwald fälschte einen harmlosen Freistoß von Nir Bitton mit der Hand ins eigene Tor ab 0–1.[Debutant Nicolas Seiwald deflected a harmless free kick from Nir Bitton into his own goal.]
10. "Summary - Jugendliga U18 - Austria - Results, fixtures, tables and news". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
11. Lisjak, Mitja (12 August 2023). "Olmo s hat-trickom pokvaril veliki debi Kana pri Bayernu" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija . Retrieved 12 August 2023.
12. "Bundesliga.at - Team der Saison - ADMIRAL Bundesliga". www.bundesliga.at. Retrieved 28 December 2022.

External links

• Profile at the RB Leipzig website
• Nicolas Seiwald at WorldFootball.net
• Nicolas Seiwald – UEFA competition record ( archive )