Personal information | |||
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Full name | Christoph Baumgartner | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 1 August 1999||
Place of birth | Horn, Austria | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | RB Leipzig | ||
Number | 14 | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2012 | SV Horn | ||
2012–2017 | AKA St. Pölten | ||
2017–2018 | TSG Hoffenheim | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2019 | TSG Hoffenheim II | 14 | (5) |
2019–2023 | TSG Hoffenheim | 121 | (27) |
2023– | RB Leipzig | 32 | (5) |
International career‡ | |||
2014 | Austria U15 | 2 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Austria U16 | 12 | (5) |
2015–2016 | Austria U17 | 10 | (4) |
2016–2017 | Austria U18 | 6 | (2) |
2017–2018 | Austria U19 | 9 | (4) |
2017– | Austria U21 | 6 | (0) |
2020– | Austria | 36 | (13) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024 (UTC) |
Christoph Baumgartner (born 1 August 1999) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfielder and forward for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Austria national team. [3]
In January 2019, Baumgartner was promoted to the first team squad of TSG Hoffenheim. [4] He made his debut for Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga on 11 May 2019, coming on as a half-time substitute for Nadiem Amiri in the 0–1 home loss against Werder Bremen. [5]
On 23 June 2023, RB Leipzig announced the signing of Baumgartner on a five-year contract. [6]
Baumgartner appeared for the various Austrian youth national teams, from the under-15 to under-19 selections. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] In April 2016, he was included in Austria's squad for the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Azerbaijan. [12] He scored both goals in Austria's 2–0 win in their opening match against Bosnia and Herzegovina, [13] with the team managing to reach the quarter-finals before losing to Portugal. [14]
He made his under-21 debut on 10 November 2017, coming on as a substitute for Mathias Honsak in the 87th minute of the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against Serbia, which finished as a 1–3 home loss. [15]
On 21 June 2021, he scored the only goal for Austria in a 1–0 win over Ukraine in the UEFA Euro 2020, to help his national team to reach the knockout stages of the competition for the first time in their history. [16]
On 23 March 2024, Baumgartner scored what is believed to be the fastest goal in the history of international football, scoring after only six seconds in a 2–0 friendly victory over Slovakia in Bratislava. [17]
Baumgartner's older brother, Dominik, is also a professional footballer and former youth international for Austria. [18]
Club | Season | League | DFB-Pokal | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
TSG Hoffenheim II | 2018–19 | Regionalliga Südwest | 14 | 5 | – | – | – | 14 | 5 | |||
TSG Hoffenheim | 2018–19 | Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
2019–20 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 7 | ||||
2020–21 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 [lower-alpha 1] | 4 | – | 41 | 10 | |||
2021–22 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 31 | 7 | ||||
2022–23 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 36 | 7 | ||||
Total | 121 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 31 | ||
RB Leipzig | 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 32 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 5 |
Career total | 167 | 37 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 192 | 41 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Austria | 2020 | 5 | 2 |
2021 | 12 | 4 | |
2022 | 8 | 1 | |
2023 | 9 | 4 | |
2024 | 2 | 2 | |
Total | 36 | 13 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 7 September 2020 | Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt, Austria | Romania | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B |
2. | 7 October 2020 | Greece | 2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly | |
3. | 28 March 2021 | Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria | Faroe Islands | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
4. | 21 June 2021 | Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania | Ukraine | 1–0 | 1–0 | UEFA Euro 2020 |
5. | 1 September 2021 | Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova | Moldova | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
6. | 4 September 2021 | Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa, Israel | Israel | 1–3 | 2–5 | |
7. | 25 September 2022 | Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria | Croatia | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2022–23 UEFA Nations League A |
8. | 24 March 2023 | Raiffeisen Arena, Pasching, Austria | Azerbaijan | 4–1 | 4–1 | UEFA Euro 2024 qualification |
9. | 20 June 2023 | Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria | Sweden | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
10. | 2–0 | |||||
11. | 21 November 2023 | Germany | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly | |
12. | 23 March 2024 | Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia | Slovakia | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
13. | 26 March 2024 | Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria | Turkey | 5–1 | 6–1 |
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