Christoph Leitgeb
 Leitgeb with Red Bull Salzburg in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 April 1985 | ||
| 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* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (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) |
| Total | 287 | (22) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2006–2014 | Austria[1] | 41 | (0) |
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*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.
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
- As of matches played on 7 May 2018.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sturm Graz | 2005–06 | Bundesliga | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 21 | 1 | |
| 2006–07 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 4 | ||||
| Totals | 54 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | 55 | 5 | |||
| Red Bull Salzburg | 2007–08 | Bundesliga | 31 | 4 | — | 6 | 0 | 37 | 4 | |
| 2008–09 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 48 | 5 | ||
| 2010–11 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 48 | 1 | ||
| 2011–12 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 34 | 2 | ||
| 2012–13 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 4 | ||
| 2013–14 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 36 | 1 | ||
| 2014–15 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 31 | 1 | ||
| 2015–16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 223 | 17 | 22 | 1 | 70 | 0 | 315 | 18 | ||
| Career totals | 277 | 22 | 23 | 1 | 70 | 0 | 370 | 23 | ||
| Reference:[3] | ||||||||||
Honours
- Red Bull Salzburg
- Austrian Football Bundesliga: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
- Austrian Cup: 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
References
- ^ Christoph Leitgeb at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "SK Sturm: Christoph Leitgeb beendet seine Karriere". 4 August 2020.
- ^ "Christoph Leitgeb » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
External links
- Player profile – Red Bull Salzburg
- Profile – EURO2008 at the Wayback Machine (archived 27 September 2008)
- Christoph Leitgeb at National-Football-Teams.com
- Guardian Football Stats at the Wayback Machine (archived 2 October 2012)
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