Christoph Leitgeb

Christoph Leitgeb
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-04-14) 14 April 1985
Place of birth Graz, Austria
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Central midfielder
Club information
Current team
Red Bull Salzburg
Number 24
Youth career
1991–2003 Sturm Graz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2005 Sturm Graz Amateure
2005–2007 Sturm Graz 54 (5)
2007– Red Bull Salzburg 220 (17)
National team
2006– Austria[1] 41 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 February 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2014

Christoph Leitgeb (born 14 April 1985) is an Austrian football midfielder currently playing in the Austrian Bundesliga for Red Bull Salzburg. Leitgeb has represented his country at international level 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.

International career

Leitgeb made his debut for Austria on 23 June 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.
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sturm Graz2005–06Bundesliga20110211
2006–0734400344
Totals54510555
Red Bull Salzburg2007–08Bundesliga31460374
2008–091601030200
2009–1033510140485
2010–1136110110481
2011–122323080342
2012–132243020274
2013–142215090361
2014–1518031100311
2015–1630004070
2016–17803000110
2017–181102030160
Totals2231722170031518
Career totals2772223170037023
Reference:[2]

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg

References

  1. "Christoph Leitgeb". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  2. "Christoph Leitgeb » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 28 February 2018.


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