Marcel Ritzmaier
Marcel Ritzmaier (born 22 April 1993) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or left-back for Barnsley.
.jpg) Ritzmaier with PSV in July 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marcel Ritzmaier | ||
| Date of birth | 22 April 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Judenburg, Austria | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Barnsley | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–1999 | TuS Spielberg | ||
| 1999–2004 | SV Lobmingtal | ||
| 2004–2006 | FC Judenburg | ||
| 2006–2008 | Austria Kärnten | ||
| 2010–2012 | PSV | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2009 | Austria Kärnten II | 5 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | Austria Kärnten[1] | 1 | (0) |
| 2010–2018 | PSV | 9 | (0) |
| 2013–2018 | Jong PSV | 42 | (6) |
| 2013–2014 | → Cambuur (loan) | 31 | (3) |
| 2015–2016 | → NEC (loan) | 20 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | → Go Ahead Eagles (loan) | 28 | (2) |
| 2018–2020 | Wolfsberger AC | 47 | (3) |
| 2020– | Barnsley | 7 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009 | Austria under-16 | 2 | (0) |
| 2008–2010 | Austria under-17 | 9 | (2) |
| 2010 | Austria under-18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Austria under-19 | 9 | (2) |
| 2012– | Austria under-21 | 9 | (3) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 April 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 May 2015 (UTC) | |||
Career
Early career
Born in Judenburg, Ritzmaier started playing football in December 1997 with the youth side of TuS Spielberg before joining SV Lobmingtal in September 1999. In January 2004, after three and a half years in the SV Lobmingtal youth teams, he moved to FC Judenburg.
Having become one of the key players of FC Judenburg Ritzmaier was scouted by SK Austria Kärnten in July 2006. He played two and a half years in the Austria Kärnten youth system and was promoted to the reserve team in January 2009.[2] In July 2009 he became part of Austrian Football Bundesliga team squad and made his debut on 2 August 2009 against Rapid Wien.[3]
PSV
In February 2010 PSV Eindhoven signed the Austrian teenage midfielder from SK Austria Kärnten on a contract running until 30 June 2012.[4] In 2011 PSV extended Ritzmaier's contract by two years. In the 2013–14 season, Ritzmaier started out with PSV's reserve team Jong PSV, playing in their first Eerste Divisie match against Sparta Rotterdam.[5] On 8 August, he was loaned out to SC Cambuur for the remainder of the season.[6] With Georgino Wijnaldum, Memphis Depay, Dries Mertens, Jeremain Lens, Kevin Strootman, Jetro Willems in his team Ritzmaier was not playing every week.[7]
Wolfsberger AC
Ritzmaier joined Wolfsberger AC for the 2018–19 season, and played most games. His contract was extended for the next season as well, and he played Europa League with WAC, against Borussia Mönchengladbach, Roma, and İstanbul Başakşehir. After surprising results in the beginning WAC dropped out in the group stage.[8]
Barnsley
Ritzmaier followed his coach Gerhard Struber to join Barnsley in January 2020.[9]
International career
Ritzmaier played nine games and scored three goals for the Austria U-17.[10]
Personal life
His brother Christian is a professional footballer for DSV Leoben.[11]
Career statistics
- As of match played 7 March 2020[12]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup[lower-alpha 1] | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Austria Kärnten | 2009–10 | Austrian Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| PSV | 2011–12 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2012–13 | Eredivisie | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | Eredivisie | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 8[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |||
| Jong PSV | 2013–14 | Eerste Divisie | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | Eerste Divisie | 9 | 4 | — | — | — | 9 | 4 | ||||
| 2015–16 | Eerste Divisie | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2017–18 | Eerste Divisie | 30 | 2 | — | — | — | 30 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 42 | 6 | — | — | — | 42 | 6 | |||||
| Cambuur (loan) | 2013–14 | Eredivisie | 31 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 34 | 5 | ||
| NEC (loan) | 2015–16 | Eredivisie | 20 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 23 | 2 | ||
| Go Ahead Eagles (loan) | 2016–17 | Eredivisie | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 2 | ||
| Wolfsberger AC | 2018–19 | Austrian Bundesliga | 29 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | |
| 2019–20 | Austrian Bundesliga | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 5[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 25 | 4 | ||
| Total | 47 | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | 5 | 1 | 57 | 5 | |||
| Barnsley | 2019–20 | EFL Championship | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
| Career total | 185 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 222 | 20 | ||
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
References
- Marcel Ritzmaier – Fussballdaten – Die Fußball-Datenbank
- "Eindhoven – Marcel Ritzmaier zo snel mogelijk naar PSV". Kliknieuws.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2010-02-02.
- Austria – SK Rapid Wien vs. SK Austria Kärnten
- Oostenrijker Marcel Ritzmaier naar PSV Archived 2010-02-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Sparta Rotterdam - Jong PSV
- "SC Cambuur huurt Ritzmaier voor één seizoen van PSV" (in Dutch). Cambuur.nl. Archived from the original on 8 August 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
- Ritzmaier: Per Du mit dem Europacup-Halbfinale, weltfussball.com, 2019-05-17.
- Der WAC und die verlorene Leichtigkeit, uefa.com, 2019-11-07.
- "Marcel Ritzmaier: Barnsley sign Austrian midfielder from Wolfsberger AC". BBC Sport. 6 January 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- Eindhoven schnappt sich Super-Talent
- Christian Ritzmaier – DSV LEOBEN :: offizielle Website
- Marcel Ritzmaier at Soccerway
External links
- Voetbal International profile (in Dutch)