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Christoph Leitgeb

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Christoph Leitgeb
Leitgeb with Red Bull Salzburg in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-04-14) 14 April 1985 (age 39)
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)
*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

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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

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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

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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
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Honours

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Red Bull Salzburg

References

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  1. ^ Christoph Leitgeb at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ^ "SK Sturm: Christoph Leitgeb beendet seine Karriere". 4 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Christoph Leitgeb » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
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