Christoph Leitgeb

Christoph Leitgeb

Leitgeb with Red Bull Salzburg in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth	(1985-04-14) 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	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

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.

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
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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

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)