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David Affengruber (footballer, born 2001)

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David Affengruber
Affengruber in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-03-19) 19 March 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Scheibbs, Austria
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Elche
Number 22
Youth career
2007–2013 SC Wieselburg
2013–2019 Red Bull Salzburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 FC Liefering 51 (5)
2021 Red Bull Salzburg 5 (0)
2021–2024 Sturm Graz 85 (7)
2024– Elche 13 (0)
International career‡
2019–2020 Austria U19 8 (0)
2021–2022 Austria U21 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 June 2022

David Affengruber (born 19 March 2001) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Segunda División club Elche.

Club career

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Affengruber began his career at SC Wieselburg. In September 2013 he moved to the youth team of Red Bull Salzburg. From the 2015–16 season he played in all age groups in the academy at Red Bull Salzburg.

For the 2019–20 season he was promoted to FC Liefering. He made his debut for Liefering in the second division in July 2019. He started against SKU Amstetten on matchday one of that season. In the game he also scored his first second division goal.

In January 2021 he made his Bundesliga debut for Red Bull Salzburg against TSV Hartberg. In February 2021 he received a contract in Salzburg that ran until May 2022. [1] By the end of the season he had made five appearances for Salzburg in the Bundesliga.

On 11 June 2021, Affengruber signed a three-year contract with Sturm Graz.[2] On 28 August 2024, he moved abroad for the first time in his career after joining Spanish Segunda División side Elche.[3]

International career

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Affengruber made his debut for the Austrian U-19 team against Latvia in September 2019. He made his U-21 debut against Norway in September 2021.

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 5 May 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FC Liefering 2019–20 2. Liga 28 2 — — — 28 2
2020–21 23 3 — — — 23 3
Total 51 5 — — — 51 5
Red Bull Salzburg 2020–21 Austrian Bundesliga 5 0 1 0 — — 6 0
Sturm Graz 2021–22 Austrian Bundesliga 30 1 3 1 8 0 — 41 2
2022–23 27 4 5 1 8 0 — 40 5
2022–23 28 2 5 1 12 0 — 45 3
Total 85 7 13 3 28 0 — 126 10
Career total 141 12 14 3 28 0 0 0 183 15

Honours

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Red Bull Salzburg Youth

  • Jugendliga U18: 2019[4]
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Red Bull Salzburg

  • Austrian Bundesliga: 2021
  • Austrian Cup: 2021

References

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  1. ^ FC Red Bull Salzburg Homepage
  2. ^ "STURM GRAZ VERPFLICHTET DAVID AFFENGRUBER" (in German). Sturm Graz. 11 June 2021. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Affengruber, un refuerzo de lujo para cerrar la defensa del Elche CF" [Affengruber, a luxury signing to complete the defense of Elche CF] (in Spanish). Elche CF. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Summary - Jugendliga U18 - Austria - Results, fixtures, tables and news". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 September 2019.

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