Nicolas Seiwald

Nicolas Seiwald
	Seiwald with Red Bull Salzburg in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth	4 May 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth	Kuchl, Austria
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	RB Leipzig
Number	13
Youth career
2009–2019	Red Bull Salzburg
Senior career*
Years	Team
2019–2020	FC Liefering
2020–2023	Red Bull Salzburg
2023–	RB Leipzig
International career‡
2015	Austria U15
2017–2018	Austria U17
2018	Austria U18
2020	Austria U19
2021–	Austria U21
2021–	Austria
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:21, 6 October 2024 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:10, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

Nicolas Seiwald (born 4 May 2001) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Austria national team.^[2]

Club career

Seiwald began his career in 2009 with the youth academy of Red Bull Salzburg. He made his professional debut playing for Red Bull Salzburg's feeder team, FC Liefering, against WSG Wattens on 24 May 2019.^[3] He made his league debut on 21 November 2020 as a starter against SK Sturm Graz.^[4] On 11 October 2022, Seiwald scored his first Champions League goal in a 1–1 away draw against Dinamo Zagreb.^[5]

On 26 February 2023, Seiwald joined German side RB Leipzig for the 2023–24 season, signing a five-year contract with the club.^[6]^[7]

Having represented Austria at various youth levels,^[8] Seiwald debuted for Austria national football team on 12 November 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Israel.^[9]

As of match played 5 November 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FC Liefering	2018–19	2. Liga	3	0	—		—		—		3	0
	2019–20	2. Liga	23	3	—		—		—		23	3
	2020–21	2. Liga	11	2	—		—		—		11	2
	Total		37	5	—		—		—		37	5
Red Bull Salzburg	2020–21	Austrian Bundesliga	15	0	3	0	0	0	—		18	0
	2021–22	Austrian Bundesliga	32	0	5	1	10^[a]	0	—		47	1
	2022–23	Austrian Bundesliga	31	3	4	0	7^[a]	0	—		42	3
	Total		78	3	12	1	17	0	—		107	4
RB Leipzig	2023–24	Bundesliga	21	0	1	0	4^[a]	0	1^[b]	0	27	0
	2024–25	Bundesliga	5	0	1	0	3^[a]	0	—		9	0
	Total		26	0	2	0	7	0	1	0	36	0
Career total			141	8	14	1	24	0	1	0	180	9

As of match played 13 October 2024

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps
Austria	2021	2
	2022	8
	2023	10
	2024	12
Total		32

Red Bull Salzburg Youth

Runner-up

Red Bull Salzburg

RB Leipzig

^ "Nicolas Seiwald". FC Red Bull Salzburg. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
^ Nicolas Seiwald at Soccerway
^ "Liefering vs. Swarovski Tirol". Soccerway. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
^ "FC Red Bull Salzburg-SK Sturm". Salzburg24 (in German). 22 November 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
^ "Dinamo Zagreb 1–1 Salzburg". UEFA. 11 October 2022.
^ "RB Leipzig verpflichtet Nicolas Seiwald". RB Leipzig (in German). 26 February 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
^ "Fix: Seiwald wechselt im Sommer von RB Salzburg zu RB Leipzig". Kicker (in German). 26 February 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
^ "Nicolas Seiwald". FC Salzburg Wiki. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
^ Gottsmann, Thomas (12 November 2021). "WM-Qualifikation: Österreich schlägt Israel 4:2 - Joker Schaub sichert Fodas Job". Salzburger Nachrichten (in German). Debütant Nicolas Seiwald fälschte einen harmlosen Freistoß von Nir Bitton mit der Hand ins eigene Tor ab 0–1. [Debutant Nicolas Seiwald deflected a harmless free kick from Nir Bitton into his own goal.]
^ "Summary - Jugendliga U18 - Austria - Results, fixtures, tables and news". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
^ Lisjak, Mitja (12 August 2023). "Olmo s hat-trickom pokvaril veliki debi Kana pri Bayernu" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 12 August 2023.