Christoph Leitgeb
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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.[1]
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
| 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 | ||||
| Total | 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 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 2 | ||
| Total | 229 | 17 | 24 | 2 | 74 | 1 | 327 | 20 | ||
| Sturm Graz | 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Career total | 306 | 22 | 26 | 2 | 75 | 1 | 407 | 25 | ||
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
References
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External links
- Player profile – Red Bull Salzburg
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- 1985 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Graz
- Austrian men's footballers
- Austria men's international footballers
- UEFA Euro 2008 players
- SK Sturm Graz players
- FC Red Bull Salzburg players
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players
- Men's association football forwards
- SK Sturm Graz non-playing staff