Moritz Leitner
 Leitner with VfB Stuttgart in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Moritz Leitner | ||
| Date of birth | 8 December 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Munich, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | VfB Stuttgart | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–1998 | FC Unterföhring | ||
| 1998–2010 | 1860 München | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2010–2011 | 1860 München | 16 | (0) |
| 2011– | Borussia Dortmund | 42 | (0) |
| 2011 | → FC Augsburg (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2013– | → VfB Stuttgart (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008 | Austria U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Germany U19 | 8 | (7) |
| 2013 | Germany U20 | 2 | (2) |
| 2011– | Germany U21 | 13 | (5) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 September 2013. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Moritz Leitner (born 8 December 1992) is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart on loan from Borussia Dortmund until June 2015, having previously played for 1860 München and FC Augsburg. He has been capped at youth international level by Germany and Austria.
Leitners family and his childhood
Leitner's father Erwin Feldberger (born 1943) comes from the Baden-Württemberg town of Burladingen. His mother, born Leitner, comes from Austria. Erwin Feldberger was also a footballer settled down in the Munich area after retirement. Leitner was then born in 1992 as one of two children in Munich and grew up in the suburb of Oberföhring.[1]
Club career
Leitner made his professional debut playing for his childhood club 1860 München on 14 August 2010, when he came on as a substitute for Aleksandar Ignjovski in a DFB-Pokal match against SC Verl. In January 2011, he was transferred to Borussia Dortmund and subsequently joined Augsburg on loan until the end of the 2010–11 season.
In summer 2011, Leitner joined Borussia Dortmund and played 22 games in his first season. Because of the impressive competition at the playmaker position, he played only four times as a starter in the 2011/12 season. In those 22 games, he scored two assists.[2]
In the 2012/13 season, Leitner got some more game time (30 games) after the departure of Shinji Kagawa but because of the impressive performances of Mario Götze, he played as a starter only at ten times. He scored three assists with no goals scored.
On 1 July 2013 Moritz Leitner joined VfB Stuttgart on loan until June 2015.[3]
He made his debut for VfB Stuttgart in their first game of the Bundesliga season.
On 1 February 2014, Leitner scored his first ever Bundesliga goal in Stuttgart's 2-1 defeat at Bayer Leverkusen.[4]
Career statistics
- As of 11 May 2013.[5]
| Season | Club | Division | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2010–11 | 1860 München | 2. Bundesliga | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | FC Augsburg | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2011–12 | Borussia Dortmund | Bundesliga | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 2012–13 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | VfB Stuttgart | Bundesliga | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Career total | 81 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 98 | 1 | ||
Honours
Club
- Bundesliga: 2011–12
- DFB-Pokal: 2011–12
- UEFA Champions League: runner-up 2012–13
References
- ↑ "Jungstar mit Burladinger Wurzeln" (in German). Hohenzollerische Zeitung. 10 December 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
- ↑ http://www.transfermarkt.de/de/moritz-leitner/leistungsdaten/spieler_82243_2011.html
- ↑ "Moritz Leitner signs for VfB". vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ↑ "Sensational Curler! Moritz Leitner (Stuttgart) vs Leverkusen". inside World Soccer. 2 February 2014.
- ↑ "Moritz Leitner". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
External links
- Moritz Leitner at fussballdaten.de (German)
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