Christoph Leitgeb

Christoph Leitgeb

Personal information
Date of birth	(1985-04-14) 14 April 1985
Place of birth	Graz, Austria
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Central midfielder
Club information
Current team	Red Bull Salzburg
Number	24
Youth career
1991–2003	Sturm Graz
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2005	Sturm Graz Amateure
2005–2007	Sturm Graz	54	(5)
2007–	Red Bull Salzburg	205	(17)
National team‡
2006–	Austria[1]	41	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 January 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2014

Christoph Leitgeb (born 14 April 1985) is an Austrian football midfielder currently playing in the Austrian Bundesliga for Red Bull Salzburg. Leitgeb has represented his country at international level 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.

International career

Leitgeb made his debut for Austria on 23 June 2006 in a friendly against Croatia and was a participant at Euro 2008 and played two out of three matches for Austria.

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg

• Austrian Bundesliga: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
• Austrian Cup: 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16

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References

External links

• Player profile – Red Bull Salzburg
• Profile – EURO2008
• Christoph Leitgeb at National-Football-Teams.com
• Guardian Football Stats

Austria squad – UEFA Euro 2008
1 Manninger 2 Standfest 3 Stranzl 4 Pogatetz 5 Fuchs 6 Aufhauser 7 Vastić 8 Leitgeb 9 Linz 10 Ivanschitz (c) 11 Korkmaz 12 Gërçaliu 13 Katzer 14 Garics 15 Prödl 16 Patocka 17 Hiden 18 Kienast 19 Säumel 20 Harnik 21 Macho 22 Hoffer 23 Özcan Coach: Hickersberger