Annelie Leitner

Annelie Leitner (born 15 June 1996) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish Liga F club Eibar and the Austria women's national team.

Annelie Leitner^[1]

Personal information
Date of birth	(1996-06-15) 15 June 1996 (age 29)[2]
Place of birth	Graz, Austria
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[3]
Position(s)	Forward[2]
Team information
Current team	Eibar
Number	21
Youth career
2004–200?	SC Tamsweg
2006–200?	1. SSK 1919
2013	ASV Ofenbinder Spratzern[4]
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2018	Indiana Hoosiers	75	(9)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
20??–2012	Pares-Unifut
2013	St. Pölten	3	(2)
2013	St. Pölten II	1	(0)
2013	Pares-Unifut
201?–201?	Indiana Invaders
2019	Hwacheon KSPO WFC
2020	Maccabi Kishronot Hadera	7	(2)
2020–2022	Zaragoza	54	(10)
2022–2023	DUX Logroño	30	(1)
2023–	Eibar	6	(0)
International career‡
2012–2013	Austria U17	6	(2)
2013–2015	Austria U19	7	(3)
2021–	Austria	1	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 October 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14 June 2021.[5]

Early life

Leitner was born to Austrian parents in Graz and grew up in Salzburg.^[6] In 2009,^[1] she emigrated to Guatemala because of her father's work.^[6]

Education and college career

Leitner has attended the Guatemalan Austrian Institute in Guatemala City and the Indiana University Bloomington in Bloomington, Indiana, United States.^[3]

Club career

Leitner is a SC Tamsweg and 1. SSK 1919 product.^[1] After moving to Guatemala, she has played for Pares-Unifut.^[7] During her time in the United States as an Indiana University Bloomington student, she also played for Indiana Invaders in the WLS.^[3] After graduation, she was signed by Hwacheon KSPO WFC in South Korea.^[8] She later played for Maccabi Kishronot Hadera FC in Israel and for Zaragoza CFF in Spain.^[9][10]

International career

At youth levels, Leitner has first played unofficially for Guatemala, while living there, and then officially for Austria.^[11][7][12] She made her senior debut for the latter on 14 June 2021 as an 82nd-minute substitution in a 2–3 friendly home defeat to Italy.^[1][13]