Christoph Leitgeb

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.

Christoph Leitgeb

Leitgeb with Red Bull Salzburg in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth	(1985-04-14) 14 April 1985 (age 40)
Place of birth	Graz, Austria
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Central midfielder
Youth career
1991–2003	Sturm Graz
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2005	Sturm Graz Amateure
2005–2007	Sturm Graz	54	(5)
2007–2019	Red Bull Salzburg	229	(17)
2019–2020	Sturm Graz	4	(0)
Total		287	(22)
International career‡
2006–2014	Austria[1]	41	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 September 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 November 2014

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.^[2]

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

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[3]

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