Christoph Leitgeb

Christoph Leitgeb
Personal information
Full name	Christoph Leitgeb
Date of birth	14 April 1985
Place of birth	Graz, Austria
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2005; 2005–2007; 2007–2019; 2019-2020	Sturm Graz Amateure; Sturm Graz; Red Bull Salzburg; SK Sturm Graz
National team‡
2006-2014	Austria
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 March 2011; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 March 2011

Christoph Leitgeb (born 14 April 1985 in Graz) is a former Austrian football player. He played in the Austrian Bundesliga for F. C. Red Bull Salzburg and Sturm Graz as midfielder. He also plays in the nationalteam and was member of Austrias team for the Euro 2008.

Career

He started playing football in the youth teams of SK Sturm Graz in his hometown. In the 2005/06 season he played his first match in the first team of Sturm Graz. The first goal he scored was on 22 April 2006 against Red Bull Salzburg. After two seasons with Sturm Graz he signed with FC Red Bull Salzburg. In his first year he played regularly, but in his second year he had problems with his knees. The following years he came back and played very often from the beginning.

After spending 12 years in Salzburg he went back to SK Sturm Graz. In 2020 he ended his career and works now as scout for SK Sturm.

International career

His first international match was in a friendly against Croatia on 23 June 2006. (1:4) Till today he played 27 times in the national team of Austria. In the Euro he played in the second match versus Poland (0:1) and the third match versus Germany where he came on in minute 55 for Martin Hiden. (0:1)

Honours

Austrian Champion with F.C. Red Bull Salzburg: 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Austrian Cup: 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
European Championsship 2008 with Austria

Other websites

Official Homepage Archived 2011-02-03 at the Wayback Machine (in German)

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