Christian Gartner (footballer)

Christian Gartner ( born April 3, 1994 Kittsee ) is an Austrian football player. He plays since 2013 in Fortuna Dusseldorf in the 2nd Bundesliga.

Career

Gartner started his career at FC Illmitz in Burgenland, which he, with the exception of the 2007/08 season, where he joined the AKA Burgenland, belonged until January 2010.

On 1 February 2010, he was obliged by the Bundesliga club SV Mattersburg. Initially, the young midfielder was used in the second team, where he died on March 19, 2010 1919 made ​​its debut in the Regional League East (third power) in the 1-3 defeat against SC -ESV Parndorf. Gartner was replaced in the 58th minute. By the summer of 2010, followed by eight more missions.

As of May 13, 2010 Gartner appeared first on the squad in the Bundesliga team. In the last round in the 1-3 defeat against SK Rapid Wien Gartner at the age of only 16 years and 41 days was allowed to make his debut in the highest Austrian league when he came on in the 92nd minute for Thomas Wagner. In the summer of 2010, Gartner added fix in the squad for the first team due to his talent coach Franz Lederer. On March 12, 2011 was Gartner against Kapfenberg for the first time in the starting lineup, a week later, another 16 -year-old scored his first Bundesliga goal and wrote so as the youngest Mattersburger Bundesliga scorer a piece of SVM history.

For the 2013/14 season Gartner moved to Fortuna Dusseldorf. He signed with the German second division a contract for three seasons until 30 June 2016.