Christoph Leitgeb

Christoph Leitgeb in 2012

Christoph Leitgeb ( born April 14, 1985 in Graz, Styria ) is an Austrian football player at the position of a midfielder and plays since 2007 at the Bundesliga FC Red Bull Salzburg.

Career

Association

Leitgeb began his career in the youth of SK Sturm Graz and worked his way up into the first team high. On April 22, 2006 against Red Bull Salzburg he scored his first Bundesliga goal and made his performance even coach Josef Hickersberger attention. On 12 June 2007 he was transferred for a fee of 1.7 million euros to FC Red Bull Salzburg, where Leitgeb also had offers from Germany. In the city of Mozart, he was able to prevail at first but was then repeatedly set back by injuries. 2009 and 2010 he won the championship with the Bulls. In the group stage of the UEFA Europa League 2009/10 he won with the Salzburg all six group games against Lazio, Villarreal CF and Levski Sofia, but the team retired in Sixteenth-finals against Standard Liege from. Over the years, Leitgeb developed to guide players and was rewarded in the 2011/12 season with the master loop.

National

On 23 May 2006 Leitgeb celebrated under coach Josef Hickersberger his debut for the Austrian national team. In the friendly against Croatia, he was in the starting and was replaced by Michael 72 minutes Mörz.

In June 2008, Leitgeb participated with the OFB team at the European Championships held, he came in the second match Austria against Poland used. Leitgeb played through and had a big chance he nonutilized. In the third and decisive group game against Germany Leitgeb for Martin Hiden came on in the 55th minute but could not prevent the 0-1 defeat and the resignation associated with it.

Achievements

  • 3 × Austrian Champion: 2009, 2010, 2012
  • 1 x Austrian Cup winner: 2012
  • 3 × participate in UEFA Europa League: 2009, 2010, 2011
  • 1 × participate in the European Championship: 2008 ( group stage )

Private

The father of Leitgeb is a native of Croatia, his mother from Austria. Leitgeb lives with his wife Romy and his daughter born in January 2011 in a house in Salzburg.

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