Christoph Leitgeb

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Personal information
Christoph Leitgeb
Date of birth	April 14, 1985 (1985-04-14) (age 23)
Place of birth	Graz, Austria
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Red Bull Salzburg
Number	24
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003-2005 2005-2007 2007-	Sturm Graz Amateure Sturm Graz Red Bull Salzburg	0? (?) 54 (4) 27 (4)
National team
2006-	Austria	12 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Christoph Leitgeb (b 14 April 1985 in Graz) is an Austrian football player currently playing in the Austrian Bundesliga for Red Bull Salzburg.

[edit] Club Career

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.

[edit] International Career

Leitgeb made his debut for the Austrian national football team on the 23rd of June 2006 in a friendly against Croatia. Since then he has gone on to win twelve caps under coach Josef Hickersberger.

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Player profile

v • d • e Austria squad - UEFA Euro 2008

1 Manninger • 2 Standfest • 3 Stranzl • 4 Pogatetz • 5 Fuchs • 6 Aufhauser • 7 Vastić • 8 Leitgeb • 9 Linz • 10 Ivanschitz • 11 Korkmaz • 12 Gërçaliu • 13 Katzer • 14 Garics • 15 Prödl • 16 Patocka • 17 Hiden • 18 Kienast • 19 Säumel • 20 Harnik • 21 Macho • 22 Hoffer • 23 Özcan • Coach: Hickersberger