austrian football player
Marcel Sabitzer ( hold 17 March 1994 ) is an austrian professional football player who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Austria national team. predominantly a central midfielder, he besides plays in a battalion of roles, including attacking midfielder, second striker, winger and defensive midfielder .

Club career [edit ]

Admira Wacker Mödling [edit ]

Sabitzer played for Admira Wacker Mödling between September 2010 and January 2013. He scored two goals in eight appearances during the 2010–11 austrian Bundesliga. [ 4 ]

rapid Wien [edit ]

He was then at Rapid Wien between January 2013 and June 2014.

RB Leipzig [edit ]

loan to Red Bull Salzburg [edit ]

On 30 May 2014, Sabitzer signed a four-year contract with RB Leipzig, and was loaned for a season to FC Red Bull Salzburg. [ 5 ]

restitution to RB Leipzig [edit ]

Sabitzer returned to RB Leipzig for the 2015–16 season, [ 4 ] when he scored eight goals in 34 appearances. [ 6 ] On 1 April 2016, Sabitzer extended his contract until 2021. [ 7 ] He finished the 2016–17 season with nine goals in 33 appearances. [ 8 ] In the 2017–18 season, he scored five goals in 34 appearances. [ 9 ] In the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League, Sabitzer scored his first two goals in the contest in back-to-back matches against Zenit Saint Petersburg. [ 10 ] On 10 March 2020, he scored doubly in a 3–0 win over Tottenham Hotspur in the Champions League round of 16, to help earn Leipzig a 4–0 aggregate victory and a locate in the quarter-finals of the rival for the beginning time in club ‘s history. [ 11 ] Leipzig finally lost 0–3 to Paris Saint-Germain in a semifinal finals match on 18 August, and were knocked out of the tournament. [ 12 ] Sabitzer finished the 2019–20 campaign with 16 goals and 11 assists in all competitions. [ 13 ]

Bayern Munich [edit ]

On 30 August 2021, Sabitzer signed a four-year contract with Bayern Munich for a reported transfer tip of €16 million. [ 14 ] [ 15 ]

International career [edit ]

Sabitzer playing for Austria in 2015

Sabitzer made his debut for Austria on 5 June 2012, in a scoreless friendly draw against Romania. He represented the home team at UEFA Euro 2016, [ 16 ] and UEFA Euro 2020. [ 17 ]

personal life [edit ]

He is a son of former Austria international Herfried Sabitzer, [ 18 ] and the cousin of football player Thomas Sabitzer. [ 19 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of match played 17 December 2021.[4]

International [edit ]

As of match played 12 November 2021[20]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Austria 2012 1 0
2013 2 0
2014 6 2
2015 7 1
2016 9 1
2017 4 1
2018 4 0
2019 9 2
2020 4 1
2021 11 2
Total 57 10

Scores and results list Austria’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sabitzer goal. [ 20 ]

Honours [edit ]

Red Bull Salzburg
Individual

References [edit ]