Nicolas Seiwald

Nicolas Seiwald (born 4 May 2001) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Austria national team.[2]

Nicolas Seiwald
Photo of Nicolas Seiwald in 2022
Seiwald with Red Bull Salzburg in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-05-04) 4 May 2001
Place of birth Kuchl, Austria
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 RB Leipzig
Number 13
Youth career
2009–2019 Red Bull Salzburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Liefering 37 (5)
2020–2023 Red Bull Salzburg 78 (3)
2023– RB Leipzig 4 (0)
International career‡
2015 Austria U15 2 (1)
2017–2018 Austria U17 9 (0)
2018 Austria U18 1 (0)
2020 Austria U19 1 (0)
2021– Austria U21 9 (2)
2021– Austria 16 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:41, 21 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:47, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Seiwald began his career in 2009 with the youth academy of FC Red Bull Salzburg. He made his professional debut playing for Red Bull Salzburg's feeder team, Liefering, against WSG Wattens on 24 May 2019.[3]

He made his debut for FC Red Bull Salzburg on 21 November 2020 when he was in the starting XI versus SK Sturm Graz.[4] On 11 October 2022, he scored his first Champions League goal in a 1–1 away draw against Dinamo Zagreb.[5]

On 26 February 2023, it was officially announced that Seiwald would join German side RB Leipzig from the 2023–24 season onwards, signing a five-year deal with the club.[6][7]

International career

Seiwald has represented Austria in various youth levels.[8]

He made his debut for Austria national football team on 12 November 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Israel.[9]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 21 October 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Liefering 2018–19 2. Liga 30———30
2019–20 2. Liga 233———233
2020–21 2. Liga 112———112
Total 375———375
Red Bull Salzburg 2020–21 Austrian Bundesliga 1503000—180
2021–22 Austrian Bundesliga 3205110[lower-alpha 1]0—471
2022–23 Austrian Bundesliga 313407[lower-alpha 1]0—423
Total 783121170—1074
RB Leipzig 2023–24 Bundesliga 4010001[lower-alpha 2]060
Career total 1198131170101509
  1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  2. Appearance in DFL-Supercup

International
As of match played 12 September 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Austria 202120
202280
202360
Total160

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg Youth

  • Jugendliga U18: 2019[10]
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FC Liefering

Runner-up

Red Bull Salzburg

RB Leipzig

References
  1. "Nicolas Seiwald". FC Red Bull Salzburg. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  2. Nicolas Seiwald at Soccerway
  3. "Liefering vs. Swarovski Tirol - 24 May 2019". Soccerway. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  4. "FC Red Bull Salzburg-SK Sturm". salzburg24. 22 November 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  5. "Dinamo Zagreb 1–1 Salzburg". UEFA. 11 October 2022.
  6. "RB Leipzig verpflichtet Nicolas Seiwald". RB Leipzig (in German). 26 February 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  7. "Fix: Seiwald wechselt im Sommer von RB Salzburg zu RB Leipzig". kicker (in German). 26 February 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  8. "Nicolas Seiwald - FC Salzburg Wiki". Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  9. "Austria v Israel game report". FIFA. 12 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  10. "Summary - Jugendliga U18 - Austria - Results, fixtures, tables and news". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  11. Lisjak, Mitja (12 August 2023). "Olmo s hat-trickom pokvaril veliki debi Kana pri Bayernu" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
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