Christoph Baumgartner
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_(cropped).jpg) Baumgartner with Austria in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Christoph Baumgartner[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1 August 1999[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Horn, Austria | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[3] | ||
| Positions | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | RB Leipzig | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2012 | SV Horn | ||
| 2012–2017 | AKA St. Pölten | ||
| 2017–2018 | TSG Hoffenheim | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2019 | TSG Hoffenheim II | 14 | (5) |
| 2019–2023 | TSG Hoffenheim | 121 | (27) |
| 2023– | RB Leipzig | 93 | (19) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014 | Austria U15 | 2 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Austria U16 | 12 | (5) |
| 2015–2016 | Austria U17 | 10 | (4) |
| 2016–2017 | Austria U18 | 6 | (2) |
| 2017–2018 | Austria U19 | 9 | (4) |
| 2017–2020 | Austria U21 | 6 | (0) |
| 2020– | Austria | 58 | (19) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 April 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 31 March 2026 | |||
Christoph Baumgartner (born 1 August 1999) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder and forward for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Austria national team.[4] He was selected Austrian Footballer of the Year in 2024.
TSG Hoffenheim
In January 2019, Baumgartner was promoted to the first team squad of TSG Hoffenheim.[5] He made his debut for Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga on 11 May 2019, coming on as a half-time substitute for Nadiem Amiri in the 0–1 home loss against Werder Bremen.[6]
RB Leipzig
On 23 June 2023, RB Leipzig announced the signing of Baumgartner on a five-year contract.[7]
International career
Youth
Baumgartner appeared for the various Austrian youth national teams, from the under-15 to under-19 selections.[8][9][10][11][12] In April 2016, he was included in Austria's squad for the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Azerbaijan.[13] He scored both goals in Austria's 2–0 win in their opening match against Bosnia and Herzegovina,[14] with the team managing to reach the quarter-finals before losing to Portugal.[15]
He made his under-21 debut on 10 November 2017, coming on as a substitute for Mathias Honsak in the 87th minute of the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against Serbia, which finished as a 1–3 home loss.[16]
Senior
In August 2020, Baumgartner was called up for the Austrian senior team for the first time.[17] On 4 September, he started his first match in a 2–1 away win over Norway during the UEFA Nations League.[18] Three days later, he scored his first goal in a 3–2 home defeat against Romania.[19]
On 24 May 2021, he was named in Austrian squad for the UEFA Euro 2020.[20] On 21 June, he scored the only goal for Austria in a 1–0 win over Ukraine, to help his national team to reach the knockout stages of the competition for the first time in their history.[21]
On 23 March 2024, Baumgartner scored what is believed to be the fastest goal in the history of international football, scoring after only six seconds in a 2–0 friendly victory over Slovakia in Bratislava.[22] Later that year, on 7 June, he was named in the 26-man squad for the UEFA Euro 2024.[23] On 21 June, he scored his country's second goal in a 3–1 victory over Poland during the group stage.[24]
