Konrad Laimer

Konrad Laimer (born 27 May 1997) is an Austrian footballer. He plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Austria national team.[1]

Konrad Laimer
2020-03-10 Fußball, Männer, UEFA Champions League Achtelfinale, RB Leipzig - Tottenham Hotspur 1DX 3680 by Stepro.jpg
Laimer with RB Leipzig in 2020
Personal information
Full nameKonrad Laimer
Date of birth (1997-05-27) 27 May 1997 (age 26)
Place of birthSalzburg, Austria
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
RB Leipzig
Number27
Youth career
000–2014Red Bull Salzburg
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2016FC Liefering19(0)
2014–2017Red Bull Salzburg57(4)
2017–RB Leipzig108(7)
National team
2012–2013Austria U1614(1)
2013–2014Austria U1711(0)
2014Austria U181(0)
2014–2016Austria U1918(0)
2015Austria U205(0)
2016–2018Austria U2113(2)
2019–Austria19(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:26, 8 May 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:49, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Laimer started his career with USC Abersee. 2007 he went to the youth of FC Red Bull Salzburg. After that he went to the Red Bull Salzburg Academy. 2014 he went to FC Liefering. He made his Erste Liga debut with FC Liefering at 2 May 2014 against SV Horn.[2] He made his first team debut at 28 September 2014 against SK Rapid Wien. He came in forAlan in extra time.[3] He scored his first goal in the cup semifinal versus FK Austria Wien on 20 April 2016.

On 30 June 2017 he went to RB Leipzig in the German Bundesliga.[4]

International career

He played in all youth national teams from U16 to U21. With the U19 team he played in the U-19 European championship 2014 a nd the U-20 World championship 2015.

Laimer was first called in the Austria in September 2017.[5] He made his debut on 7 June 2019 in a qualifing match for the Euro 2020 against Slovenia in the starting XI.[6]

Honours

  • Austrian Champion: 2015, 2016, 2017
  • Austrian Cup: 2015, 2016, 2017
  • Best player of the league: 2017

Other weblinks

References

  1. "K. Laimer". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  2. "Horn vs. Liefering - 2 May 2014". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  3. "Rapid Wien vs. Salzburg - 28 September 2014". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  4. "Transfermeldung: Konrad Laimer wechselt zu RB Leipzig!". RasenBallsport Leipzig (in Deutsch).
  5. WALES VS AUSTRIA. 2 September 2017. http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/wales-vs-austria-tv-channel-free-stream-kick-off-time-odds-match-/19qhpl544djsw1tis3qf2vh2gw. Retrieved 3 May 2022. 
  6. "Austria v Slovenia game report". UEFA. 7 June 2019.