Nicolas Seiwald

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 (age 23)
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 FC Liefering 37 (5)
2020–2023 Red Bull Salzburg 78 (3)
2023– RB Leipzig 35 (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 34 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:35, 18 January 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:28, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

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]

Club career

Seiwald began his career in 2009 with the youth academy of Red Bull Salzburg. He made his professional debut playing for Red Bull Salzburg's feeder team, FC Liefering, against WSG Wattens on 24 May 2019.[3] He made his league debut on 21 November 2020 as a starter against SK Sturm Graz.[4] On 11 October 2022, Seiwald scored his first Champions League goal in a 1–1 away draw against Dinamo Zagreb.[5]

On 26 February 2023, Seiwald joined German side RB Leipzig for the 2023–24 season, signing a five-year contract with the club.[6][7]

International career

Having represented Austria at various youth levels,[8] Seiwald debuted for Austria national football team on 12 November 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Israel.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 18 January 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FC Liefering 2018–19 2. Liga 3 0 — — — 3 0
2019–20 2. Liga 23 3 — — — 23 3
2020–21 2. Liga 11 2 — — — 11 2
Total 37 5 — — — 37 5
Red Bull Salzburg 2020–21 Austrian Bundesliga 15 0 3 0 0 0 — 18 0
2021–22 Austrian Bundesliga 32 0 5 1 10[a] 0 — 47 1
2022–23 Austrian Bundesliga 31 3 4 0 7[a] 0 — 42 3
Total 78 3 12 1 17 0 — 107 4
RB Leipzig 2023–24 Bundesliga 21 0 1 0 4[a] 0 1[b] 0 27 0
2024–25 Bundesliga 14 0 2 0 5[a] 0 — 21 0
Total 35 0 3 0 9 0 1 0 48 0
Career total 150 8 15 1 26 0 1 0 192 9
  1. ^ a b c d Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. ^ Appearance in DFL-Supercup

International

As of match played 17 November 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Austria 2021 2 0
2022 8 0
2023 10 0
2024 14 0
Total 34 0

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg Youth

  • Jugendliga U18: 2019[10]

Runner-up

Red Bull Salzburg

RB Leipzig

References

  1. ^ "Nicolas Seiwald". FC Red Bull Salzburg. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  2. ^ Nicolas Seiwald at Soccerway
  3. ^ "Liefering vs. Swarovski Tirol". Soccerway. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  4. ^ "FC Red Bull Salzburg-SK Sturm". Salzburg24 (in German). 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. ^ Gottsmann, Thomas (12 November 2021). "WM-Qualifikation: Österreich schlägt Israel 4:2 - Joker Schaub sichert Fodas Job". Salzburger Nachrichten (in German). Debütant Nicolas Seiwald fälschte einen harmlosen Freistoß von Nir Bitton mit der Hand ins eigene Tor ab 0–1. [Debutant Nicolas Seiwald deflected a harmless free kick from Nir Bitton into his own goal.]
  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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