Matthias Seidl

Matthias Seidl
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-01-24) 24 January 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Salzburg, Austria
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Rapid Wien
Number 18
Youth career
–2009 SV Kuchl
2009–2015 Red Bull Salzburg
2015 SV Kuchl
2015–2017 SV Grödig
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2021 SV Kuchl
2021–2023 Blau-Weiß Linz 56 (21)
2023– Rapid Wien 48 (6)
International career
2019 Austria U18 2 (0)
2019–2020 Austria U20 5 (1)
2023– Austria 8 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 November 2024

Matthias Seidl (born 24 January 2001) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Austrian Bundesliga club Rapid Wien and the Austria national team.[1]

Club career

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Seidl started his senior team career with SV Kuchl in the Austrian fourth tier Salzburger Liga helping them win promotion to into the third tier Regionalliga Salzburg in 2019. For the 2021–22 season he joined second division team Blau-Weiß Linz,[2] becoming one of their key players in winning the league title and being promoted to the Austrian Football Bundesliga at the end of the 2022–23 season and being named player of the season in the 2. Liga.[3]

In June 2023 Rapid Wien announced that Seidl would join the club prior to 2022–23 season.[4][5]

International career

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Seidl was called up to the Austria national team for a set of UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches in September 2023.[6]

He then made his national team debut in September 2023 when he came on as a substitute for Konrad Laimer in the 87th minute of the World Cup qualifying game against Sweden.

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 19 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
SV Kuchl 2018–19 Salzburger Liga 2 2 2 2
2019–20 Regionalliga Salzburg 5 2 5 2
2020–21 Regionalliga Salzburg 3 4 3 4
Total 10 8 10 8
Blau-Weiß Linz 2021–22 Austrian 2. Liga 30 9 3 4 33 13
2022–23 Austrian 2. Liga 26 12 3 2 29 14
Total 56 21 6 6 0 0 0 0 62 27
Rapid Wien 2023–24 Austrian Bundesliga 32 5 5 2 4[a] 1 41 8
2024–25 Austrian Bundesliga 16 1 2 0 12[b] 2 30 3
Total 48 6 7 2 16 3 71 11
Career total 114 35 13 8 16 1 0 0 143 46
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  2. ^ Six appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League, six appearances in UEFA Conference League

International

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As of match played 14 November 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Austria 2023 3 0
2024 5 1
Total 8 1
Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Seidl goal.
List of international goals scored by Matthias Seidl
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 10 October 2024 Raiffeisen Arena, Linz, Austria  Kazakhstan 4–0 4–0 2024–25 UEFA Nations League B

Honours

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Blau-Weiß Linz

Individual

References

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  1. ^ "Matthias Seidl". oefb.at. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Kuchl-Talent Seidl schafft Sprung in Profifußball". 15 March 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Die Besten der Saison 2022/23: Seidl, Lukse & Scheiblehner". 2 June 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Matthias Seidl von Blau-Weiß zu Grün-Weiß". 27 June 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Seidl verlässt den FC Blau-Weiß Linz". 27 June 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  6. ^ @oefb1904 (29 August 2023). "Unser Team für" (Tweet) (in German). Retrieved 29 August 2023 – via Twitter.
  7. ^ "Team der Saison – ADMIRAL 2. Liga 2022/23". 2liga.at. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
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