David Affengruber (born 19 March 2001) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Spanish club Elche.
_56.jpg) Affengruber in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 19 March 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Scheibbs, Austria | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Elche | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2013 | SC Wieselburg | ||
| 2013–2019 | Red Bull Salzburg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2021 | Liefering | 51 | (5) |
| 2021 | Red Bull Salzburg | 5 | (0) |
| 2021–2024 | Sturm Graz | 85 | (7) |
| 2024– | Elche | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019–2020 | Austria U19 | 8 | (0) |
| 2021– | Austria U21 | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 September 2021 | |||
Club career
editAffengruber began his career at SC Wieselburg. In September 2013 he moved to the youth team of FC Red Bull Salzburg. From the 2015–16 season he played in all age groups in the academy at Red Bull Salzburg.
For the 2019–20 season he was promoted to FC Liefering. He made his debut for Liefering in the second division in July 2019. He started against SKU Amstetten on matchday one of that season. In the game he also scored his first second division goal.
In January 2021 he made his Bundesliga debut for FC Red Bull Salzburg against TSV Hartberg. In February 2021 he received a contract in Salzburg that ran until May 2022. [1] By the end of the season he had made five appearances for Salzburg in the Bundesliga.
On 11 June 2021, Affengruber signed a three-year contract with Sturm Graz.[2] On 28 August 2024, he moved abroad for the first time in his career after joining Spanish Segunda División side Elche.[3]
International career
editAffengruber made his debut for the Austrian U-19 team against Latvia in September 2019. He made his U-21 debut against Norway in September 2021.
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 5 May 2024
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Liefering | 2019–20 | 2. Liga | 28 | 2 | — | — | — | 28 | 2 | |||
| 2020–21 | 23 | 3 | — | — | — | 23 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 51 | 5 | — | — | — | 51 | 5 | |||||
| Red Bull Salzburg | 2020–21 | Austrian Bundesliga | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| Sturm Graz | 2021–22 | Austrian Bundesliga | 30 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | 41 | 2 | |
| 2022–23 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | 40 | 5 | |||
| 2022–23 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 0 | — | 45 | 3 | |||
| Total | 85 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 28 | 0 | — | 126 | 10 | |||
| Career total | 141 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 183 | 15 | ||
Honours
editRed Bull Salzburg Youth
- Jugendliga U18: 2019[4]
FC Liefering
- Austrian Football First League runner-up: 2021
Red Bull Salzburg
References
edit- ^ FC Red Bull Salzburg Homepage
- ^ "STURM GRAZ VERPFLICHTET DAVID AFFENGRUBER" (in German). Sturm Graz. 11 June 2021. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ "Affengruber, un refuerzo de lujo para cerrar la defensa del Elche CF" [Affengruber, a luxury signing to complete the defense of Elche CF] (in Spanish). Elche CF. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ "Summary - Jugendliga U18 - Austria - Results, fixtures, tables and news". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
Other websites
edit- David Affengruber at WorldFootball.net
- David Affengruber at Soccerway