Christoph Baumgartner (born 1 August 1999) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club 1899 Hoffenheim and the Austria national team.[2]
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Baumgartner with Austria in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Christoph Baumgartner | ||
| Date of birth | (1999-08-01) 1 August 1999 (age 23) | ||
| Place of birth | Horn, Austria | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | 1899 Hoffenheim | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2012 | SV Horn | ||
| 2012–2017 | AKA St. Pölten | ||
| 2017–2018 | 1899 Hoffenheim | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018– | 1899 Hoffenheim II | 14 | (5) |
| 2019– | 1899 Hoffenheim | 95 | (22) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 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– | Austria U21 | 6 | (0) |
| 2020– | Austria | 23 | (7) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:08, 18 September 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:11, 25 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
In January 2019, Baumgartner was promoted to the first team squad of 1899 Hoffenheim.[3] 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.[4]
Baumgartner appeared for the various Austrian youth national teams, from the under-15 to under-19 selections.[5][6][7][8][9] In April 2016, he was included in Austria's squad for the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Azerbaijan.[10] He scored both goals in Austria's 2–0 win in their opening match against Bosnia and Herzegovina,[11] with the team managing to reach the quarter-finals before losing to Portugal.[12]
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.[13]
On 21 June 2021, he scored the only goal for Austria in a 1–0 win over Ukraine in the UEFA Euro 2020, to help his national team to reach the knockout stages of the competition for the first time in their history.[14]
| Club | Season | League | DFB-Pokal | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| 1899 Hoffenheim | 2018–19 | Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 7 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8[lower-alpha 1] | 3 | – | 41 | 9 | |||
| 2021–22 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 31 | 7 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 2 | ||||
| Career total | 95 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 25 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Austria | |||
| 2020 | 5 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 12 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 6 | 1 | |
| Total | 23 | 7 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 7 September 2020 | Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt, Austria | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B | |
| 2. | 7 October 2020 | 2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly | ||
| 3. | 28 March 2021 | Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
| 4. | 21 June 2021 | Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania | 1–0 | 1–0 | UEFA Euro 2020 | |
| 5. | 1 September 2021 | Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
| 6. | 4 September 2021 | Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa, Israel | 1–3 | 2–5 | ||
| 7. | 25 September 2022 | Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2022–23 UEFA Nations League A |
Baumgartner's older brother, Dominik, is also a professional footballer and youth international for Austria.[17]
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim – current squad | |
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Austria squad – UEFA Euro 2020 | ||
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