David Affengruber (footballer, born 2001)

David Affengruber
Affengruber in 2019 playing for Austria U19
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-03-19) 19 March 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Scheibbs, Austria
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre Back
Club information
Current team
 Sturm Graz
Number 42
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)
2024- Elche 0 (0)
National team‡
2019–2020 Austria U19 8 (0)
2021– Austria U21 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 June 2023

David Affengruber (born 19 March 2001) is an Austrian professional footballer . He plays as defender for Elche CF.

Club career

David Affengruber started his career with the local club SC Wieselburg. He came to the youth of FC Red Bull Salzburg. Afterwards he played for the Salzburg Academy in all ranks. 2019 he went on to FC Liefering. 2021 he also played for FC Red Bull Salzburg. On 11 June 2021, he signed a three-year contract with Sturm Graz.[1]

He left Sturm after the 2023/24 season. Affengruber then moved to Spain to second division club FC Elche in August 2024. [2]

International

He played three matches for the Austrian U21 football national team.[3]

Career statistics

Club

As of 18 May 2023
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
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 24 4 5 1 8 0 — 37 5
Total 54 5 8 2 16 0 — 78 7
Career total 110 10 9 2 16 0 0 0 135 12

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg Youth

  • Jugendliga U18: 2019[4]
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FC Liefering

Red Bull Salzburg

  • Austrian Bundesliga: 2021
  • Austrian Cup: 2021

References

  1. ↑ "STURM GRAZ VERPFLICHTET DAVID AFFENGRUBER" (in German). Sturm Graz. 11 June 2021. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  2. ↑ Elche CF
  3. ↑ Transfermarkt.at:David Affengruber Nationalmannschaft (German)
  4. ↑ "Summary - Jugendliga U18 - Austria - Results, fixtures, tables and news". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 September 2019.