Leopold Querfeld
{{Short description|Austrian footballer (born 2003)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{BLP sources|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Leopold Querfeld
| image = FC Red Bull Salzburg vs. SK Rapid Wien (2022-09-18) 25a (cropped) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Querfeld in 2022
| full_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|2003|12|20}}
| birth_place = Vienna, Austria
| height = 1.90 m
| position = Centre-back
| currentclub = Union Berlin
| clubnumber = 14
| youthyears1 = 2010–2012 | youthclubs1 = Union Mauer
| youthyears2 = 2012–2020 | youthclubs2 = Rapid Wien
| years1 = 2020–2022 | clubs1 = Rapid Wien II | caps1 = 42 | goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2021–2024 | clubs2 = Rapid Wien | caps2 = 56 | goals2 = 4
| years3 = 2024– | clubs3 = Union Berlin | caps3 = 22 | goals3 = 1
| nationalyears1 = 2021
| nationalteam1 = Austria U18
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2021–2022
| nationalteam2 = Austria U19
| nationalcaps2 = 8
| nationalgoals2 = 2
| nationalyears3 = 2022–
| nationalteam3 = Austria U21
| nationalcaps3 = 11
| nationalgoals3 = 1
| nationalyears4 = 2024–
| nationalteam4 = Austria
| nationalcaps4 = 4
| nationalgoals4 = 0
| club-update = 12 April 2025
| nationalteam-update = 9 September 2024
}}
Leopold Querfeld (born 20 December 2003) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for German {{German football updater|UnionBer}} club Union Berlin and the Austria national team.
Biography
A youth product of Union Mauer, Querfeld moved to the academy of Rapid Wien in 2012.{{Cite web|title=Youngster im Fokus|url=https://www.skrapid.at/de/startseite/news/news/aktuelles/2021/04/youngster-im-fokus-1-2-3|website=SK Rapid Wien|date=14 April 2024|language=de}} He began training with their reserves in 2020 and debuted for the first team in a 3–1 UEFA Europa League loss to Dinamo Zagreb on 4 November 2021.{{Cite news|title=Schulfrei! SCR-Debütant Querfeld sorgt für Lacher|url=https://www.laola1.at/de/red/fussball/europa-league/news/schulfrei--rapid-debuetant-leopold-querfeld-sorgt-fuer-lacher/|website=Laola1|date=5 November 2021|access-date=12 August 2024|language=de}}
Querfeld is a youth international for Austria, having represented his country at Austria U18 and U19 age levels.{{Cite news|title=Die ungewöhnliche Familiengeschichte des Rapidlers Leopold Querfeld|url=https://kurier.at/sport/fussball/die-ungewoehnliche-familiengeschichte-des-rapidlers-leopold-querfeld/402045940|url-access=subscription|newspaper=Kurier|date=19 June 2022|language=de}} He debuted for the senior squad on 23 March 2024 in a friendly against Slovakia.{{Cite news|title=Mit Debütant Querfeld: Das ist die ÖFB-Startelf gegen die Slowakei|trans-title=With debutant Querfeld: This is the ÖFB starting eleven against Slovakia|url=https://www.skysportaustria.at/mit-debuetant-querfeld-das-ist-die-oefb-startelf-gegen-die-slowakei/|website=Sky Sports Austria|publisher=Sky Group|date=23 March 2024|access-date=12 August 2024|language=de}}
On 14 June 2024, Querfeld signed with Union Berlin in Germany.{{Cite web|title=Leopold Querfeld moves from Rapid to Union|url=https://www.fc-union-berlin.de/en/union-live/latest-news/professional/Leopold-Querfeld-Moves-From-Rapid-to-Union-1587z/|website=Union Berlin|date=14 June 2024|access-date=2 July 2024}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 12 April 2025}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="4"|Rapid Wien II
|Austrian Football Second League |21 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 21 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22
|Austrian Football Second League |20 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 20 | 0 | ||||
| 2022–23
|Austrian Football Second League |1 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 1 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!42 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 42 | 1 | ||||
| rowspan="4"|Rapid Wien
|5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2{{efn|One appearance in UEFA Europa League, one appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League}} | 0 | 2{{efn|Appearances in Bundesliga EC Play-off}} | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2022–23
|Austrian Bundesliga |23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=UECL|Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 26 | 1 | ||
| 2023–24
|Austrian Bundesliga |28 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4{{efn|name=UECL}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 36 | 2 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!56 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 72 | 4 | |
| Union Berlin
|Bundesliga |22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 23 | 1 | |||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!120 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 136 | 6 |
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=International=
{{updated|9 September 2024}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="1"|Austria
|2024 | 4 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total | 4 | 0 |
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{Soccerway|leopold-querfeld/627416}}
- [https://www.oefb.at/Profile/Spieler/870803?Leopold-Querfeld OEFB Profile]
{{1. FC Union Berlin squad}}
{{Austria squad UEFA Euro 2024}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Querfeld, Leopold}}
Category:Footballers from Vienna
Category:Austrian men's footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Austria men's international footballers
Category:Austria men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Austria men's youth international footballers
Category:Austrian Football Bundesliga players
Category:2. Liga (Austria) players
Category:Austrian Regionalliga players
Category:SK Rapid Wien players
Category:1. FC Union Berlin players
Category:UEFA Euro 2024 players
Category:Austrian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Germany