Matthias Seidl
{{Short description|Austrian footballer (born 2001)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Matthias Seidl
| image = FC RB Salzburg gegen SK Rapid Wien (2023-09-03) 17 (Matthias Seidl).jpg
| caption = Seidl in 2023
| full_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|01|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = Salzburg, Austria
| height = 1.75 m
| position = Attacking midfielder
| currentclub = Rapid Wien
| clubnumber = 18
| youthyears1 = –2009
| youthclubs1 = SV Kuchl
| youthyears2 = 2009–2015
| youthclubs2 = Red Bull Salzburg
| youthyears3 = 2015
| youthclubs3 = SV Kuchl
| youthyears4 = 2015–2017
| youthclubs4 = SV Grödig
| years1 = 2017–2021
| clubs1 = SV Kuchl
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 2021–2023
| clubs2 = Blau-Weiß Linz
| caps2 = 56
| goals2 = 21
| years3 = 2023–
| clubs3 = Rapid Wien
| caps3 = 64
| goals3 = 7
| nationalyears1 = 2019
| nationalteam1 = Austria U18
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2019–2020
| nationalteam2 = Austria U20
| nationalcaps2 = 5
| nationalgoals2 = 1
| nationalyears3 = 2023–
| nationalteam3 = Austria
| nationalcaps3 = 8
| nationalgoals3 = 1
| club-update = 11 June 2025
| nationalteam-update = 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.{{cite web |title=Matthias Seidl |url=https://www.oefb.at/Profile/Spieler/803271?Matthias-Seidl |website=oefb.at |access-date=18 August 2023}}
Club career
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,{{cite web|title=Kuchl-Talent Seidl schafft Sprung in Profifußball|url=https://www.salzburg24.at/sport/fussball/unterhaus/matthias-seidl-wechselt-vom-sv-kuchl-zu-blau-weiss-linz-101114674|date=15 March 2021|access-date=18 August 2023}} 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.{{cite web|title=Die Besten der Saison 2022/23: Seidl, Lukse & Scheiblehner|url=https://www.2liga.at/2liga/redaktionsbaum/news/22-23/die-besten-der-saison-2022-23--seidl--lukse---scheiblehner/|date=2 June 2023|access-date=18 August 2023}}
In June 2023 Rapid Wien announced that Seidl would join the club prior to 2022–23 season.{{cite web|title=Matthias Seidl von Blau-Weiß zu Grün-Weiß|url=https://www.skrapid.at/de/startseite/news/news/aktuelles/2023/06/matthias-seidl-von-blau-weiss-zu-gruen-weiss|date=27 June 2023|access-date=18 August 2023}}{{cite web|title=Seidl verlässt den FC Blau-Weiß Linz|url=https://blauweiss-linz.at/news/seidl-verlaesst-den-fc-blau-weiss-linz/|date=27 June 2023|access-date=18 August 2023}}
International career
Seidl was called up to the Austria national team for a set of UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches in September 2023.{{cite tweet |number=1696472786988900818 |user=oefb1904 |title=Unser Team für |access-date=29 August 2023 |language=de}}
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
=Club=
{{updated|match played 1 June 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"|SV Kuchl
|2018–19 |2 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 2019–20
|5 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 5 | 2 | ||||
| 2020–21
|Regionalliga Salzburg |3 | 4 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 4 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!10 | 8 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 10 | 8 | ||||
| rowspan="3"|Blau-Weiß Linz
|30 | 9 | 3 | 4 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 33 | 13 | |||
| 2022–23
|Austrian 2. Liga |26 | 12 | 3 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 29 | 14 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!56 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 27 | |
| rowspan="3"|Rapid Wien
|32 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League}} | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 41 | 8 | ||
| 2024–25
|Austrian Bundesliga |32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 16{{efn|Six appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League, ten appearances in UEFA Conference League}} | 2 | colspan="2"|— | 50 | 3 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!64 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | 91 | 12 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!130 | 36 | 13 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 163 | 49 |
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=International=
{{updated|match played 14 November 2024}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="2"|Austria
|2023 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 5 | 1 | |
| colspan="2"|Total||8||1 |
:Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Seidl goal.
| class="wikitable" | ||||||
| + List of international goals scored by Matthias Seidl
! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition | ||||||
| 1. | 10 October 2024 | Raiffeisen Arena, Linz, Austria | {{fb|KAZ}} | align=center| 4–0 | align=center| 4–0 | 2024–25 UEFA Nations League B |
Honours
Blau-Weiß Linz
Individual
- 2. Liga Player of the Season: 2022–23
- 2. Liga Team of the Season: 2022–23{{cite web |title=Team der Saison – ADMIRAL 2. Liga 2022/23 |url=https://www.2liga.at/2liga/redaktionsbaum/news/22-23/team-der-saison-----admiral-2--liga-2022-23/ |website=2liga.at |access-date=18 August 2023 |date=12 June 2023}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{WorldFootball.net|matthias-seidl}}
{{SK Rapid Wien squad}}
{{Austria squad UEFA Euro 2024}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Seidl, Matthias}}
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Austrian men's footballers
Category:Austrian Football Bundesliga players
Category:2. Liga (Austria) players
Category:Austrian Regionalliga players
Category:FC Blau-Weiß Linz players
Category:SK Rapid Wien players
Category:Austria men's youth international footballers
Category:Austria men's international footballers
Category:UEFA Euro 2024 players