Konrad Laimer

Konrad Laimer (born 27 May 1997) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Austria national team.[2]

Konrad Laimer
Laimer with RB Leipzig in 2022
Personal information
Full name Konrad Laimer
Date of birth (1997-05-27) 27 May 1997
Place of birth Salzburg, Austria
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Bayern Munich
Number 27
Youth career
2002–2007 USC Abersee
2007–2014 Red Bull Salzburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Liefering 19 (0)
2014–2017 Red Bull Salzburg 77 (8)
2017–2023 RB Leipzig 130 (10)
2023– Bayern Munich 8 (0)
International career‡
2012–2013 Austria U16 14 (1)
2013–2014 Austria U17 9 (0)
2014 Austria U18 1 (0)
2014–2016 Austria U19 18 (0)
2015 Austria U20 5 (0)
2016–2018 Austria U21 13 (2)
2019– Austria 28 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:26, 21 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:12, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Red Bull Salzburg

Laimer is a youth exponent from Red Bull Salzburg. He made his Erste Liga debut with the reserve team and breeder club Liefering on 2 May 2014, against SV Horn.[3] He made his first team debut at 28 September 2014 against Rapid Wien. He replaced Alan in added time.[4]

RB Leipzig

On 30 June 2017, Laimer moved to Germany and joined RB Leipzig on a four-year deal.[5] Laimer's deal was due to run out in 2021, but he later signed a contract extension until June 2023.[6] He won the DFB-Pokal in 2022 and 2023 with Leipzig.[7] On 3 June 2023, following their victory in the 2023 DFB-Pokal, Laimer announced his decision to depart from RB Leipzig.[8]

Bayern Munich

On 9 June 2023, Bayern Munich announced that they had signed Laimer on a free transfer until 30 June 2027.[9][10]

On 8 August 2023, Laimer changed his number in Bayern Munich from 24 to his favorite number 27 as the number's previous owner Yann Sommer left the club.[11] On 26 September, he scored his first goal in a 4–0 away win over Preußen Münster in the DFB-Pokal.[12]

International career

Laimer got his first call up to the senior Austria side for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Wales and Georgia in September 2017.[13]

He made his debut on 7 June 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Slovenia, as a starter.[14]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 24 October 2023[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Liefering 2013–14 Erste Liga 3000——30
2014–15 Erste Liga 8000——80
2015–16 Erste Liga 8000——80
Total 19000——190
Red Bull Salzburg 2014–15 Austrian Bundesliga 80203[lower-alpha 1]0—130
2015–16 Austrian Bundesliga 1813300—214
2016–17 Austrian Bundesliga 3132110[lower-alpha 2]0—434
Total 57474130—778
RB Leipzig 2017–18 Bundesliga 220205[lower-alpha 3]0—290
2018–19 Bundesliga 291608[lower-alpha 1]1—432
2019–20 Bundesliga 2923110[lower-alpha 4]1—424
2020–21 Bundesliga 301000—40
2021–22 Bundesliga 2645112[lower-alpha 5]0—435
2022–23 Bundesliga 213413[lower-alpha 4]01[lower-alpha 6]0294
Total 130102133821019015
Bayern Munich 2023–24 Bundesliga 80113[lower-alpha 4]01[lower-alpha 6]0131
Career total 214142985422029924
  1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. One appearance in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  5. Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. Appearance in DFL-Supercup

International
As of match played 16 October 2023[16]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Austria 201971
2021111
202260
202361
Total303
As of match played 16 October 2023.
Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Laimer goal.[16]
List of international goals scored by Konrad Laimer
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.6 September 2019Stadion Wals-Siezenheim, Wals-Siezenheim, Austria Latvia5–06–0UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
2.9 October 2021Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands Faroe Islands1–02–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.13 October 2023Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria Belgium1–32–3UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg

RB Leipzig

Individual

References
  1. "Konrad Laimer". FC Bayern Munchen. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  2. "K. Laimer". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  3. "Horn vs. Liefering - 2 May 2014". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  4. "Rapid Wien vs. Salzburg - 28 September 2014". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  5. "Transfermeldung: Konrad Laimer wechselt zu RB Leipzig!". RasenBallsport Leipzig (in German). 15 September 2023.
  6. "Konrad Laimer verlängert seinen Vertrag bis 2023". RB Leipzig (in German). 18 February 2020.
  7. Veth, Manuel. "RB Leipzig: DFB Pokal Victory The End And Start Of An Era". Forbes. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  8. "Bundesliga: Konrad Laimer confirms RB Leipzig exit ahead of expected move to Bayern Munich". Yahoo News. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  9. "Konrad Laimer joins Bayern on contract till 2027". FC Bayern München. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  10. "Bayern Munich sign Konrad Laimer from RB Leipzig". bundesliga.com - the official Bundesliga website. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  11. "Konrad Laimer chooses new squad number". FC Bayern Munich. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  12. "Bayern through to DFB Cup second round". FC Bayern Munich. 26 September 2023.
  13. "WALES VS AUSTRIA". Goal.com. 2 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  14. "Austria v Slovenia game report". UEFA. 7 June 2019.
  15. "K. Laimer". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  16. "Konrad Laimer". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  17. Peeters, Thomas (23 May 2022). "A thriller in Berlin: how relentless RB Leipzig won their first major title". Red Bull. Archived from the original on 13 June 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  18. "Christopher Nkunku-inspired RB Leipzig beat Eintracht Frankfurt to win DFB Cup". Bundesliga. 3 June 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  19. "2021/22 UEFA Europa League Team of the Season". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
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