Tobias Koch (footballer)

Tobias Koch (born 6 April 2001) is an Austrian footballer who plays for Blau-Weiß Linz.[1]

Tobias Koch
Koch in 2020
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-04-06) 6 April 2001
Place of birth Eisenstadt, Austria
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Blau-Weiß Linz
Number 6
Youth career
2006–2008 SV Straß
2008–2014 TUS St. Veit am Vogau
2014–2017 Fußballcollege Leibnitz
2015–2017 → Sturm Graz
2017–2018 Sturm Graz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Sturm Graz II 41 (2)
2018–2021 Sturm Graz 3 (0)
2020 → SV Lafnitz (loan) 9 (0)
2021 → SV Lafnitz (loan) 15 (0)
2021– Blau-Weiß Linz 53 (7)
International career
2016 Austria U15 6 (0)
2016–2017 Austria U16 10 (1)
2017–2018 Austria U17 11 (1)
2019 Austria U18 2 (0)
2020 Austria U19 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 June 2023

Career

Club career

Koch began his career at SV Straß. In 2008 he moved to the youth team of TuS St. Veit / Vogau. In 2014 he came to the Leibnitz Football College, where he played until 2017. From 2015 he was also used in the academy of SK Sturm Graz. In October 2017 he finally switched permanently to Sturm and received a professional contract with the Grazers that ran until June 2019.[2]

In May 2018 he made his debut for the amateurs of Graz in the Austrian Regionalliga when he was in the starting line-up against FC Juniors OÖ on matchday 28 of the 2017/18 season and was replaced by Christoph Urdl in the 57th minute. In the same month he was on the bench for the first time for Sturm's professional team against SCR Altach.

For the 2018/19 season, he was promoted to Sturm's first team. In September 2018 he scored his first goal for the amateurs in the third-highest division in a 2-2 draw against FC Wels. In October 2018, his contract, which expired at the end of the season, was extended prematurely with an unknown term.[3] In April 2019, he made his professional debut in the Austrian Bundesliga when he came on as a substitute for Sandi Lovrič on matchday 25 against FC Red Bull Salzburg in the 74th minute. This was his only appearance in that season.

In January 2020 he was loaned out to SV Lafnitz on a cooperation basis where he both could play for Lafnitz and for Sturm's second team.[4] He made nine appearances in the Austrian Football Second League during the loan.

On 30 June 2021, he signed a two-year contract with Blau-Weiß Linz.[5]

References
  1. Tobias Koch at Soccerway
  2. PROFIVERTRAG FÜR TOBIAS KOCH, sksturm.at, 18 October 2017
  3. LANGFRISTIGER VERTRAG FÜR TOBIAS KOCH, sksturm.at, 17 October 2018
  4. T. KOCH AUCH FÜR LAFNITZ EINSATZBERECHTIGT, sksturm.at, 16 January 2020
  5. "Transfer Tobias Koch" (in German). Blau-Weiß Linz. 30 June 2021.
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