Julian Baumgartlinger

Julian Baumgartlinger
	Baumgartlinger with Austria in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Julian Jakob Baumgartlinger
Date of birth	2 January 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Salzburg, Austria
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1996–2001	USC Mattsee
2001–2006	1860 Munich
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006–2009	1860 Munich II
2007–2009	1860 Munich
2009–2011	Austria Wien
2011–2016	Mainz 05
2016–2022	Bayer Leverkusen
2022–2023	FC Augsburg
Total
International career
2003–2004	Austria U16
2004–2005	Austria U17
2005–2006	Austria U18
2006–2007	Austria U19
2008	Austria U20
2007–2009	Austria U21
2009–2021	Austria
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Julian Jakob Baumgartlinger (born 2 January 1988) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.^[3]

Career

Growing up in the Austrian market town of Mattsee, Baumgartlinger began playing football at local USC Mattsee at age five. In 2001, he left Austria to join the renowned youth academy of 1860 Munich. There he ran through all the youth teams and eventually was called to their first team in 2007. After having played 13 times, mostly as substitute, in the 2007–08 and 2008–09 seasons, he accepted a call from Austrian club Austria Wien to return to his homeland after eight years.

In Vienna, Baumgartlinger spent two successful years, becoming a regular for his club as well as for the Austria national team. This attracted the attention of Bundesliga team Mainz 05, which acquired his services for a transfer fee estimated at €1.1 million.^[4] On 19 May 2016, it was announced Baumgartlinger had signed a four-year contract with Bayer Leverkusen.^[5]

On 16 August 2022, Baumgartlinger joined Augsburg on a one-season contract.^[6] He made his debut against Mainz 05 on 20 August 2022.^[7]

Baumgartlinger announced his retirement from playing on 24 July 2023.^[8]

International career

He represented the national team at UEFA Euro 2016,^[9] and UEFA Euro 2020.^[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 21 April 2023.^[11]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1860 Munich II	2006–07	Regionalliga Süd	10	1	—		—		10	1
	2007–08	Regionalliga Süd	17	0	—		—		17	0
	2008–09	Regionalliga Süd	10	0	—		—		10	0
	Total		37	1	—		—		37	1
1860 Munich	2007–08	2. Bundesliga	5	0	1	0	—		6	0
	2008–09	2. Bundesliga	8	0	0	0	—		8	0
	Total		13	0	1	0	—		14	0
Austria Wien	2009–10	Austrian Bundesliga	30	0	3	0	9^[a]	0	42	0
	2010–11	Austrian Bundesliga	31	1	4	0	5^[a]	2	40	3
	Total		61	1	7	0	14	2	82	3
Mainz 05	2011–12	Bundesliga	26	0	3	0	1^[a]	0	30	0
	2012–13	Bundesliga	32	0	4	1	—		36	1
	2013–14	Bundesliga	9	0	1	0	—		10	0
	2014–15	Bundesliga	26	0	0	0	2^[a]	0	28	0
	2015–16	Bundesliga	31	2	2	0	—		33	2
	Total		124	2	10	1	3	0	137	3
Mainz II	2013–14	Regionalliga Südwest	2	1	—		—		2	1
Bayer Leverkusen	2016–17	Bundesliga	22	0	2	0	6^[b]	0	30	0
	2017–18	Bundesliga	22	1	2	0	—		24	1
	2018–19	Bundesliga	21	0	2	0	4^[a]	0	27	0
	2019–20	Bundesliga	27	2	3	0	10^[c]	0	40	2
	2020–21	Bundesliga	17	2	2	0	5^[a]	1	24	3
	2021–22	Bundesliga	6	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
	Total		115	5	12	0	25	1	152	6
Augsburg	2022–23	Bundesliga	15	0	1	0	—		16	0
Augsburg	Total		15	0	1	0	0	0	16	0
Career total			367	10	31	1	42	3	440	14

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
^ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League