Benedikt Pichler

Austrian footballer (born 1997)

Benedikt Pichler
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-07-20) 20 July 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Salzburg, Austria[1]
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Holstein Kiel
Number 9
Youth career
2006–2010 USK Gneiss
2010–2014 USK Anif
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Grödig II 40 (13)
2016–2018 Grödig 49 (15)
2018–2019 Austria Klagenfurt 22 (8)
2019–2021 Austria Wien 49 (13)
2019–2021 Austria Wien II 12 (5)
2021– Holstein Kiel 46 (13)
2023– Holstein Kiel II 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:30, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

Benedikt Pichler (born 20 July 1997) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a forward for 2. Bundesliga club Holstein Kiel.[3]

Career

Pichler was born in Salzburg, Austria, and began his youth career with local club USK Gneiss. In 2010, he joined the academy of the USK Anif. Ahead of the 2014–15 season, he moved to the amateurs of Grödig, making his debut in the Salzburger Liga in August 2014, when he was substituted for Marinko Sorda in the 58th minute on the first matchday of that season against his former side USK Anif. In the same month, he scored his first goal in the fourth division in a 4–2 victory against the Salzburger AK 1914.[4]

In July 2016, he made his debut for Grödig's first team in the Austrian Regionalliga when he came off the bench at half-time for Julian Feiser on the first matchday of the 2016–17 season against FC Kufstein.[5] Pichler scored his first goal in the Regionalliga in September 2016 in a 2–0 win against TSV St. Johann im Pongau.[6]

For the 2018–19 season, he moved to the 2. Liga club Austria Klagenfurt.[7] He made his competitive debut in July 2018, when he was in the starting eleven on the first matchday of the season against Austria Lustenau.[8]

For the 2019–20 season, he moved to the Austrian Bundesliga club Austria Wien, where he signed a four-year contract.[9] In two years with the Viennese, he made 43 Bundesliga appearances, in which he scored eleven goals.[3]

Pichler moved to 2. Bundesliga club Holstein Kiel from in August 2021, having agreed a four-year contract.[2]

References

  1. ^ Andonov, Aleksandar (30 August 2021). "Benedikt Pichler wechselt von Austria Wien zu Holstein Kiel". Salzburg24 (in German).
  2. ^ a b "Benedikt Pichler verstärkt Kieler Offensive". Kieler Sportvereinigung Holstein von 1900 e. V. (in German). 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b Benedikt Pichler at Soccerway
  4. ^ "Grödig Amateure siegten beim SAK mit 4:2". Fußball Salzburg - Ergebnisse, Tabellen und Torschützen von allen Sbg Ligen. | ligaportal.at (in German). 17 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Aufstellung FC Kufstein - SV Grödig 0:3 (Regionalliga West (-2019) 2016/2017, 1. Spieltag)". Sport (in German). Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Aufstellung TSV St. Johann - SV Grödig 0:2 (Regionalliga West (-2019) 2016/2017, 11. Spieltag)". Sport (in German). Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  7. ^ Rosenzopf, Christian. "Neues Trio bei der Austria - News - SK Austria Klagenfurt - geomix Vereinshomepage". SK Austria Klagenfurt (in German). Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  8. ^ "SK Austria Klagenfurt - Austria Lustenau 1:1 (2. Liga 2018/2019, 1. Round)". WorldFootball. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Austria Wien verpflichtet Benedikt Pichler". FK Austria Wien (in German). 5 June 2019. Archived from the original on 5 June 2019.

External links

  • Benedikt Pichler at WorldFootball.net
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