Georg Margreitter

Georg Margreitter
Georg Margreitter at 1. FC Nürnberg 2019
Personnel
birthday	November 7, 1988
place of birth	Bludenz ,  Austria
size	186 cm
position	Defense
Juniors
Years	station
1999–	FC Schruns
0000-2007	BNZ Vorarlberg
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2007-2010	LASK Linz	28 (2)
2008-2009	→  SC Magna Wiener Neustadt  (loan)	30 (4)
2010–2012	FK Austria Vienna	59 (2)
2012-2015	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1 (0)
2013-2014	→  FC Copenhagen  (loan)	13 (0)
2014-2015	→  Chesterfield FC  (loan)	13 (1)
2015–	1. FC Nuremberg	100 (8)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
2007-2009	Austria U20	5 (1)
2009-2010	Austria U21	11 (3)
1 Only league games are given. As of December 28, 2019

Georg Margreitter (born November 7, 1988 in Bludenz ) is an Austrian football player . He is under contract with 1. FC Nürnberg .

life and career

Margreitter began his career at FC Schruns in Vorarlberg . Then he came to the federal youth center in Vorarlberg. He was appointed to the youth league by the Upper Austrian club LASK Linz . In 2007 he was included in the first team of the Bundesliga club. He made his Bundesliga debut on July 28, 2007 against FC Red Bull Salzburg , when he was used in the LASK back four for over 90 minutes.

In summer 2008 Margreitter moved to the newly founded SC Magna Wiener Neustadt . After a successful season with a regular place as a central defender, he switched back to LASK with the loan expiring. There he was named team captain for the new championship season. On September 12, 2009, in the game against Sturm Graz, he scored the equalizer in the 95th minute of the game to make it 3: 3, securing LASK the first away point of the season.

From the 2010/11 season Margreitter played for FK Austria Wien and scored a goal in the Bundesliga and also a goal in the ÖFB Cup in the first two years . In the 2012/13 season he moved to the Wolverhampton Wanderers in England after one cup and three championship games in August 2012 . Margreitter made his debut in the English second division on September 19, 2012 in the game against Ipswich Town when he came on for Kevin Doyle from Ireland . The game at Portman Road ended in a 2-0 win for the Wanderers. For the 2013/14 season he was awarded to FC Copenhagen . On September 17, 2013 he made his Champions League debut for FC Copenhagen when he came on as a substitute for Juventus Turin in the 86th minute.

On August 24, 2015 Margreitter was signed by 1. FC Nürnberg , where he became an integral part of the defense. In 2018 he was runner-up in the 2nd Bundesliga with Nuremberg and was promoted to the Bundesliga . There he scored his first Bundesliga goal in a 1-1 draw against Bayer 04 Leverkusen on December 3, 2018 (13th matchday).

Internationally, the Vorarlberg player played at the U-19 European Football Championship in 2007 , where he was eliminated with Austria in the group stage of the preliminary round.

Young Star honored in October 2008

successes

• Runner-up in the 2nd Bundesliga 2018 and promotion to the Bundesliga (with 1. FC Nürnberg )
• Voted “Young Star” of October 2008 in the Austrian Bundesliga
• Vote for Vorarlberg's "Newcomer of the Year 2009"
• Vote for Vorarlberg's "Footballer of the Year 2017"
• Winning the championship title of the ADEG First League with SC Magna Wiener Neustadt (season 08/09)

Web links

Commons : Georg Margreitter  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Georg Margreitter in the database of weltfussball.de
• Georg Margreitter in the database of transfermarkt.de
• Georg Margreitter in the soccerbase.com database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Austria Wien gets Margreitter and Salomon , vorarlberg.orf.at from April 7, 2010 (accessed on September 14, 2012)
2. ↑ Georg Margreitter strengthens the club fcn.de, accessed on August 24, 2015
3. ↑ No winner in the Nuremberg water battle , match report on kicker.de, accessed on December 4, 2018.