Annelie Leitner[1]
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-06-15) 15 June 1996[2]
Place of birth Graz, Austria
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[3]
Position(s) Forward[2]
Team information
Current team
 Eibar
Number 21
Youth career
2004–200? SC Tamsweg
2006–200? 1. SSK 1919
2013 ASV Ofenbinder Spratzern[4]
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Indiana Hoosiers 75 (9)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
20??–2012 Pares-Unifut
2013 St. Pölten 3 (2)
2013 St. Pölten II 1 (0)
2013 Pares-Unifut
201?–201? Indiana Invaders
2019 Hwacheon KSPO WFC
2020 Maccabi Kishronot Hadera 7 (2)
2020–2022 Zaragoza 54 (10)
2022–2023 DUX Logroño 30 (1)
2023– Eibar 6 (0)
International career‡
2012–2013 Austria U17 6 (2)
2013–2015 Austria U19 7 (3)
2021– Austria 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 June 2021.[5]

Annelie Leitner (born 15 June 1996) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish Liga F club Eibar and the Austria women's national team.

Early life

Leitner was born to Austrian parents in Graz and grew up in Salzburg.[6] In 2009,[1] she emigrated to Guatemala because of her father's work.[6]

Education and college career

Leitner has attended the Guatemalan Austrian Institute in Guatemala City and the Indiana University Bloomington in Bloomington, Indiana, United States.[3]

Club career

Leitner is a SC Tamsweg and 1. SSK 1919 product.[1] After moving to Guatemala, she has played for Pares-Unifut.[7] During her time in the United States as a Indiana University Bloomington student, she also played for Indiana Invaders in the WLS.[3] After graduation, she was signed by Hwacheon KSPO WFC in South Korea.[8] She later played for Maccabi Kishronot Hadera FC in Israel and for Zaragoza CFF in Spain.[9][10]

International career

At youth levels, Leitner has first played unofficially for Guatemala, while living there, and then officially for Austria.[11][7][12] She made her senior debut for the latter on 14 June 2021 as an 82nd-minute substitution in a 2–3 friendly home defeat to Italy.[1][13]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Annelie Leitner". oefb.at (in German). Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  2. 1 2 Annelie Leitner – UEFA competition record (archive) 
  3. 1 2 3 "Annelie Leitner - Women's Soccer". Indiana Hoosiers. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Annelie Leitner". oefb.at (in German). Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "Annelie Leitner". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  6. 1 2 Hofbauer, Walter (20 April 2020). "In zehn Jahren einmal um den Globus". Kronen Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  7. 1 2 Chang, Christoper (4 January 2020). "¿Conoces a Annelie Leitner? La futbolista que podría representar a la selección de Guatemala". PubliSport (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "Leitner Signs Professional Contract in South Korea". Indiana Hoosiers. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  9. ↑ Annelie Leitner – Israel Football Association league player details
  10. ↑ Annelie Leitner at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  11. ↑ "SELECCION FEMENINA MAYOR Y SUB 20 - CONVOCATORIA DEL 31 OCT. AL 4 DE NOVIEMBRE DEL 2011". Fedefut Guatemala (in Spanish). 27 October 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  12. ↑ Annelie Leitner at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  13. ↑ "Austria vs. Italy". Women Soccerway. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.


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