Michael Gregoritsch

**Michael Gregoritsch** (born 18 April 1994) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a winger or striker for Bundesliga club  SC Freiburg and the Austria national team.

### Kapfenberger SV

In 2008, Gregoritsch began his career at Kapfenberger SV's youth teams and was promoted to the Austrian Bundesliga team in January 2010. He made his debut on 14 April 2010 against Austria Wien and scored his first league goal less than three minutes after coming on as an 82nd-minute substitute. This made him the youngest goalscorer in the history of the Austrian Bundesliga with only 15 years and 361 days. He finished the 2009–10 season with a goal in four appearances. He also made appearances for the reserve team over three seasons.

### 1899 Hoffenheim

Gregoritsch moved to 1899 Hoffenheim on 28 June 2011 for an undisclosed fee. He signed a four-year contract but was loaned to Kapfenberger SV until June 2012. He then only played for the second team of Hoffenheim, where he scored 11 goals in 28 appearances.

### FC St. Pauli

In 2013, he was loaned to FC St. Pauli, where he played for both the first and second teams.

### VfL Bochum

He joined VfL Bochum on loan for the 2014–15 season, where he scored seven goals in 27 appearances.

### Hamburger SV

He played for Hamburger SV during the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons. He scored six goals in 26 appearances during the 2015–16 season and five goals in 32 appearances during the 2016–17 season.

### FC Augsburg

He went to FC Augsburg for the 2017–18 season. He finished the 2017–18 season with 13 goals in 33 appearances.

### Schalke 04

On 23 December 2019, Gregoritsch was loaned to Schalke 04 until the end of the season. In his debut match for Schalke on 17 January 2020, he scored a goal and provided an assist in a 2–0 home win against Borussia Mönchengladbach.

### SC Freiburg

After two further seasons in Augsburg Gregoritsch moved within the Bundesliga to SC Freiburg for the 2022/23 season. In his first season in Freiburg, Gregoritsch scored 10 goals and provided 5 assists in 30 Bundesliga appearances. After failing to score in 14 competitive matches in the 2023/24 season, Gregoritsch scored a first-half hat-trick in Freiburg's 5-0 home win against Olympiacos Piraeus on Matchday 5 of the Europa League. He also provided an assist for Kiliann Sildillia. Gregoritsch missed the start of the 2024/25 season due to a torn muscle fiber.

### Brøndby IF

In August 2025, Gregoritsch moved to Brøndby IF in Denmark.

## Personal life

As of June 2021, his father, Werner Gregoritsch, is the head coach of the Austrian under-21 national team.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|Kapfenberger SV II|2009–10|Landesliga Steiermark|17|5|—|—|17|5|||
|2010–11|Landesliga Steiermark|13|5|—|—|13|5|||||
|rowspan="2"|Kapfenberger SV II (loan)|2011–12|Austrian Regionalliga Central|7|1|—|—|7|1|||
|rowspan="2"|Kapfenberger SV|2009–10|Austrian Bundesliga|4|1|0|0|—|4|1||
|2010–11|Austrian Bundesliga|24|2|5|0|—|29|2||||
|rowspan="2"|Kapfenberger SV (loan)|2011–12|Austrian Bundesliga|16|1|0|0|—|16|1||
|1899 Hoffenheim II|2012–13|Regionalliga Südwest|28|11|—|—|28|11||||
|FC St. Pauli II (loan)|2013–14|Regionalliga Nord|5|1|—|—|5|1||||
|FC St. Pauli (loan)|2013–14|2. Bundesliga|15|1|1|0|—|16|1|||
|VfL Bochum (loan)|2014–15|2. Bundesliga|25|7|2|0|—|27|7|||
|rowspan="3"|Hamburger SV|2015–16|Bundesliga|25|5|1|1|—|26|6||
|2016–17|Bundesliga|30|5|2|0|—|32|5||||
|rowspan="6"|FC Augsburg|2017–18|Bundesliga|32|13|1|0|—|33|13||
|2018–19|Bundesliga|32|6|4|2|—|36|8||||
|2019–20|Bundesliga|6|0|1|0|—|7|0||||
|2020–21|Bundesliga|24|1|2|0|—|26|1||||
|2021–22|Bundesliga|25|9|2|0|—|27|9||||
|Schalke 04 (loan)|2019–20|Bundesliga|14|1|2|0|—|16|1|||
|FC Augsburg II|2021–22|Regionalliga Bayern|1|0|—|—|1|0||||
|rowspan="3"|SC Freiburg|2022–23|Bundesliga|30|10|5|2|7|3|42|15|
|2023–24|Bundesliga|28|7|2|0|8|5|38|12|||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="10"|Austria|2016|1|0|
|2017|5|0|||
|2018|6|1|||
|2019|7|1|||
|2020|8|2|||
|2021|10|1|||
|2022|10|2|||
|2023|8|4|||
|2024|11|6|||
|2024|10|5|||

- _Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Gregoritsch goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|27 March 2018|Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg||3–0|4–0|Friendly||||||||
|2|6 September 2019|Stadion Wals-Siezenheim, Wals-Siezenheim, Austria||6–0|6–0|UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying||||||||
|3|4 September 2020|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway||1–0|2–1|2020–21 UEFA Nations League B||||||||
|4|11 October 2020|Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland||1–0|1–0|||||||||
|5|13 June 2021|Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania||2–1|3–1|UEFA Euro 2020||||||||
|6|29 March 2022|Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria||1–2|2–2|Friendly||||||||
|7|3 June 2022|Gradski Vrt Stadium, Osijek, Croatia||2–0|3–0|2022–23 UEFA Nations League A||||||||
|8|24 March 2023|Raiffeisen Arena, Pasching, Austria||2–0|4–1|UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying||||||||
|9|27 March 2023|Raiffeisen Arena, Pasching, Austria||2–1|2–1|||||||||
|10|17 June 2023|King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium||1–0|1–1|||||||||
|11|7 September 2023|Raiffeisen Arena, Linz, Austria||1–1|1–1|Friendly||||||||
|12|12 September 2023|Friends Arena, Stockholm, Sweden||1–0|3–1|UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying||||||||
|13|26 March 2024|Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria||2–1|6–1|Friendly||||||||
|14|3–1|||||||||||||
|15|4–1|||||||||||||
|16|2 July 2024|Stadium, Leipzig, Germany||1-2|1-2|UEFA Euro 2024||||||||
|17|13 October 2024|Raiffeisen Arena, Linz, Austria||5-1|5-1|UEFA Nations League B||||||||
|18|14 November  2024|Ortalyk Stadion, Almaty , Kazakhstan||2-0|2-0|UEFA Nations League B||||||||
|19|20 March 2025|Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria||1-0|1-1|UEFA Nations League play off||||||||
|20|7 June  2025|Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria||1-0|2-1|FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifying||||||||
|21|10 June  2025|San Marino Stadium,  Serravalle,  San Marino|San Marino|2-0|4-0|FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifying||||||||
|21|9 October  2025|Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria|San Marino|3-0|10-0|FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifying||||||||
|22|18 November 2025|Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria||1-1|1-1|FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifying||||||||

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Michael Gregoritsch
- **image**: Michael Gregoritsch U21 Austria vs. Albania 2014-03-05 01.jpg
- **caption**: Gregoritsch with Austria national under-21 football team, Austria U21 in 2014
- **full name**: Michael Gregoritsch
- **birth place**: Graz, Styria, Austria
- **height**: 1.93 m
- **position**: Winger (association football), Winger, striker (association football), striker
- **currentclub**: SC Freiburg
- **clubnumber**: 38
- **youthyears1**: 2001–2008
- **youthclubs1**: Grazer AK
- **youthyears2**: 2008–2010
- **youthclubs2**: Kapfenberger SV
- **years1**: 2009–2011
- **clubs1**: Kapfenberger SV, Kapfenberger SV II
- **caps1**: 30
- **goals1**: 10
- **years2**: 2010–2011
- **clubs2**: Kapfenberger SV
- **caps2**: 28
- **goals2**: 10
- **years3**: 2011–2015
- **clubs3**: TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, 1899 Hoffenheim
- **caps3**: 18
- **goals3**: 9
- **years4**: 2011–2012
- **clubs4**: → Kapfenberger SV, Kapfenberger SV II (loan)
- **caps4**: 7
- **goals4**: 1
- **years5**: 2011–2012
- **clubs5**: → Kapfenberger SV (loan)
- **caps5**: 16
- **goals5**: 1
- **years6**: 2012–2013
- **clubs6**: TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II, 1899 Hoffenheim II
- **caps6**: 28
- **goals6**: 11
- **years7**: 2013–2014
- **clubs7**: → FC St. Pauli II (loan)
- **caps7**: 5
- **goals7**: 2
- **years8**: 2013–2014
- **clubs8**: → FC St. Pauli (loan)
- **caps8**: 15
- **goals8**: 1
- **years9**: 2014–2015
- **clubs9**: → VfL Bochum (loan)
- **caps9**: 25
- **goals9**: 7
- **years10**: 2015
- **clubs10**: VfL Bochum
- **caps10**: 0
- **goals10**: 0
- **years11**: 2015–2017
- **clubs11**: Hamburger SV
- **caps11**: 55
- **goals11**: 10
- **years12**: 2017–2022
- **clubs12**: FC Augsburg
- **caps12**: 119
- **goals12**: 29
- **years13**: 2019–2020
- **clubs13**: → FC Schalke 04, Schalke 04 (loan)
- **caps13**: 14
- **goals13**: 1
- **years14**: 2021
- **clubs14**: FC Augsburg II
- **caps14**: 1
- **goals14**: 0
- **years15**: 2022–
- **clubs15**: SC Freiburg
- **caps15**: 58
- **goals15**: 17
- **nationalyears1**: 2010
- **nationalteam1**: Austria national under-16 football team, Austria U16
- **nationalcaps1**: 1
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2011
- **nationalteam2**: Austria national under-17 football team, Austria U17
- **nationalcaps2**: 3
- **nationalgoals2**: 1
- **nationalyears3**: 2011–2016
- **nationalteam3**: Austria national under-21 football team, Austria U21
- **nationalcaps3**: 29
- **nationalgoals3**: 20
- **nationalyears4**: 2016–
- **nationalteam4**: Austria national football team, Austria
- **nationalcaps4**: 72
- **nationalgoals4**: 23
- **club-update**: 21 April 2024
- **nationalteam-update**: 19 December 2025 (UTC)