Maximilian Wöber

**Maximilian Wöber** (born 4 February 1998) is an Austrian professional footballer. He plays as a centre-back for Austrian Bundesliga  club Red Bull Salzburg and the Austria national team.

### Youth career

He started his football career with Rapid Wien's youth teams.

### Rapid Wien

2015 till 2017 he played for Rapid Wien II. On 25 February 2016 he played his first match for SK Rapid Wien against Valencia in the UEFA Euro League.

### Ajax

In August 2017 he went to Ajax for €7.5 million.

### Sevilla

On 11 January 2019 he went on to Sevilla He signed a contract until 2023.

### Red Bull Salzburg

On 13 August 2019 Wöber agreed to a five-year contract  FC Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Bundesliga. It is said that Salzburg paid €12 million what makes him to the most expensive player in Austrian Bundesliga.

### Leeds United

In early January 2023, Wöber moved to England to join Leeds United.   He made 16 appearances for Leeds in the Premier League . At the end of the season the team was relegated.

### Borussia Mönchengladbach

Wöber was then loaned to Borussia Mönchengladbach in Germany for the 2023/24 season.  During his loan spell, he made 25 appearances for Gladbach in the Bundesliga. He returned to Leeds for the 2024/25 season.

### Werder Bremen

He moved to Germany on loan for a second time for the 2025/26 season. He plays for SV Werder Bremen.

## International career

Wöber was in the Austria national football team for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Wales and Georgia in September 2017. On 6 October 2017, he made his debut for the Austria national team in a 3–2 win against Serbia.

### International statistics

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="7"|Austria|2017|2|0|
|2018|1|0|||
|2019|3|0|||
|2022|7|0|||
|2023|9|0|||
|2024|10|0|||
|2025|1|0|||

## Honours

**Ajax**
- Eredivisie: 2019
- KNVB Cup: 2019
**Red Bull Salzburg**
- Austrian Bundesliga: 2020, 2021, 2022
- Austrian Cup: 2020, 2021, 2022

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Maximilian Wöber
- **image**: Maximilian Wöber (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Wöber in 2019
- **birth place**: Vienna, Austria
- **height**: 1.88 m
- **position**: Defender (association football)#Centre-back, Centre-back
- **currentclub**: Borussia Mönchengladbach
- **youthyears1**: 2010-2015
- **youthclubs1**: SK Rapid Wien, Rapid Wien
- **years1**: 2015–2017
- **clubs1**: SK Rapid Wien, Rapid Wien II
- **caps1**: 28
- **goals1**: 3
- **years2**: 2016–2017
- **clubs2**: SK Rapid Wien, Rapid Wien
- **caps2**: 16
- **goals2**: 1
- **years3**: 2017–2019
- **clubs3**: AFC Ajax, Ajax
- **caps3**: 30
- **goals3**: 1
- **years4**: 2017
- **clubs4**: Jong Ajax
- **caps4**: 1
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2019
- **clubs5**: → Sevilla FC, Sevilla (loan)
- **caps5**: 7
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 2019
- **clubs6**: Sevilla FC, Sevilla
- **caps6**: 0
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 2019–2023
- **clubs7**: FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg
- **caps7**: 81
- **goals7**: 5
- **years8**: 2023-
- **clubs8**: Leeds United F.C.
- **caps8**: 16
- **goals8**: 0
- **years9**: 2023-
- **clubs9**: Borussia Mönchengladbach, Borussia Mönchengladbach (loan)
- **caps9**: 0
- **goals9**: 0
- **nationalyears1**: 2013
- **nationalteam1**: Austria U15
- **nationalcaps1**: 2
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2013–2014
- **nationalteam2**: Austria national under-16 football team, Austria U16
- **nationalcaps2**: 5
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2015
- **nationalteam3**: Austria national under-17 football team, Austria U17
- **nationalcaps3**: 6
- **nationalgoals3**: 0
- **nationalyears4**: 2015–2016
- **nationalteam4**: Austria national under-18 football team, Austria U18
- **nationalcaps4**: 4
- **nationalgoals4**: 0
- **nationalyears5**: 2016–2017
- **nationalteam5**: Austria national under-19 football team, Austria U19
- **nationalcaps5**: 9
- **nationalgoals5**: 0
- **nationalyears6**: 2017–
- **nationalteam6**: Austria national football team, Austria
- **nationalcaps6**: 33
- **nationalgoals6**: 0
- **club-update**: 2 August 2023
- **nationalteam-update**: 2  January 2026