Marcel Sabitzer

**Marcel Sabitzer** (born 17 March 1994) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and the Austria national team. Mainly he plays as central midfielder, but he also plays as  attacking midfielder, second striker, winger and defensive midfielder.

## Club career

Sabitzer started his career in 2000 with  ESV Admira Villach, 2001 he went on to the youth of Grazer AK. In June 2008 he went to the Austria Wien Academy and for the 2009/10 season to the Academy of FC Admira Wacker.

### Admira Wacker Mödling

Sabitzer played for Admira Wacker Mödling between September 2010 and January 2013. On 14  September 2010 he made his professional debut.He scored two goals in eight appearances during the 2010–11 Austrian Bundesliga season.

### Rapid Wien

In January 2013 he signed with  Rapid Wien.

### RB Leipzig

On 30 May 2014, Sabitzer signed a four-year contract with RB Leipzig. He was loaned for the 2014–15 season to FC Red Bull Salzburg.

#### Return to RB Leipzig

For the 2015–16 season he returned to RB Leipzig. when he scored eight goals in 34 appearances. On 1 April 2016  Sabitzer extended his contract until 2021.

He finished the 2016–17 season with nine goals in 33 appearances. In the 2017–18 season, he scored five goals in 34 appearances.

In the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League  Sabitzer scored his first two goals in the competition  against Zenit Saint Petersburg. On 10 March 2020, he scored twice in a 2019–20 UEFA Champions League knock-out match versusTottenham Hotspur.  Sabitzer finished the 2019–20 campaign with 16 goals and 11 assists in all competitions.

### Bayern Munich

On 30 August 2021  Sabitzer signed a four-year contract with Bayern Munich for a reported transfer fee of €16 million. He debuted in a  4-1 away-win versus his former club Leipzig where nhe came in in minute 59 for Leon Goretzka. In winter 2022/23 he went on loan to Manchester United.

### Borussia Dortmund

On 24 July 2023, Sabitzer signed for Borussia Dortmund on a four-year deal.

## International career

He played for the all Austrian youth teams from U16 to U21.  In May 2017 he was in the team for the first time and debuted on 5  June 2012 in a friendly match versus Romania. He represented the national team at UEFA Euro 2016, and UEFA Euro 2020.

## International statistics

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="14"|Austria|2012|1|0|
|2013|2|0|||
|2014|6|2|||
|2015|7|1|||
|2016|9|1|||
|2017|4|1|||
|2018|4|0|||
|2019|9|2|||
|2020|4|1|||
|2021|12|2|||
|2022|10|2|||
|2023|9|5|||
|2024|10|3|||
|2025|8|3|||

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

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|30 May 2014|Tivoli,   Innsbruck ,   Austria||1-0|1-1|Friendly match||||||||
|2|3 June 2014|Andruv Stadion,   Olmütz , Czech Republic||1-0|2-1|Friendly match||||||||
|3|9 October 2015|Gradski Stadion,  Podgorica, Montenegro||3-2|3-2|UEFA Euro 2016 qualification||||||||
|4|9 October 2016|Rajko Mitic-Stadion,  Belgrade,  Serbia||1-1|2-3|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|5|14 November 2017|Ernst-Happel-Stadion,  Vienna ,   Austria||1-0|2-1|Friendly match||||||||
|6|6 September 2019|Stadion Wals-Siezenheim,    Salzburg,     Austria||2-0|6-0|UEFA Euro 2020 qualification||||||||
|7|10 October 2019|Ernst-Happel-Stadion,  Vienna ,   Austria||3-1|3-1|UEFA Euro 2020 qualification||||||||
|8|4 September 2020|Ullevalstadion,    Oslo,    Norway||2-0|2-1|UEFA Nations League B||||||||
|9|9 October 2021|Tórsvøllur,    Tórshavn,    Faroe Islands||2-0|2-0|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|10|12 November 2021|Wörthersee Stadion,    Klagenfurt,   Austria||4-2|4-2|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|11|24 March 2022|Cardiff City Stadium,    Cardiff,    Wales||1-2|1-2|World Cup qualification Play-Off||||||||
|12|3 June 2022|Gradski vrt,    Osijek,    Croatia||3-0|3-0|UEFA Nations League A||||||||
|13|24 March 2023|Arena,  Linz,   Austria||1-0|4-1|UEFA Euro 2024 qualification||||||||
|14|3-0|||||||||||||
|15|13 October 2023|Ernst-Happel-Stadion,  Vienna ,   Austria||2-3|2-3|UEFA Euro 2024 qualification||||||||
|16|16 October 2023|Tofiq Bahramov Stadion,  Baku,    Azerbaijan||1-0|1-0|UEFA Euro 2024 qualification||||||||
|17|21 November 2023|Ernst-Happel-Stadion,  Vienna ,   Austria||1-0|2-0|Friendly match||||||||
|18|25 June 2024|Olympiastadion,  Berlin,    Germany||3-2|3-2|UEFA Euro 2024||||||||
|19|25 June 2024|Ullevaal-Stadion,  Oslo,    Norway||1-1|1-2|UEFA Nations League B||||||||
|20|10 October 2024|Arena,  Linz ,   Austria||3-0|4-0|UEFA Nations League B||||||||
|21|7 June 2025|Ernst-Happel-Stadion,  Vienna ,   Austria||2-0|2-1|2026 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|22|6 September 2025|Arena,  Linz ,   Austria||1-0|1-0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||||
|23|9 September 2025|Stadion Bilino polje,  Zenica,    Bosnia and Herzegovina||1-0|2-1|2026 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||

## Personal life

He is a son of former Austria international  Herfried Sabitzer, and the cousin of footballer  Thomas Sabitzer.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|Admira Wacker Mödling|2010–11|First League|8|2|0|0|—|—|—|8|2||||
|2011–12|Austrian Bundesliga|20|5|1|0|—|—|—|21|5||||||
|2012–13|Austrian Bundesliga|17|4|2|0|—|4|0|—|23|4|||||
|rowspan="3"|Rapid Wien|2012–13|Austrian Bundesliga|16|3|1|0|—|0|0|—|17|3|||
|2013–14|Austrian Bundesliga|29|7|1|0|—|10|2|—|40|9|||||
|rowspan="9"|RB Leipzig|2014–15|2. Bundesliga|0|0|0|0|—|—|—|0|0||||
|2015–16|2. Bundesliga|32|8|2|0|—|—|—|34|8||||||
|2016–17|Bundesliga|32|8|1|1|—|—|—|33|9||||||
|2017–18|Bundesliga|22|3|2|2|—|10|0|—|34|5|||||
|2018–19|Bundesliga|30|4|5|0|—|8|1|—|43|5|||||
|2019–20|Bundesliga|32|9|3|3|—|9|4|—|44|16|||||
|2020–21|Bundesliga|27|8|5|1|—|7|0|—|39|9|||||
|2021–22|Bundesliga|2|0|0|0|—|0|0|—|2|0|||||
|Red Bull Salzburg (loan)|2014–15|Austrian Bundesliga|33|19|6|7|—|12|1|—|51|27||||
|rowspan="3"|Bayern Munich|2021–22|Bundesliga|25|1|0|0|—|5|0|0|0|30|1||
|2022–23|Bundesliga|15|1|2|0|—|6|0|1|0|24|1||||
|Manchester United (loan)|2022–23|Premier League|11|0|3|1|1|0|3|2|—|18|3|||
|Borussia Dortmund|2023–24|Bundesliga|5|0|1|1|—|2|0|—|8|1||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="14"|Austria|2012|1|0|
|2013|2|0|||
|2014|6|2|||
|2015|7|1|||
|2016|9|1|||
|2017|4|1|||
|2018|4|0|||
|2019|9|2|||
|2020|4|1|||
|2021|12|2|||
|2022|10|2|||
|2023|9|5|||
|2024|9|3|||
|2025|8|3|||

_Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sabitzer goal_

|No.|Date|Venue|Opponent|Score|Result|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|30 May 2014|Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck, Austria||1–0|1–1|Friendly|
|2.|3 June 2014|Andrův stadion, Olomouc, Czech Republic||1–0|2–1||
|3.|9 October 2015|Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro||3–2|3–2|UEFA Euro 2016 qualification|
|4.|9 October 2016|Red Star Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia||1–1|2–3|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|5.|14 November 2017|Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria||1–0|2–1|Friendly|
|6.|6 September 2019|EM-Stadion Wals-Siezenheim, Wals-Siezenheim, Austria||2–0|6–0|UEFA Euro 2020 qualification|
|7.|10 October 2019|Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria||3–1|3–1||
|8.|4 September 2020|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway||2–0|2–1|2020–21 UEFA Nations League B|
|9.|9 October 2021|Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands||2–0|2–0|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|10.|12 November 2021|Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt, Austria||4–2|4–2||
|11.|24 March 2022|Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales||1–2|1–2|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|12.|3 June 2022|Gradski Vrt Stadium, Osijek, Croatia||3–0|3–0|2022–23 UEFA Nations League A|
|13.|24 March 2023|Raiffeisen Arena, Linz, Austria||1–0|4–1|UEFA Euro 2024 qualification|
|14.|3–0||||||
|15.|13 October 2023|Ernst-Happel-Stadion,  Vienna, Austria||2–3|2–3||
|16.|16 October 2023|Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan||1–0|1–0||
|17.|21 November 2023|Ernst-Happel-Stadion,  Vienna, Austria||1–0|2–0|Friendly|
|18.|25 June 2024|Olympiastadion, Berlin  , Germany||3-2|3-2|UEFA Euro 2024|
|19.|9 September 2024|Ullevaal-Stadion, Oslo  , Norway||1-1|1-2|UEFA Nations League B (group 3)|
|20.|10 October  2024|Raiffeisen Arena, Linz, Austria||3-0|4-0|UEFA Nations League B (group 3)|
|21.|7 June 2025|Ernst-Happel-Stadion,  Vienna, Austria||2-0|2-1|2026 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|22.|6 September 2025|Raiffeisen Arena, Linz, Austria||1-0|1-0|2026 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|23.|9 September 2025|Stadion Bilino polje, Zenica ,  Bosnia and Herzegovina||1-0|1-2|2026 FIFA World Cup qualification|

## Honours

**Red Bull Salzburg**
- Austrian Bundesliga: 2014–15
- Austrian Cup: 2014–15

**RB Leipzig**
- Pokal: runner-up: 2019, 2021

**Bayern Munich**
- Bundesliga: 2021–22
- DFL-Supercup: 2022

**Manchester United**
- EFL Cup: 2022–23
- FA Cup: runner-up: 2022–23

**Individual**
- Austrian Footballer of the Year: 2017
- UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2019–20
- Bundesliga Goal of the Month: February 2021
- Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2019–20
- _kicker_ Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2019–20

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Marcel Sabitzer
- **image**: Marcel Sabitzer 2020 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Sabitzer with RB Leipzig in 2020
- **full name**: Marcel Sabitzer
- **birth place**: Wels, Austria
- **height**: 1.78 m
- **currentclub**: Borussia Dortmund
- **clubnumber**: 20
- **position**: Midfielder, Forward (association football), forward
- **youthyears1**: 2000–2001
- **youthyears2**: 2001–2008
- **youthclubs2**: Grazer AK
- **youthyears3**: 2008–2009
- **youthclubs3**: 1. Wiener Neustädter SC (2008), 1. Wiener Neustädter SC
- **youthyears4**: 2009
- **youthclubs4**: FK Austria Wien, Austria Wien
- **youthyears5**: 2009–2010
- **youthclubs5**: FC Admira Wacker Mödling, Admira Wacker
- **years1**: 2010–2011
- **clubs1**: FC Admira Wacker Mödling, Admira Wacker II
- **caps1**: 34
- **goals1**: 15
- **years2**: 2010–2013
- **clubs2**: FC Admira Wacker Mödling, Admira Wacker
- **caps2**: 45
- **goals2**: 11
- **years3**: 2013–2014
- **clubs3**: SK Rapid Wien, Rapid Wien
- **caps3**: 45
- **goals3**: 10
- **years4**: 2014–2021
- **clubs4**: RB Leipzig
- **caps4**: 177
- **goals4**: 40
- **years5**: 2014–2015
- **clubs5**: → FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg (loan)
- **caps5**: 33
- **goals5**: 19
- **years6**: 2021–2023
- **clubs6**: FC Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich
- **caps6**: 40
- **goals6**: 2
- **years7**: 2023
- **clubs7**: → Manchester United F.C., Manchester United (loan)
- **caps7**: 11
- **goals7**: 0
- **years8**: 2023–
- **clubs8**: Borussia Dortmund
- **caps8**: 5
- **goals8**: 0
- **nationalyears1**: 2009–2010
- **nationalteam1**: Austria national under-16 football team, Austria U16
- **nationalcaps1**: 7
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalyears2**: 2010–2011
- **nationalteam2**: Austria national under-17 football team, Austria U17
- **nationalcaps2**: 9
- **nationalgoals2**: 3
- **nationalyears3**: 2011
- **nationalteam3**: Austria national under-18 football team, Austria U18
- **nationalcaps3**: 2
- **nationalgoals3**: 0
- **nationalyears4**: 2012–2013
- **nationalteam4**: Austria national under-19 football team, Austria U19
- **nationalcaps4**: 4
- **nationalgoals4**: 5
- **nationalyears5**: 2012–2013
- **nationalteam5**: Austria national under-21 football team, Austria U21
- **nationalcaps5**: 7
- **nationalgoals5**: 1
- **nationalyears6**: 2012–
- **nationalteam6**: Austria national football team, Austria
- **nationalcaps6**: 95
- **nationalgoals6**: 23
- **club-update**: 00:09, 21 October 2023 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 10 January 2026