Christoph Knasmüllner (born 30 April 1992) is an Austrian professional

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who plays as an attacking midfielder for Polish club

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Career

He began his career with

Austria Wien Fußballklub Austria Wien AG (; known in English as Austria Vienna, and usually shortened to Austria (German: Österreich) in German-speaking countries, is an Austrian association football club from the capital city of Vienna. It has won the mos ...

and played for the reserves, making his debut 1–3 loss against AKA Austria Kärnten and scored his first goal. He scored his second goal in FSA Austria Wien's 5–0 win against Fußballakademie Linz. In the 2007–08 season, he played 12 games for the reserve team and scored five goals. In July 2008, he moved to

Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), also known as FC Bayern (), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional men's football team, which pla ...

Under-17. He made his debut in a 3–1 win against

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U17 and scored his first goal. He scored his second goal in the second match. He made his debut for Bayern's Under 19 team in their 8–0 win against

SSV Jahn Regensburg Sport- und Schwimmverein Jahn Regensburg e. V., commonly known as SSV Jahn Regensburg, Jahn Regensburg, SSV Jahn or simply Jahn is a German football club based in Regensburg, Bavaria. The club is based on a gymnastics club founded in 1886 a ...

U19. In November 2009, a number of suspensions caused Knasmüllner to be called up to Bayern's reserve team, and he made his debut in a

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match against

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. He immediately became a regular at that level and was named in Bayern's first-team squad for the

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, where he was given the number 29, and was named on the substitutes' bench for a Bundesliga match against

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in October 2010. He moved to Internazionale in January 2011 to play for their Primavera team. After half a season without appearance in the first squad, he moved on 31 August 2011 to Ingolstadt in the

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. Three years later he returned to Austria, signing for Admira Wacker. On 31 January 2018, he signed for

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on a -year deal for an undisclosed fee. Five months later, on 15 June, he returned to Austria to sign for Rapid Wien. On 30 August 2023, Knasmüllner signed a two-year deal with Polish III liga club

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Knasmullner, Christoph 1992 births Living people Footballers from Vienna Austrian men's footballers Austria men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Bayern Munich II players Inter Milan players FC Ingolstadt 04 players FC Admira Wacker Mödling players Barnsley F.C. players SK Rapid Wien players Wieczysta Kraków players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Austrian Football Bundesliga players English Football League players Austrian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Austrian expatriate sportspeople in England Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Poland