Michael Gregoritsch (born 18 April 1994) is an Austrian professional
footballer
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who plays as a
winger or
striker for
Bundesliga
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club
SC Freiburg
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and the
Austria national team.
Career
Kapfenberger SV
In 2008, Gregoritsch began his career at
Kapfenberger SV
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'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
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, where he played for both the first and second teams.
VfL Bochum
He joined
VfL Bochum
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on loan for the
2014–15 season,
where he scored seven goals in 27 appearances.
Hamburger SV
He played for
Hamburger SV
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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 (loan)
On 23 December 2019, Gregoritsch was loaned to
Schalke 04
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until the end of the campaign. In his debut match for Schalke on 17 January 2020, he recorded a goal and an assist in a 2–0 home win against
Borussia Mönchengladbach
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.
SC Freiburg
On 8 July 2022,
SC Freiburg
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announced that they had signed Gregoritsch ahead of the
2022–23
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Bundesliga season.
Personal life
As of June 2021, his father,
Werner Gregoritsch
Werner Gregoritsch (born 22 March 1958) is an Austrian association football, football manager and former player. He manages the Austria national under-21 football team, Austria U21 national team and has previously managed Kapfenberger SV, SV Matt ...
, is the head coach of the Austrian under-21 national team.
Career statistics
Club
International
:''Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Gregoritsch goal.''
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gregoritsch, Michael
1994 births
Living people
Footballers from Graz
Association football midfielders
Association football forwards
Austrian footballers
Austria international footballers
Austria youth international footballers
Austria under-21 international footballers
Kapfenberger SV players
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim players
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II players
FC St. Pauli players
VfL Bochum players
Hamburger SV players
FC Augsburg players
FC Schalke 04 players
Bundesliga players
Austrian Football Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
Regionalliga players
UEFA Euro 2020 players
Austrian expatriate footballers
Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Expatriate footballers in Germany