Leopold Zingerle
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-04-10) 10 April 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Munich, Germany
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 RB Leipzig
Number 25
Youth career
2002–2013 Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Bayern Munich II 50 (0)
2014–2015 Bayern Munich 0 (0)
2015–2016 Greuther Fürth 0 (0)
2015–2016 Greuther Fürth II 12 (0)
2016–2017 1. FC Magdeburg 21 (0)
2017–2023 SC Paderborn 134 (0)
2023– RB Leipzig 0 (0)
International career
2012 Germany U-18 1 (0)
2013 Germany U-19 1 (0)
2013 Germany U-20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 June 2023

Leopold Zingerle (born 10 April 1994) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig.[1]

Playing career

Zingerle was born and raised in Munich. He spent his entire career as a youth footballer with Bayern Munich, making it all the way to becoming the first-choice goalkeeper for the club's reserve team and frequently training with the first team during that time.[2] As the fourth-choice goalkeeper in the first team during the 2013–14 season, he was named on the bench for a Bundesliga match at Augsburg in April 2014, due to injuries to Tom Starke and Lukas Raeder.[3] However, he did not manage to make an appearance for the first team in a competitive match and left Bayern Munich in the summer of 2015, after spending 13 years at the club.[2]

Zingerle went on to join Greuther Fürth of the 2. Bundesliga, but only managed to make 12 appearances for their reserves in the fourth tier of German football.[4] He left the club for 1. FC Magdeburg of the 3. Liga ahead of the 2016–17 season, during which he appeared in a total of 21 league matches.[5][4]

In the summer of 2017, Zingerle moved to SC Paderborn 07, who also competed in the 3. Liga at the time, and went on to be the club's first-choice goalkeeper over the next four seasons.[4] During his first two seasons with SC Paderborn 07, the club got promoted twice, which allowed him to make his debut in the Bundesliga and appear in a total of 28 matches in the top flight in 2019–20.[4] Following the club's relegation back to the 2. Bundesliga at the end of that season, Zingerle kept his place as a regular and signed a two-year contract extension in February 2021.[4][6]

At the start of the 2021–22 season, he lost his place as a regular to Jannik Huth and did not make league appearances until 2022–23, when he played in four matches in the 2. Bundesliga.[7] On 7 June 2023, it was confirmed that he would join Bundesliga club RB Leipzig upon the expiration of his Paderborn contract on 30 June 2023. He is expected to serve as the club's third-choice goalkeeper, behind Péter Gulácsi and Janis Blaswich.[8]

Honours

RB Leipzig

References

  1. ^ Leopold Zingerle at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ a b "Zingerle erzählt von Robben, Guardiola und Co". weltfussball.de (in German). HEIM:SPIEL. 21 February 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Zingerle: Nothelfer auf der Bayern-Bank". weltfussball.de (in German). HEIM:SPIEL. 8 April 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Leopold Zingerle » Club matches". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Magdeburg holt Zingerle aus Fürth". weltfussball.de (in German). HEIM:SPIEL. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  6. ^ "SC Paderborn verlängert mit Torhüter Zingerle". weltfussball.de (in German). HEIM:SPIEL. 3 February 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Leopold Zingerle » Vereinsspiele » 2. Bundesliga". weltfussball.de (in German). HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  8. ^ "RB Leipzig verpflichtet neuen Torwart". weltfussball.de (in German). HEIM:SPIEL. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  9. ^ Lisjak, Mitja (12 August 2023). "Olmo s hat-trickom pokvaril veliki debi Kana pri Bayernu" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 12 August 2023.


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