Konstantin Kerschbaumer

Konstantin Kerschbaumer

Kerschbaumer (left) playing for Brentford in 2015
Personal information
Full name Konstantin Kerschbaumer[1]
Date of birth (1992-07-01) 1 July 1992
Place of birth Tulln an der Donau, Austria
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Central midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Brentford
Number 17
Youth career
1998–2006 FC Tulln
2006–2009 AKA St. Pölten
2009–2011 Rapid Wien
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Rapid Wien II 32 (7)
2011–2012 Vienna 32 (5)
2012–2015 St. Pölten 86 (15)
2015 Admira Wacker 16 (1)
2015– Brentford 32 (0)
National team
2007 Austria U16 1 (0)
2008–2009 Austria U17 9 (1)
2009–2010 Austria U18 5 (1)
2010 Austria U19 5 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:28, 7 October 2016 (UTC).


Konstantin Kerschbaumer (born 1 July 1992) is an Austrian footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Brentford. He came to prominence in his homeland with SKN St. Pölten and won international caps for Austria between U16 and U19 level.

Club career

Early years

A central midfielder, Kerschbaumer began his career in Austria with local clubs FC Tulln and AKA St. Pölten, progressing to help the latter club to the 2008–09 Jugendliga U19 title.[2] He signed for Bundesliga side SK Rapid Wien in 2009,[3] making 20 appearances and scoring five goals for the U19 team and progressing to the reserves, scoring two goals in four late-season Regionalliga Ost appearances.[2] He was a reserve team regular during the 2010–11 season, making 29 appearances and scoring four goals.[4] He left the club after the season, having failed to make a first team appearance.[4]

First Vienna

Kerschbaumer signed for Erste Liga side First Vienna prior to the beginning of the 2011–12 season.[4] He made 33 appearances and scored five goals during his only season with the club.[4]

SKN St. Pölten

Kerschbaumer moved to Erste Liga club SKN St. Pölten on 10 July 2012.[5] He made 34 appearances and scored six goals during his debut season. He improved his tally to seven goals in a successful 2013–14 season for the club,[4] in which they finished fourth in the league to qualify for the Europa League and Kerschbaumer played in every match of St. Pölten's run to the ÖFB-Cup final, which ended in a 4–2 defeat to Red Bull Salzburg.

Kerschbaumer made his Europa League debut in July 2014, playing in all four legs in the second and third qualifying rounds, with St. Pölten's European dream ending after a 4–2 aggregate defeat to Dutch heavyweights PSV Eindhoven.[4] He made 27 appearances and scored three goals during the first half of the 2014–15 season, before departing the club in January 2015.[5] Kerschbaumer made 100 appearances and scored 16 goals during his two and a half years at the NV Arena.[4]

Admira Wacker Mödling

Kerschbaumer sign for Bundesliga strugglers Admira Wacker Mödling on 20 January 2015 on a two-and-a-half-year deal.[6] He made 16 appearances and scored one goal during the second half of the 2014–15 season, helping the club to finish above the relegation place.[7] He departed the club in late June.[8]

Brentford

On 1 July 2015, Kerschbaumer moved to England to sign for Championship side Brentford on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee, becoming the first Austrian to sign for the Griffin Park club.[8] He began his Bees career as a starter under Marinus Dijkhuizen, before being dropped to the bench by Dijkhuizen's replacement Lee Carsley in early October.[9] Despite utilising him as a substitute regularly, Carsley admitted in early November that Kerschbaumer "needs a lot of coaching. He runs as fast as he can everywhere without being effective".[10] He alternated between starting roles and the bench through to the end of the 2015–16 season, making 31 appearances.[11]

Kerschbaumer made two early 2016–17 season appearances before dropping out of the squad in mid-September 2016,[12] having fallen behind four central midfielders in the pecking order.[13]

International career

Kerschbaumer won 20 caps and scored two goals for Austria from U16 to U19 level between 2007 and 2010.[2]

Career statistics

As of match played 1 October 2016.
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rapid Wien II 2009–10[4] Regionalliga Ost 4 2 — — — 4 2
2010–11[4] 28 5 1 0 — — 29 5
Total 32 7 1 0 — — 33 7
Rapid Wien 2010–11[4] Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
First Vienna 2011–12[4] Erste Liga 32 5 1 0 — — 33 5
SKN St. Pölten 2012–13[4] Erste Liga 33 6 1 0 — — 34 6
2013–14[4] 33 7 6 0 — — 39 7
2014–15[4] 20 2 3 0 — 4[lower-alpha 1] 1 27 3
Total 8615110—4110016
Admira Wacker Mödling 2014–15[7] Bundesliga 16 1 — — — 16 1
Brentford 2015–16[11] Championship 30 0 1 0 0 0 — 31 0
2016–17[14] 2 0 0 0 0 0 — 2 0
Total 32 0 1 0 0 0 — 33 0
Career totals 19828140004121729
  1. ↑ Appearances in Europa League

References

  1. ↑ "EFL: Retained list: 2015/16" (PDF). English Football League. p. 9. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "http://www.starsandfriends.net/global/the-stars/star/print/personaldata/konstantin-kerschbaumer/?type=123". www.starsandfriends.net. Retrieved 2015-06-30. External link in |title= (help)
  3. ↑ "SK Rapid Wien - News / Konstantin Kerschbaumer". www.skrapid.at. Archived from the original on 2013-06-15. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Austria - K. Kerschbaumer - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
  5. 1 2 "fussballoesterreich.at Spielerprofil von Konstantin Kerschbaumer". vereine.fussballoesterreich.at. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
  6. ↑ "Konstantin Kerschbaumer verstärkt Admira Wacker | Sky Sport Austria News-Portal". Retrieved 2015-07-01.
  7. 1 2 "Konstantin Kerschbaumer | Football Stats | Admira Wacker | Season 2014/2015 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
  8. 1 2 Wickham, Chris. "Brentford sign Konstantin Kerschbaumer from FC Admira Wacker Mödling". www.brentfordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
  9. ↑ "Konstantin Kerschbaumer Player Profile - ESPN FC". www.espnfc.com. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
  10. ↑ "Brentford midfielder needs coaching to rise to Championship challenge". getwestlondon. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
  11. 1 2 "Konstantin Kerschbaumer | Football Stats | Admira Wacker | Season 2015/2016 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
  12. ↑ "Konstantin Kerschbaumer Player Profile - ESPN FC". www.espnfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
  13. ↑ Moore, Tom (2016-10-07). "Why Konstantin Kerschbaumer hasn't featured in recent Brentford games". getwestlondon. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
  14. ↑ "Konstantin Kerschbaumer | Football Stats | Brentford | Season 2016/2017 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 2016-07-26.

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