Guido Burgstaller
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Guido Burgstaller | ||
| Date of birth | 29 April 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Villach, Austria | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | SK Rapid Wien | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996-2003 | ASKÖ Gmünd | ||
| 2003-2007 | FC Kärnten | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007-2008 | FC Kärnten | 33 | (2) |
| 2007-2008 | FC Kärnten II | 5 | (2) |
| 2008-2011 | SC Wiener Neustadt | 81 | (12) |
| 2009 | SC Wiener Neustadt II | 1 | (0) |
| 2011-2014 | Rapid Wien | 85 | (24) |
| 2014-2015 | Cardiff City | 3 | (0) |
| 2015-2017 | 1. FC Nuremberg | 63 | (33) |
| 2017-2020 | Schalke 04 | 95 | (24) |
| 2020-2022 | FC St. Pauli | 53 | (29) |
| 2022- | Rapid Wien | 43 | (26) |
| National team | |||
| Austria U16 | 2 | (0) | |
| Austria U17 | 8 | (0) | |
| Austria U18 | 4 | (0) | |
| 2007 | Austria U19 | 4 | (3) |
| 2008 | Austria U20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2009-2010 | Austria U21 | 11 | (0) |
| 2012- | Austria | 26 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Guido Burgstaller (29 April 1989 in Villach) is an Austrian football player. The forward plays for SK Rapid Wien in the Austrian Bundesliga.
Career[change | change source]
Burgstaller started playing football in 1996 at ASKÖ Gmünd. 2003 he joined the youth department of FC Kärnten. He went through all youth selections until 2007 . In this year he got a professional contract. In his last year in the U-19, he played also in the first or second team . On 23 March 2007 he played his first game for the FC Kärnten amateur team. He played his first professional game on 6 April 2007. Due to financial problems and a weak sporting season for FC Kärnten, Burgstaller moved to SC Wiener Neustadt. There he became a top performer. For the 2011/12 season he moved to SK Rapid Wien.
Second division club Cardiff City signed him for the 2014/15 Football League Championship season. Burgstaller was unable to play regulary. Burgstaller joined the German second division club 1. FC Nürnberg on a free transfer. In the 2016/17 season he scored 14 goals in 16 games. This brought him into the focus of higher-class clubs. During the 2016/17 winter break, Burgstaller moved to FC Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga. For the 2020/21 season, the Austrian was sorted out by then head coach David Wagner. He then left Schalke in September 2020 after 119 matches and moved to the second division club FC St. Pauli.
After two years in Hamburg, Burgstaller returned to Rapid Wien. In his first season after his return, he became the top scorer in the Bundesliga with 21 goals in 31 appearances.
International[change | change source]
Burgstaller played for the youth teams of Austria from U16 to U21. He made his national team debut on 29 February 2012 in a friendly against Finland. Four years after his resignation from the team, he was called back into the national team under Ralf Rangnick in October 2023.