Christoph Urdl (born 17 August 1999) is an Austrian professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a winger for 2. Liga club ASK Voitsberg, on loan from

TSV Hartberg TSV Hartberg, currently known as TSV Egger Glas Hartberg for sponsorship reasons, is an association football club based in Hartberg, Styria, Austria. Founded in 1946, the club competes in the Austrian Football Bundesliga, the top tier of the Aust ...

Career

Urdl is a youth product of SV Union Liebenau, before moving to the academy of

Sturm Graz Sportklub Sturm Graz is an Austrian professional association football club, based in Graz, playing in the Austrian Football Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1909. Its colours are black and white. In its history, Sturm Graz has won the Austr ...

in 2007. He worked his way up their youth academy, before debuting for their reserves in 2016. In 2020 after 13 years at Sturm Graz, he moved to Deutschlandsberger SC in the

Austrian Regionalliga The Austrian Regionalliga ( or plural , means Regional League) is the third-highest division in Austrian football, after the Austrian Bundesliga and the Second League. It is divided into 3 groups: East (), covering the states of Vienna, Lower A ...

. After 3 prolific seasons with Deutschlandsberger, he attended a training camp for the

Austrian Football Bundesliga The Bundesliga ( , "Federal League"), also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Austria and the highest level of the Austrian football league system. The competition decides the A ...

club

Hartberg Hartberg () is a city in Styria, Austria and the district seat of Hartberg-Fürstenfeld District. As of January 1st 2024, it has a population of 6,713 in an area of 21.58 km2. About 68 km up the A2 Autobahn is the large Styrian capital o ...

. He formally signed with them on 9 July 2023, on a professional contract until 2025. He made his professional debut with Hartberg as a substitute in a 2–2 league tie with

SC Austria Lustenau Sportclub Austria Lustenau is a professional association football club based in the town of Lustenau, Vorarlberg, Austria, that competes in the 2. Liga (Austria), 2. Liga, the second tier of the Austrian football league system. Founded in 1914, ...

on 29 July 2023.

Personal life

Urdl is the nephew of the Austrian football manager and former footballer

Markus Schopp Markus Schopp (born 22 February 1974) is an Austrian football coach and a former midfielder. He is currently the head coach of Austrian Football Bundesliga club LASK Linz. Club career Schopp played for Sturm Graz and Red Bull Salzburg in his ...

, who manages him at Hartberg. Outside of football, he is studying to become a teacher for sports and history.

References

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OEFB Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Urdl, Christoph 1999 births Living people Austrian men's footballers SK Sturm Graz players TSV Hartberg players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Austrian Regionalliga players Men's association football wingers 21st-century Austrian sportsmen