Julian Jakob Baumgartlinger (born 2 January 1988) is an Austrian former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Growing up in the Austrian market town of Mattsee, Baumgartlinger began playing football at local USC Mattsee at age five. In 2001, he left Austria to join the renowned youth academy of

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. There he ran through all the youth teams and eventually was called to their first team in 2007. After having played 13 times, mostly as substitute, in the 2007–08 and 2008–09 seasons, he accepted a call from Austrian club

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to return to his homeland after eight years. In

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, Baumgartlinger spent two successful years, becoming a regular for his club as well as for the Austria national team. This attracted the attention of

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team

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, which acquired his services for a transfer fee estimated at €1.1 million. On 19 May 2016, it was announced Baumgartlinger had signed a four-year contract with

Bayer Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen, officially known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH () and commonly known as Bayer Leverkusen or simply Leverkusen, is a German professional football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It competes in the B ...

. On 16 August 2022, Baumgartlinger joined

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on a one-season contract. He made his debut against Mainz 05 on 20 August 2022. Baumgartlinger announced his retirement from professional football on 24 July 2023.

International career

He represented the national team at

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, and

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Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Baumgartlinger goal''.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Baumgartlinger, Julian 1988 births Living people Austrian men's footballers Austria men's international footballers Austria men's youth international footballers 21st-century Austrian sportsmen Austria men's under-21 international footballers TSV 1860 Munich players TSV 1860 Munich II players FK Austria Wien players 1. FSV Mainz 05 players Bayer 04 Leverkusen players FC Augsburg players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Footballers from Salzburg Men's association football midfielders Austrian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany UEFA Euro 2016 players UEFA Euro 2020 players