Marcel Ritzmaier

Marcel Ritzmaier (born 22 April 1993) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or left-back for SV Sandhausen.

Club Career

Early career

Born in Judenburg, Styria, Ritzmaier started playing football in December 1997 with the youth side of TuS Spielberg before joining SV Lobmingtal in September 1999. In January 2004, after three and a half years in the SV Lobmingtal youth teams, he moved to FC Judenburg.

Having become one of the key players of FC Judenburg, Ritzmaier was scouted by SK Austria Karnten in July 2006. He played two and a half years in the Austria Karnten youth system and was promoted to the reserve team in January 2009. In July 2009, he became part of Austrian Bundesliga team squad and made his debut on 2 August 2009 against Rapid Wien, making his only appearances for the club.

PSV

In February 2010, Dutch Eredivisie club PSV Eindhoven signed the Austrian teenage midfielder from Austria Karnten on a contract running until 30 June 2012 and was immediately assigned to the second team, Jong PSV. The move materialised after he had been invited to the club's training camp three months prior to the move.

In January 2011, Ritzmaier was called up to the first team for the club's training camp. Six months later, he signed a two-year contract extension. Ritzmaier made his PSV debut, coming on as a 74th minute substitute, in a 3–0 win over FC Lisse in the third round of the KNVB Cup. On 30 November 2011, he made his UEFA Europa League debut, coming on as a 77th minute substitute in a 3–0 win over Legia Warsaw to qualify for the knockout stage. Ritzmaier then started the whole game, in a central midfield position, winning 2–1 over Rapid București on 16 December 2011. By the end of the 2011–12 season, he had made three appearances in all competitions.

At the start of the 2012–13 season, Ritzmaier played in both legs of the Europa League play–off round against Montenegrin club Zeta, as PSV won 14–0 on agg

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