 Kerschbaumer(left) playing forBrentford in 2015. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Konstantin Kerschbaumer[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1992-07-01)1 July 1992 (age 33) | ||
| Place of birth | Tulln an der Donau, Austria | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Central midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | SV Stripfing | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| 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 (loan) | 32 | (5) |
| 2012–2013 | →St. Pölten (loan) | 33 | (6) |
| 2013–2015 | St. Pölten | 53 | (9) |
| 2015 | Admira Wacker | 16 | (1) |
| 2015–2018 | Brentford | 52 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | →Arminia Bielefeld (loan) | 31 | (8) |
| 2018–2019 | FC Ingolstadt 04 | 29 | (3) |
| 2019–2022 | 1. FC Heidenheim | 46 | (4) |
| 2022–2024 | Wolfsberger AC | 28 | (2) |
| 2024 | Wolfsberger AC II | 6 | (1) |
| 2024– | SV Stripfing | 32 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2007 | Austria U16 | 1 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Austria U17 | 9 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | Austria U18 | 5 | (1) |
| 2010 | Austria U19 | 5 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:22, 20 October 2025 (UTC) | |||
Konstantin Kerschbaumer (born 1 July 1992) is an Austrian professionalfootballer who plays forAustrian 2. Liga clubSV Stripfing as acentral midfielder.
Kerschbaumer came to prominence in his homeland withSKN St. Pölten, from whom he transferred to top-flight clubAdmira Wacker Mödling in 2015. He subsequently played in England and Germany, before returning to Austria withWolfsberger AC in 2022. Kerschbaumer won 20 international caps forAustria at youth level.
Acentral midfielder, Kerschbaumer began his career inAustria with local clubs FC Tulln and AKA St. Pölten, progressing to help the latter club to the 2008–09 Jugendliga U19 title.[3] He signed forBundesliga clubSK Rapid Wien in 2009,[4] making 20 appearances and scoring five goals for the U19 team and progressing to thereserves, scoring two goals in four late-seasonRegionalliga Ost appearances.[3] He was a reserve team regular during the2010–11 season, making 29 appearances and scoring four goals.[5] Kerschbaumer joinedErste Liga clubFirst Vienna onloan for the duration of the2011–12 season,[6] making 33 appearances and scoring five goals.[5] After also spending the2012–13 season away on loan, Kerschbaumer departed theWeststadion during the 2013 off-season.[6]
On 10 July 2012, Kerschbaumer joined Erste Liga clubSKN St. Pölten on a season-long loan.[6][7] He made 34 appearances and scored six goals during the2012–13 season and joined the club on a permanent contract after the campaign.[5][6] He improved his tally to seven goals in a successful2013–14 season for the club,[5] in which they finished fourth in the league to qualify for theEuropa League.[8] Kerschbaumer played in every match of St. Pölten's run to theAustrian Cupfinal,[5] which ended in a 4–2 defeat toRed Bull Salzburg.[9]
Kerschbaumer made 27 appearances and scored three goals during the first half of the2014–15 season, before departing the club in January 2015.[7] Kerschbaumer made 100 appearances and scored 16 goals during his two and a half years at theNV Arena.[5]
Kerschbaumer signed for Bundesliga strugglersAdmira Wacker Mödling on 20 January 2015 on a2+1⁄2-year contract.[10] He made 16 appearances and scored one goal during the second half of the2014–15 season, helping the club to finish above the relegation place.[11] He departed the club in late June.[12]
On 1 July 2015, Kerschbaumer moved toEngland to sign forChampionship clubBrentford on a four-year contract for an undisclosed fee and became the first Austrian to sign for theGriffin Park club.[12] He began his Bees career as astarter underMarinus Dijkhuizen, before being dropped to the bench by Dijkhuizen's replacementLee Carsley in early October.[13] 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".[14] He alternated between starting roles and the bench through to the end of the2015–16 season, making 31 appearances.[15] Kerschbaumer's 6assists was the second-highest at the club, afterAlan Judge.[16]
Kerschbaumer made two early2016–17 season appearances before falling out of favour with head coachDean Smith and dropping out of the squad in mid-September 2016.[17][18] On 5 February 2017, while making just his seventh appearance of the season, Kerschbaumer finally scored his first goal for the club in a 3–3 draw withBrighton & Hove Albion.[19] Injury toJosh McEachran later that month allowed Kerschbaumer to break into the starting lineup and he started the majority of the remaining matches of the season.[20][17] He finished the 2016–17 season with 21 appearances and one goal.[17]
In late June 2017, Kerschbaumer agreed a one-year extension option to his contract and joined2. Bundesliga clubArminia Bielefeld on a season-long loan.[21] He made 32 appearances and scored eight goals during the2017–18 season,[22] in which the Blues narrowly missed out on thepromotion playoff place.[23] Kerschbaumer departed Brentford on 1 June 2018 and made 52 appearances and scored one goal during two seasons as a first team player at Griffin Park.[24][25]
On 1 June 2018, Kerschbaumer joined 2. Bundesliga clubFC Ingolstadt 04 on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee (reported to be £900,000),[26] effective 1 July 2018.[27] He made 29 appearances and scored four goals during a disastrous2018–19 season,[5] which culminated in relegation to the3. Liga.[28] Kerschbaumer departed the club in September 2019.[29]
On 2 September 2019, Kerschbaumer moved back up to the 2. Bundesliga to sign a three-year contract with1. FC Heidenheim, for an undisclosed fee.[29] He made 26 appearances and scored three goals during a2019–20 season which ended with defeat in theBundesliga promotion play-off.[5][30] Following a mid-table2020–21 season in which he made 19 appearances and scored one goal,[5] a tornmuscle fibre interrupted the early months of Kerschbaumer's2021–22 season.[5][31] After his return, he made just five appearances and late in the season,[5] it was announced that Kerschbaumer would be released when his contract expired in June 2022.[32] Kerschbaumer ended his three-season spell at the Voith-Arena with 50 appearances and four goals.[5]
On 23 May 2022, Kerschbaumer signed a three-year contract with Austrian Bundesliga clubWolfsberger AC on afree transfer, effective 1 July 2022.[33] He made 34 appearances and scored three goals during a2022–23 season which culminated with defeat in theEuropa Conference League play-offs.[5][34] Kerschbaumer was frozen out during the2023–24 season and made just two substitute appearances.[5][35] He departed the club in September 2024.[36]
On 7 September 2024, Kerschbaumer signed an undisclosed-length contract with 2. Liga clubSV Stripfing.[37] He made 25 appearances during the2024–25 season,[5] in which the club narrowly avoided relegation.[38] Kerschbaumer was retained for the 2025–26 season.[39]
Kerschbaumer won 20 caps and scored two goals forAustria betweenU16 toU19 level between 2007 and 2010.[3] He was a part of theU17 team which won the 2008 U17 Toto Cup.[40]
Kerschbaumer was described by Marinus Dijkhuizen as a "box to box" midfielder.[12] In June 2017, Brentford goalkeeperDan Bentley stated that Kerschbaumer was the best finisher at the club.[41]
Kerschbaumer's father Toni is a youth coach at FC Tulln.[42][43]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Rapid Wien II | 2009–10[5] | Austrian Regionalliga Ost | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | ||||
| 2010–11[5] | Austrian Regionalliga Ost | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 29 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 32 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 33 | 7 | |||||
| First Vienna (loan) | 2011–12[5] | Austrian Erste Liga | 32 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 33 | 5 | |||
| SKN St. Pölten (loan) | 2012–13[5] | Austrian Erste Liga | 33 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 34 | 6 | |||
| SKN St. Pölten | 2013–14[5] | Austrian Erste Liga | 33 | 7 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 39 | 7 | |||
| 2014–15[5] | Austrian Erste Liga | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 4[c] | 1 | — | 27 | 3 | |||
| Total | 86 | 15 | 11 | 0 | — | 4 | 1 | — | 100 | 16 | ||||
| Admira Wacker Mödling | 2014–15[11] | Austrian Bundesliga | 16 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 16 | 1 | ||||
| Brentford | 2015–16[15] | Championship | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17[19] | Championship | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 1 | |||
| Total | 50 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 52 | 1 | ||||
| Arminia Bielefeld (loan) | 2017–18[22] | German 2. Bundesliga | 31 | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 32 | 8 | |||
| FC Ingolstadt 04 | 2018–19[5] | German 2. Bundesliga | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1[d] | 1 | 29 | 4 | ||
| 2019–20[5] | German 3. Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2[e] | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Total | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 31 | 5 | ||||
| 1. FC Heidenheim | 2019–20[5] | German 2. Bundesliga | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2[f] | 0 | 26 | 3 | ||
| 2020–21[5] | German 2. Bundesliga | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 19 | 1 | ||||
| 2021–22[5] | German 2. Bundesliga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 46 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 50 | 4 | ||||
| Wolfsberger AC | 2022–23[5] | Austrian Bundesliga | 27 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 4[g] | 0 | 1[h] | 0 | 34 | 3 | |
| 2023–24[5] | Austrian Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 28 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 3 | |||
| Wolfsberger AC II | 2023–24[5] | Austrian Regionalliga Central | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | ||||
| 2024–25[5] | Austrian Regionalliga Central | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | ||||||
| SV Stripfing | 2024–25[5] | Austrian 2. Liga | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 25 | 1 | |||
| 2025–26[5] | Austrian 2. Liga | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 32 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 35 | 3 | |||||
| Career totals | 286 | 48 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 425 | 52 | ||
Austria U17
