FC Red Bull Salzburg have a new goalkeeper! 26-year-old German Christian Früchtl joins our Red Bulls from Italian Serie A club US Lecce and has signed a three-year contract.

Our new keeper came through the youth ranks at FC Bayern Munich, where he played for their U17 (24 appearances), U19 (10), Bayern II (72) and the first team (one), contributing to numerous title wins. He also spent time on loan at Nuremberg and on loan at our league rivals Austria Vienna (80 appearances), giving him experience in the ADMIRAL Bundesliga. Most recently, Früchtl played for Italian Serie A club US Lecce (2 matches).

Details

Born: 28 January 2000
Height: 1.93 m
Last club: US Lecce
Position: Goal

Views

With Christian Früchtl, we have signed a goalkeeper with an excellent development behind him and a wealth of experience who will greatly support and complement our young goalkeeping team. Even though he hasn't seen much playing time recently, we know he'll be ready to play at any time and will be a real asset to FC Red Bull Salzburg.

Marcus Mann, Managing Director of Sport

I'm very happy that the positive discussions led to a successful conclusion and that I'm now at FC Red Bull Salzburg. As a player for Austria Vienna, I was here quite often about two years ago and don't have the best memories, because we almost always lost back then. So I'm all the more pleased that I've now signed here and have come to the other side. My aims are quite clear: I'll give it my all, do my absolute best, and push my new team-mates so that together we can achieve the best possible results.

Christian Früchtl

Christian Früchtl joins our goalkeepers