Matthias Seidl

Matthias Seidl (born 24 January 2001) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Austrian Bundesliga club Rapid Wien and the Austria national team.

Club career
Seidl started his senior team career with SV Kuchl in the Austrian fourth tier Salzburger Liga helping them win promotion to into the third tier Regionalliga Salzburg in 2019. For the 2021–22 season he joined second division team Blau-Weiß Linz, becoming one of their key players in winning the league title and being promoted to the Austrian Football Bundesliga at the end of the 2022–23 season and being named player of the season in the 2. Liga.

In June 2023 Rapid Wien announced that Seidl would join the club prior to 2022–23 season.

International career
Seidl was called up to the Austria national team for a set of UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches in September 2023.

He then made his national team debut in September 2023 when he came on as a substitute for Konrad Laimer in the 87th minute of the World Cup qualifying game against Sweden.

Honours
Blau-Weiß Linz
 * 2. Liga: 2022–23

Individual
 * 2. Liga Player of the Season: 2022–23
 * 2. Liga Team of the Season: 2022–23