David Alaba

David Olatukunbo Alaba (born 24 June 1992) is an Austrian defender who plays currently for Real Madrid and the Austria national football team.

David Alaba

Alaba with Bayern Munich in 2019
Personal information
Full name	David Olatukunbo Alaba[1]
Date of birth	(1992-06-24) 24 June 1992 (age 32)[2]
Place of birth	Vienna, Austria
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[3]
Position(s)	Centre-back, left-back, midfielder
Club information
Current team	Real Madrid
Number	4
Youth career
2001–2002	SV Aspern
2002–2008	Austria Wien
2008–2009	Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2008	Austria Wien II	5	(0)
2009–2010	Bayern Munich II	33	(1)
2010–2021	Bayern Munich	281	(22)
2011	→ 1899 Hoffenheim (loan)	17	(2)
2021–	Real Madrid	67	(3)
National team‡
2007–2009	Austria U17	20	(5)
2010	Austria U19[4]	5	(1)
2009–2010	Austria U21	5	(0)
2009–	Austria	105	(15)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:03, 17 December 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 01:40, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 December 2023

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup[a]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bayern Munich II	2009–10[5]	3. Liga	23	1	—		—		—		23	1
	2010–11[6]	3. Liga	10	0	—		—		—		10	0
	Total		33	1	—		—		—		33	1
Bayern Munich	2009–10[5]	Bundesliga	3	0	1	0	2[b]	0	—		6	0
	2010–11[6]	Bundesliga	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	2011–12[7]	Bundesliga	30	2	6	1	11[b]	0	—		47	3
	2012–13[8]	Bundesliga	23	3	4	0	11[b]	2	0	0	38	5
	2013–14[9][10]	Bundesliga	28	2	5	0	12[b]	2	4[c]	0	49	4
	2014–15[10][11]	Bundesliga	19	2	3	3	6[b]	0	1[d]	0	29	5
	2015–16[10][12]	Bundesliga	30	1	5	0	10[b]	1	1[d]	0	46	2
	2016–17[13][14]	Bundesliga	32	4	5	1	9[b]	0	1[d]	0	47	5
	2017–18[15]	Bundesliga	23	2	6	0	7[b]	0	0	0	36	2
	2018–19[16]	Bundesliga	31	3	4	0	7[b]	0	1[d]	0	43	3
	2019–20[17][18]	Bundesliga	28	1	5	1	8[b]	0	1[d]	0	42	2
	2020–21[19]	Bundesliga	33	2	1	0	8[b]	0	3[e]	0	45	2
	Total		281	22	46	6	92	5	12	0	431	33
1899 Hoffenheim (loan)	2010–11[6]	Bundesliga	17	2	1	0	—		—		18	2
Real Madrid	2021–22	La Liga	30	2	3	0	12[b]	1	1[f]	0	46	3
	2022–23	La Liga	23	1	2	0	11[b]	0	3[g]	1	39	2
	2023–24	La Liga	14	0	0	0	3[b]	0	0	0	17	0
	Total		67	3	5	0	26	2	4	0	102	5
Career total			398	28	53	7	118	6	16	1	584	41

1. Includes DFB-Pokal
2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
3. One appearance in DFL-Supercup, one appearance in UEFA Super Cup, two appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
4. Appearance in DFL-Supercup
5. One appearance in UEFA Super Cup, two appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
6. Appearance in Supercopa de España
7. One appearance and one goal in UEFA Super Cup, two appearances in FIFA Club World Cup

International

As of match played 21 November 2023^[20]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Austria	2009	2	0
	2010	3	0
	2011	11	0
	2012	5	1
	2013	10	5
	2014	4	2
	2015	7	3
	2016	12	0
	2017	5	0
	2018	8	2
	2019	5	1
	2020	4	0
	2021	15	0
	2022	7	1
	2023	7	0
Total		105	15

Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Alaba goal.^[21]

List of international goals scored by David Alaba

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	16 October 2012	Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria	Kazakhstan	3–0	4–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	22 March 2013		Faroe Islands	5–0	6–0
3	26 March 2013	Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland	Republic of Ireland	2–2	2–2
4	7 June 2013	Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria	Sweden	1–0	2–1
5	10 September 2013		Republic of Ireland	1–0	1–0
6	15 October 2013	Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands	3–0	3–0
7	8 September 2014	Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria	Sweden	1–0	1–1	UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
8	9 October 2014	Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova	Moldova	1–0	2–1
9	27 March 2015	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein	3–0	5–0
10	8 September 2015	Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden	Sweden	1–0	4–1
11	17 November 2015	Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria	Switzerland	1–1	1–2	Friendly
12	23 March 2018	Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt, Austria	Slovenia	1–0	3–0
13	6 September 2018	Generali Arena, Vienna, Austria	Sweden	2–0	2–0
14	16 November 2019	Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria	Macedonia	1–0	2–1	UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
15	20 November 2022		Italy	2–0	2–0	Friendly

Honours

Alaba with the Austrian Sports Personality of the Year award in 2014

Bayern Munich^[22]

• Bundesliga: 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
• DFB-Pokal: 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2019–20
• DFL-Supercup: 2016, 2018, 2020
• UEFA Champions League: 2012–13, 2019–20^[23]
• UEFA Super Cup: 2013, 2020
• FIFA Club World Cup: 2013, 2020^[24]

Real Madrid

• La Liga: 2021–22^[25]
• Copa del Rey: 2022–23^[26]
• Supercopa de España: 2021–22^[27]
• UEFA Champions League: 2021–22^[28]
• UEFA Super Cup: 2022^[29]
• FIFA Club World Cup: 2022^[30]

Individual

• Austrian Footballer of the Year: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016,^[31] 2020,^[32] 2021,^[33] 2022^[34]
• Austrian Sports Personality of the Year: 2013, 2014^[35][36]
• FIFA FIFPro World11: 2021^[37]
• UEFA Team of the Year: 2013, 2014, 2015^[38][39][40]
• UEFA Champions League Team of the Group stage: 2015–16^[41]
• UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2019–20^{[broken anchor]},^[42] 2020–21^[43]
• ESM Team of the Year: 2013–14^[44]
• France Football World XI: 2015^[45]
• Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2014–15, 2015–16^[46][47]
• ESPN FC Best Left-Back 2016^[48]
• La Liga Team of the Season: 2021–22^[49]

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Other websites

• David Alaba at Soccerway.com
• David Alaba at WorldFootball.net
• David Alaba at Soccerbase.com
• David Alaba at National-Football-Teams.com
• David Alaba at BDFutbol