Austrian genius David Alaba

David Alaba is an Austrian footballer who plays for Bayern Munich. He is only 24 years old, and he is already considered the strongest left-back in the world. David Alaba performs in the left wingback position, but at the same time he is a universal - in the national team he plays in the position of the central midfielder, and in the "Bavaria" he also played the role of the central defender.

Carier start

David Alaba was born on June 24, 1992 in Austria, where at the age of nine he joined the football academy of the local club Aspern. But a very quickly talented boy was spotted by the strongest club in the country, the metropolitan "Austriya", which lured the child prodigy to himself.

For six years Alaba was involved in the "Austriya" system, but in 2008 a 16-year-old guy was discovered by the scouts of one of the strongest clubs in the world - the Munich "Bavaria". He was invited to watch, and then transferred to the academy of the German grandee. At the age of 17 he made his debut for the adult team, having appeared on the field in six games, but spent most of the time in a double. It was obvious to all that a new genius was growing in "Bavaria", but so far he was too young to get enough playing practice in the first team.

After playing three games, he went on a rental trip to Hoffenheim for six months. There he played 18 matches and scored two goals, showing himself as a real professional, although he was just 18 years old. When David Alaba returned from the lease, he was immediately put in the foundation - it was from this that the formation of one of the strongest extreme defenders of the present began .

The game for "Bavaria"

David Alaba, whose photos immediately appeared on the covers of the world's leading sports magazines, immediately got down to business and began to prove that he was worthy to play at one of the strongest clubs at such an early age. In the first season he appeared on the field in 47 games, scoring three goals. Five years in a row, the Austrian has consistently proved to be one of the key players of the "Bavaria" - he took a direct part in the fact that "Bayern" won four league titles in a row (on his account there is a fifth, in 2010, but then Alaba held only six games for Club), won three German Cups (the fourth also in 2010), and also won in the main club tournament, in the Champions League in 2012. As a result, 2012 was a triumph, as "Bavaria" made a "treble", winning all three of the main trophies of the season, and Alab played in this not the least role. In total for "Bavaria" he spent 218 matches, scoring 19 goals.

As for the current season, he remained a key player in the team, so he has nine matches and two assists on his account. The contract with the German grandee was last extended in March 2016 - now it is designed for another five years and will end only in the summer of 2021.

National team appearances

David Alaba is an extremely high-profile footballer. He is only 24 years old, and he has already scored 52 games for the national team of Austria, in which he scored 11 goals. The thing is that he debuted for the national team in October 2009, when he was only 17 years old. Since that moment, Alaba missed the matches due to injuries, and in 2016 helped his team for the first time in a long time to get into the final of the European Championship in 2016, where the Austrians, unfortunately, could not win a single match - but Alaba noted naked In the gates of Iceland.