Marcel Ritzmaier

Early career

Born in Judenburg, Styria, Ritzmaier started playing football in December 1997 with the youth side of TuS Spielberg before joining SV Lobmingtal in September 1999. In January 2004, after three and a half years in the SV Lobmingtal youth teams, he moved to FC Judenburg. Having become one of the key players of FC Judenburg, Ritzmaier was scouted by SK Austria Kärnten in July 2006. He played two and a half years in the Austria Kärnten youth system and was promoted to the reserve team in January 2009. In July 2009, he became part of Austrian Bundesliga team squad and made his debut on 2 August 2009 against Rapid Wien, making his only appearances for the club.

PSV

In February 2010, Dutch Eredivisie club PSV Eindhoven signed the Austrian teenage midfielder from Austria Kärnten on a contract running until 30 June 2012 and was immediately assigned to the second team, Jong PSV. The move materialised after he had been invited to the club's training camp three months prior to the move. In January 2011, Ritzmaier was called up to the first team for the club's training camp. Six months later, he signed a two-year contract extension. Ritzmaier made his PSV debut, coming on as a 74th-minute substitute, in a 3–0 win over FC Lisse in the third round of the KNVB Cup. On 30 November 2011, he made his UEFA Europa League debut, coming on as a 77th-minute substitute in a 3–0 win over Legia Warsaw to qualify for the knockout stage. Ritzmaier then started the whole…

Ritzmaier represented from Austria under-16 to Austria under-21. He then played nine games and scored three goals for the Austria U17. In September 2012, Ritzmaier was called up to the Austria under-21 for the first time. He made his Austria U21 debut, coming on as a 60th-minute substitute, in a 3–2 win against Scotland under-21 on 10 September 2012. In a follow–up match against DR Congo U21, Ritzmaier scored twice for the U21 side, winning 5–1. He then scored his third goal for the U21 side, winning 3–1 against Malta U21 on 6 February 2013. A year later, Ritzmaier was called up to the U21 squad and featured two more times. He went on to make nine appearances and scoring three times for Austria under-21 side.

As of match played 6 August 2021

His brother Christian is a professional footballer for DSV Leoben.