Benjamin Atiabou

Benjamin Atiabou

Atiabou with Liefering in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth	(2004-01-19) 19 January 2004 (age 22)
Position(s)	Right back
Team information
Current team	Liefering (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg)
Number	27
Youth career
2008–2009	Salzburger AK 1914
2009–2012	Red Bull Salzburg
2012–2016	Liefering
2016–2021	Red Bull Salzburg
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2021–	Red Bull Salzburg	0	(0)
2021–	→ Liefering (loan)	33	(5)
International career‡
2019	Austria U15	8	(1)
2019	Austria U16	6	(0)
2021	Austria U18	7	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 October 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 December 2021

Benjamin Atiabou (born 19 January 2004) is an Austrian professional footballer. He plays as a right-back for 2. Liga club Liefering, on loan from Red Bull Salzburg. He also plays for FC Salzburg U19 in the UEFA Youth League.

Career

He started his career with the youth teams of SAK 1914, FC Liefering and FC Red Bull Salzburg. In 2018 he came to the Red Bull Salzburg Academy, where he played in all three youth ranks. In 2021 he moved to FC Liefering.

He made his debut for Liefering in the Austrian Second Division in July 2021 against SKN St. Pölten. At the beginning of his second professional season, Atiabou tore his cruciate ligament after just six league games. After the 2023/24 season, he left Salzburg on a free transfer and moved to Germany in September 2024 . He played for the fourth-tier reserve team of Bundesliga club Werder Bremen. The defender continued to be plagued by injuries there. After only a few appearances in the Regionalliga Nord (fourth tier), he suffered another cruciate ligament tear.

Career statistics

References

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