Seiwald ends 1,111-day goal drought with a wonder strike for Austria | OneFootball

There are moments you wait a long time for – and when they finally come, they stay with you forever. Nicolas Seiwald experienced exactly that on 27th March 2026.

A perfectly struck moment of joy

After exactly 1,111 days, Nici was finally back on the scoresheet. Deep into stoppage time in Austria’s international against Ghana, he wrapped up the 5-1 win with the final goal. And what a finish it was! A cross from the left was cleared straight into his path, as Nici took aim and arrowed the ball from distance into the far corner with the inside of his foot – even Toni Kroos in his playing days could hardly have placed it any better.

“The ball was cleared, I had quite a lot of time to adjust to it and I tried to catch it well,” he said, beaming. “I managed that.”

Seiwald in an unfamiliar role

The only thing he found harder was the celebration afterwards. “I’m not used to scoring goals. I didn’t really know what I was supposed to do,” laughed the 24-year-old. No wonder – it was his first goal for Austria in his 45th international and after 3,974 minutes on the pitch.

All the better, then, that inspiration struck in the moment and he was able to share it with someone special. “I pointed up to my girlfriend for a second. She was absolutely delighted too,” he revealed.

It had been more than three years since Seiwald’s previous goal at any level – his last strike came in an FC Red Bull Salzburg shirt against LASK Linz on 12th March 2023.

Austria are back in action on Tuesday with a friendly against South Korea (20:45 CEST, Vienna), while Ghana face David Raum and Germany in Stuttgart on Monday (20:45 CEST).

“Something is in the air”

Now all that is missing is his first goal in an RB Leipzig shirt. “Something is in the air,” our head coach Ole Werner predicted a few days ago. And the chances of that happening look good, because Nici has developed into a genuine ever-present and a key player.

With 2,629 minutes under his belt, our midfield engine has the third-most playing time in the squad behind captain David Raum (2,656) and defensive leader Willi Orbán (2,770). The Salzburg-born midfielder is also among our strongest players in the tackle and one of the Bundesliga’s best interceptors.

And who knows? Maybe that Leipzig breakthrough will come in the next Bundesliga game away at Werder Bremen on 4th April. Nici now knows not only how to score, but how to celebrate too.

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