Konrad Laimer
#6 · Midfielder · age 28
92
WC26 rating
- Recent form
- 61
- Career peak
- 91
- League level
- 89
- Competition pedigree
- 98
- International pedigree
- 86
- Longevity
- 63
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Career by season
Source: transfermarkt · fetched 2026-05-29
Laimer is the player who makes Rangnick’s high-press identity actually work. His sprint volume and recovery work allow the manager to commit Sabitzer and Baumgartner further forward, knowing the No. 6 will cover the ground that’s left.
Against Argentina, his pressing of Mac Allister and Enzo Fernández will be one of the key matchups — Austria can’t compete in possession, so disrupting Argentina’s build-up at source is the realistic plan. Laimer is the player at the centre of that plan.
Strengths
- Press intensity — Rangnick's high-press trigger
- Recovery work — sprint distances among the highest in the Bundesliga
- Defensive screening
Recent form
Bayern regular through a Bundesliga-winning 2025-26 in a deeper midfield role.
Was the first Austrian outfield player to join Bayern Munich since David Alaba came through the academy in 2010.