| Christoph Klarer | |
| Birth Date: | 2000 6, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Böheimkirchen, Austria[1] |
| Height: | 1.91m[2] |
| Position: | Centre back |
| Currentclub: | Birmingham City |
| Clubnumber: | 4 |
| Youthyears1: | –2011 |
| Youthclubs1: | SV Böheimkirchen |
| Youthyears2: | 2011–2016 |
| Youthclubs2: | Rapid Wien |
| Youthyears3: | 2016–2020 |
| Youthclubs3: | Southampton |
| Years1: | 2020 |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2020 |
| Clubs2: | → St. Pölten (loan) |
| Caps2: | 13 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2020–2023 |
| Clubs3: | Fortuna Düsseldorf |
| Caps3: | 74 |
| Goals3: | 5 |
| Years4: | 2023–2024 |
| Caps4: | 30 |
| Goals4: | 2 |
| Years5: | 2024– |
| Caps5: | 1 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2014–2015 |
| Nationalteam1: | Austria U15 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2015–2016 |
| Nationalteam2: | Austria U16 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2016–2017 |
| Nationalteam3: | Austria U17 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 11 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 1 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2017 |
| Nationalteam4: | Austria U18 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
| Nationalyears5: | 2018 |
| Nationalteam5: | Austria U19 |
| Nationalcaps5: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals5: | 0 |
| Nationalyears6: | 2020–2022 |
| Nationalteam6: | Austria U21 |
| Nationalcaps6: | 12 |
| Nationalgoals6: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 20:24, 17 August 2024 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 08:34, 23 June 2023 (UTC) |
Christoph Klarer (born 14 June 2000) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for English club Birmingham City.
On 8 July 2016, Southampton confirmed that they had signed Klarer on a professional contract from Rapid Wien.[3] Klarer started for the club's U18 squad. In April 2019, he signed a new contract until the summer 2021.[4]
On 7 January 2020, Klarer joined Austrian club SKN St. Pölten on loan for the 2019–20 season.[5] In February, he made his debut on the match against Admira Wacker Mödling.
On 5 October 2020, Klarer moved to Fortuna Düsseldorf newly relgated from German Bundesliga, on a contract until 30 June 2024.[6]
On 18 July 2023, Klarer signed a four-year contract with newly promoted German Bundesliga club Darmstadt 98.[7] Darmstadt got relegated again after one season.
On 20 July 2024, a year after joining Darmstadt 98, Klarer returned to English football on a three-year contract with EFL League One club Birmingham City.[8] He was an unused substitute for the opening match of the league season, and made an "extremely comfortable" debut in the starting eleven for the next fixture, a 1–0 away to Charlton Athletic on 13 August.[9]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Southampton U21 | 2017–18 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2018–19 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| 2019–20 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
| Total | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
| Southampton | 2019–20 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| St. Pölten (loan) | 2019–20 | Austrian Bundesliga | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||||
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 2020–21 | 2. Bundesliga | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 2. Bundesliga | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 33 | 3 | |||||
| 2022–23 | 2. Bundesliga | 30 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 33 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 74 | 5 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 80 | 5 | ||||||
| Darmstadt | 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 31 | 2 | ||||
| Birmingham City | 2024–25 | League One | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 118 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 130 | 7 | |||