Giona Leibold

Juan Martinez-Bastidas

/ Men's Soccer

CARY, NORTH CAROLINA - DECEMBER 12: The Syracuse Orange celebrate after their win against the Indiana Hoosiers during the Division I Men’s Soccer Championship on December 12, 2022 at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)

Photo by: NCAA Photos via Getty Images

Giona Takes on Creighton at the College Cup

Height:
5-9
Weight:
159
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Wiesbaden, Germany
Prev School:
Sv When Wiesbaden

Senior Year (2024): Appeared in five matches, making three starts with one assist on the season ... Had an assist in the early minutes against Canisius (Sept.17) ... Voted one of four team captains for the 2024 campaign.

Junior Year (2023): Appeared in seven matches, making five starts … Had two assists, both coming in the first two contests of the season … Had multiple shot attempts in three matches ... Had a season-best two shots on target on Aug. 24 vs. Providence ... Played 454 total minutes ... Appeared in 65-or-more minutes in five matches.

Sophomore Year (2022): Key fixture of the Syracuse starting XI that won the treble (NCAA National Championship, ACC Tournament Championship, ACC Atlantic Division regular season title) ... Appeared in 22 matches, starting in each one ... Scored a career high five goals, along with providing two assists ... Started every match in the ACC and NCAA Tournaments ... Scored the match-winning goal in the 2022 NCAA Championship Third Round in the 83rd minute ... Tallied an assist in overtime against Penn in the 2-1 NCAA Championship Second Round ... Scored the second goal against Clemson in the 2-0 ACC Championship triumph ... Registered a goal and an assist in a 6-1 win over Loyola ... Netted a goal in a 3-0 win at Virginia Tech ... Recorded the game-winning goal in a 1-0 win against No. 22 Notre Dame ... CSC Academic All-District.

Freshman Year (2021): Played in 14 matches, starting 11 times ... Recorded one assist against Niagara and one against Binghamton ... Tallied two assists in 5-2 win over Vermont ... Tied for first in assists (5) ... Eight shots.

Previous Team (SV Wehen Wiesbadan): Leibold is a product of the SV Wehen Wiesbaden academy and he has competed for the first team in both the 2nd and 3rd Bundesliga … Leibold has been a member of the German National Team pool at both U17 and U19 age groups, earning invitations to several DFB German Youth National Team camps … He has also been selected as an All-Star-State Team representative since the U16 age group.

Personal: Giona Emanuel Leibold was born in August of 2000 … He is the son of Steven and Britta Leibold ... Leibold is enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.