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Stefan Hierländer

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Stefan Hierländer
Hierländer with Red Bull Salzburg in 2013
Personal information
Full name Stefan Lukas Hierländer[1]
Date of birth (1991-02-03) 3 February 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Villach, Carinthia, Austria
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
SK Sturm Graz
Number 25
Youth career
1997–2002 SV Greifenburg
2002–2005 SV Spittal
2005–2007 FC Kärnten
2007–2008 Austria Kärnten
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Austria Kärnten 38 (4)
2010–2014 Red Bull Salzburg 78 (3)
2014–2016 RB Leipzig 22 (0)
2015–2016 RB Leipzig II 17 (6)
2016– Sturm Graz 220 (19)
International career
Austria U17 8 (0)
Austria U18 10 (0)
Austria U19 11 (3)
2010–2011 Austria U21 13 (1)
2018– Austria 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 October 2018

Stefan Lukas Hierländer (born 3 February 1991) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Austrian Bundesliga club Sturm Graz and the Austria national team.

Club career

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Hierländer started his football career in his local club SV Greifenburg and played 2002 till 2007 for SV Spittal/Drau. From 2008 until 2010 he played for Austrian Football Bundesliga side SK Austria Kärnten. His first match in the first squad was on 18 March 2009 versus Sturm Graz, substituting Manuel Weber in the 57th minute. After Kärnten did not get a license for the 2010–11 season Hierländer signed a contract with Red Bull Salzburg.

On 31 May 2014, he signed a two-year contract with RB Leipzig.[2]

On 9 May 2018, he scored the only goal as Sturm Graz beat Red Bull Salzburg in extra time to win the 2017–18 Austrian Cup.[3]

International career

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Hierländer got his first call up to the senior Austria side after Guido Burgstaller withdrew through injury for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Wales and Georgia in September 2017.[4] He finally made a debut in the national team on 27 March 2018 in a 4–0 win against Luxembourg.[5]

Career statistics

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As of match played on 2 November 2024[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Austria Kärnten 2008–09 Austrian Bundesliga 8 0 8 0
2009–10 30 4 4 1 34 5
Total 38 4 4 1 !42 5
Red Bull Salzburg 2010–11 Austrian Bundesliga 21 1 2 0 5[b] 1 28 2
2011–12 19 0 3 1 9[c] 0 31 1
2012–13 20 1 1 0 1[d] 0 22 1
2013–14 18 1 4 1 6[b] 0 28 2
Total 78 3 10 2 21 1 109 6
RB Leipzig 2014–15 2. Bundesliga 21 0 1 0 22 0
2015–16 1 0 1 0 2 0
Total 22 0 2 0 24 0
RB Leipzig II 2015–16 Regionalliga Nordost 17 6 17 6
Sturm Graz 2016–17 Austrian Bundesliga 30 5 2 0 32 5
2017–18 32 4 5 1 4[c] 1 41 6
2018–19 26 2 2 1 3[d] 0 2 0 33 3
2019–20 26 4 3 0 0 0 29 4
2020–21 32 3 5 1 0 0 37 4
2021–22 21 1 2 0 5[c] 0 28 1
2022–23 28 0 5 0 6[e] 0 39 0
2023–24 22 0 6 0 11[f] 0 39 0
2024–25 3 0 0 0 2[d] 0 5 0
Total 220 16 30 3 31 1 2 0 283 23
Career total 375 32 46 6 52 2 2 0 475 40
  1. ^ Includes in the Austrian Cup and German Cup.
  2. ^ a b Appearances in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ a b c Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ a b c Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
  5. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League, four appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

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Red Bull Salzburg

Sturm Graz

References

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  1. ^ "UEFA Europa League 2022/2023: Booking List before Group stage Matchday 2" (PDF). UEFA. 9 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  2. ^ "RB Leipzig: Stefan Hierländer kommt aus Salzburg – Marcel Sabitzer gleich wieder weg" (in German). liga-zwei.de. 31 May 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Sturm gewinnt zum fünften Mal ÖFB-Cup". 9 May 2018.
  4. ^ "WALES VS AUSTRIA". goal.com. 2 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  5. ^ "ÖFB-Team feiert fünften Sieg in Folge". Sport.orf.at (in Austrian German). ORF. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Stefan Hierländer » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
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