Stefan Lainer
 Lainer with Austria in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 August 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Seekirchen am Wallersee, Austria[1] | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Red Bull Salzburg | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| SV Seekirchen | |||
| 2009–2013 | FC Red Bull Salzburg | ||
| 2011–2012 | → SV Grödig (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2014 | FC Liefering | 62 | (3) |
| 2014–2015 | SV Ried | 34 | (1) |
| 2015– | FC Red Bull Salzburg | 74 | (8) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017– | Austria | 10 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 February 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 October 2018 | |||
Stefan Lainer (born 27 August 1992) is an Austrian footballer[2] who plays as right defender for FC Red Bull Salzburg.
Early career
Lainer started his career with the local club SV Seekirchen. In 2006, he came to Red Bull Salzburg. In 2010, he played his first match for the second team of Red Bull. His next step was SV Grödig, where he played on loan. In 2012, he returned to Salzburg where he was in the squad of FC Liefering, the second team of FC Red Bull Salzburg.
Lainer is the son of Leo Lainer, who played for SV Austria Salzburg and the Austrian national team.[3]
Red Bull Salzburg
On 1 July 2015, Lainer transferred to FC Red Bull Salzburg on a three year contract for £140,000.[4]
During the 2017-18 season Salzburg had their best ever European campaign. They finished top of their Europa League group, for a record fourth time, before beating Real Sociedad and Borussia Dortmund thus making their first ever appearance in the UEFA Europa League semi-final.[5] On 3 May 2018, he played in the Europa League semi-finals as Olympique de Marseille played out a 1–2 away loss but a 3–2 aggregate win to secure a place in the 2018 UEFA Europa League Final[6]
References
- ^ a b "Stefan Lainer". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ^ "Stefan Lainer" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ^ "Rieder vor Verpflichtung von Stefan Lainer" (in German). nachrichten.at. 31 May 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ^ "Rieds Stefan Lainer steht vor Wechsel zu Red Bull Salzburg" (in German). www.gmx.at. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ^ https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2018/matches/round=2000894/match=2022216/prematch/background/index.html
- ^ "FC Red Bull Salzburg 2–1 Marseille". BBC Sport. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
External links
Media related to Stefan Lainer at Wikimedia Commons- Stefan Lainer at fussballdaten.de (in German)
