Kevin Friesenbichler

Kevin Friesenbichler (born 6 May 1994) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Sturm Graz.

Kevin Friesenbichler
Friesenbichler with Austria U21 in 2016
Personal information
Full name Kevin Friesenbichler
Date of birth (1994-05-06) 6 May 1994
Place of birth Weiz, Austria
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Sturm Graz
Number 20
Youth career
2000–2008 SC Weiz
2008–2009 Austria Wien
2009–2010 Admira Mödling
2010–2012 Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Bayern Munich II 34 (16)
2014–2017 Benfica B 0 (0)
2014–2015 → Lechia Gdańsk (loan) 17 (5)
2015–2016 → Austria Wien (loan) 31 (6)
2016–2017 → Austria Wien (loan) 32 (5)
2017–2019 Austria Wien 43 (10)
2019 → Wolfsberger (loan) 12 (2)
2019–2020 VfL Osnabrück 6 (0)
2020– Sturm Graz 23 (3)
National team
2009 Austria U16 6 (10)
2010 Austria U17 5 (3)
2011 Austria U18 2 (0)
2012 Austria U19 5 (3)
2013–2016 Austria U21 19 (8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:17, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Weiz, Friesenbichler joined local team SC Weiz at the age of five before joining Austrian giants FK Austria Wien in 2008. After a year he moved on to Admira Mödling and in 2010, he joined German heavyweight Bayern Munich. For the then 16-year-old Bayern even paid a transfer fee believed to be €500,000.[1] He enjoyed a debut hat-trick for their U17 side and spent subsequently three years playing for their U19 squad, scoring 27 goals in 37 appearances. His impressive form lead him to be promoted to FC Bayern Munich II for the 2012–13 Regionalliga season. However, it was the 2013–14 season that he arrived at the scene, scoring 15 goals in 22 appearances as Bayern Munich II topped their table.

On 22 May 2014, Friesenbichler signed a four-year deal with Portuguese champions Benfica on a free transfer.[2] On 26 July 2014, he scored his first goal for Benfica B on his debut in a friendly match win (4–3) against Ajax II.[3]

On 22 August 2014, after not even two months at Benfica, Friesenbichler was loaned to Polish side Lechia Gdańsk on a season-long deal. According to his father he wouldn't have had many chances to play for Benfica and was therefore looking to pick up match practice.[4] He made his professional debut on 31 August 2014 against Ruch Chorzów (3–3), also scoring his first goal in process.[5]

On 22 July 2015, Friesenbichler was loaned to Austria Wien for one season.[6] Exactly a year later, the loan was extended by a further season.[7] On 1 July 2017, he signed a permanent deal with the Austrian club.[8]

On 2 July 2019, Friesenbichler joined VfL Osnabrück on a two-year deal.[9]

International career

On 14 August 2009, Friesenbichler made his debut for Austria U16 in an 8–0 victory over Liechtenstein U16, scoring 2 goals. He made his debut in competitive youth level international football on 18 November 2013 against Hungary in a 4–2 victory, in which he scored 1 goal.

Career statistics
As of matches played on 15 June 2017
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOther1Total
LeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bayern Munich II2012–13Regionalliga Bayern121——121
2013–142215202415
Totals3416—203616
Lechia Gdańsk (loan)2014–15Ekstraklasa14400—31175
Austria Wien (loan)2015–16Bundesliga (Austria)31644—3510
2016–173252292439
Totals63116692—7818
Career totals1113166925113140
Reference:[10]
  • 1.^ Includes Regionalliga promotion playoffs and Ekstraklasa playoffs.

References
  1. "Friesenbichler: "Das neue Sternchen des FC Bayern"" [Friesenbichler: "The new starlet of FC Bayern"] (in German). abendzeitung-muenchen.de. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  2. ":.: Kevin Friesenbichler assina pelas Águias – Jornal Record :.:". record.xl.pt. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  3. Benfica 4–3 Ajax :: Pré-Época 2014/15 :: Ficha do Jogo :: zerozero.pt
  4. "Leihe nach Polen: Kevin Friesenbichler wechselt von Benfica Lissabon zu Lechia Gdansk" [Loan to Poland: Kevin Friesenbichler transfers from Benfica Lissabon to Lechia Gdansk] (in German). sportnet.at. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  5. "Ekstraklasa Lechia Gdańsk Ruch Chorzów". Goal.com. 31 August 2014.
  6. "Austria verpflichtet Kevin Friesenbichler" (in German). Austria Wien. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  7. http://www.fk-austria.at/de/n/news/2016/07/kevin-friesenbichler-stuermt-wieder-fuer-den-fk-austria-wien/
  8. "FK Austria Wien verpflichtet Friesenbichler langfristig". S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 1 July 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  9. "VfL verpflichtet Friesbichler". VfL Osnabrück (in German). 2 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  10. "Kevin Friesenbichler » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
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