Michael Liendl

Michael Liendl (born 25 October 1985) is an Austrian professional association football player who plays for Wolfsberger AC. He plays as a midfielder.[1]

Michael Liendl
Michael Liendl in 2013
Personal information
Full name Michael Liendl
Date of birth (1985-10-25) 25 October 1985
Place of birth Graz, Austria
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Wolfsberger AC
Number 10
Youth career
1992–1994 FC Nenzing
1994–2003 FC Thüringen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003 Grazer AK 0 (0)
2004–2009 Kapfenberger SV 159 (37)
2009–2012 Austria Wien 82 (10)
2012–2014 Wolfsberger AC 57 (20)
2014–2015 Fortuna Düsseldorf 52 (11)
2015–2017 1860 Munich 57 (12)
2017–2018 Twente 15 (0)
2018– Wolfsberger AC 60 (19)
National team
Austria U-17 10 (0)
Austria U-19 3 (0)
2014– Austria 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:17, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

Club career
Michael Liendl (middle)

Liendl started his career playing for FC Nenzing and FC Thüringen. Later on, he played for Grazer AK, Kapfenberger SV, Austria Wien and Wolfsberger AC, before moving to Germany to join Fortuna Düsseldorf in 2014,[2] and 1860 Munich in 2015.[3]

Later on, he played for the Dutch club Twente,[4] then he returned to Austria to rejoin Wolfsberger AC in 2018.[5] On 29 October 2020, Liendl scored a hat-trick in a 4–1 away win over Feyenoord in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League, to become the third oldest player to achieve that feat, only behind Zlatan Ibrahimović and Aritz Aduriz.[6]

International career

On 3 June 2014, he made his debut for the Austrian national team under coach Marcel Koller, in a friendly away match against Czech Republic, in which he came on as a substitute to Andreas Ivanschitz in the 63rd minute. However, the match ended in a 2–1 win for Austria.[7]

Honours
Kapfenberger SV
Individual
  • Austrian Football First League Footballer of the Year: 2008

References
  1. "Michael Liendl". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  2. "Michael Liendl verstärkt die Fortuna". f95.de (in German). 31 January 2014.
  3. "Vom Rhein an die Isar. Michael Liendl wird Löwe". tsv1860.de (in German). 26 August 2015.
  4. "Michael Liendl op weg naar FC Twente". tubantia.nl (in Dutch). 13 August 2017.
  5. "Michael Liendl ist zurück!". rzpelletswac.at (in German). 18 June 2018.
  6. ""Historischer Abend" des WAC: Liendl auf den Spuren von Ibrahimovic". kurier.at (in German). 30 October 2020.
  7. "2:1! ÖFB-Glückssieg in Tschechien". weltfussball.at (in German). 3 June 2014.


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