Stefan Lainer

Stefan Lainer (born 27 August 1992) is an Austrian professional footballer[2] who plays as right-back for Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach and the Austria national team.

Stefan Lainer
Lainer with Austria in 2018
Personal information
Full name Stefan Lainer
Date of birth (1992-08-27) 27 August 1992
Place of birth Seekirchen am Wallersee, Salzburg, Austria[1]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Right-back
Club information
Current team
 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Number 18
Youth career
SV Seekirchen
2009–2013 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)
2015–2019 Red Bull Salzburg 74 (8)
2019– Borussia Mönchengladbach 27 (1)
National team‡
2017– Austria 20 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 June 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 September 2020

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, Borussia Dortmund and Lazio, 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 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]

International goals
Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first.[7]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.16 November 2019Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria North Macedonia2–02–1UEFA Euro 2020 qualification

References
  1. "Stefan Lainer". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  2. "Stefan Lainer" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  3. "Rieder vor Verpflichtung von Stefan Lainer" (in German). nachrichten.at. 31 May 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  4. "Rieds Stefan Lainer steht vor Wechsel zu Red Bull Salzburg" (in German). www.gmx.at. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  5. https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2018/matches/round=2000894/match=2022216/prematch/background/index.html
  6. "FC Red Bull Salzburg 2–1 Marseille". BBC Sport. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  7. "Stefan Lainer". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
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