Stephan Palla

Stephan Maceda Palla (born 15 May 1989) is an Austrian-Filipino footballer who plays as a left-back or centre-back for Austrian Second League club Grazer.

In this Philippine-Hungarian name, the first family name is Maceda, the second is Palla, and the native form of this personal name is Palla Stephan. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Stephan Palla
Palla with Admira in 2013
Personal information
Full name Stephan Maceda Palla
Date of birth (1989-05-15) 15 May 1989
Place of birth Mauerbach, Austria
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Left-back, centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Grazer
Number 4
Youth career
0000–1998 Mauerbach
1998–2007 Rapid Wien
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Rapid Wien II 44 (0)
2008–2014 Rapid Wien 10 (0)
2009 → Lustenau 07 (loan) 12 (0)
2010 → DAC Dunajská Streda (loan) 14 (0)
2010–2013 → Admira Wacker (loan) 77 (1)
2014–2018 Wolfsberger 92 (0)
2018 St. Pölten 0 (0)
2019 Buriram United 11 (0)
2020– Grazer 4 (0)
National team‡
2005–2006 Austria U17 11 (0)
2006–2007 Austria U18 12 (0)
2007 Austria U19 10 (0)
2015– Philippines 14 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 05:43, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13:49, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Rapid Vienna

Palla began his career with SC Mauerbach and joined in the year 1998 to the Academy from SK Rapid Wien. In the season 2007/2008 trained with the first team from Rapid Vienna[1] and gave his debut on 29 March 2008 against Wacker Innsbruck. In summer 2008 was announced he will play on loan by FC Lustenau, he was not contract with the cooperations club and joined to the reserve team from Rapid Wien in January 2009.[2] On 15 January 2010 left SK Rapid Wien and signed for Slovakian club DAC Dunajská Streda.[3]

Wolfsberger

In mid-May 2014, Palla moved to Wolfsberger, signing a two-year contract.[4]

St. Pölten

In July 2018, Palla joined St. Pölten, signing a one-year contract with an option to extend.[5][6]

Buriram United

In July 2019, Palla moved to Buriram United.

International career

Palla was born in Austria to a Hungarian father and a Filipino mother,[7] making him eligible to represent Austria, Hungary or the Philippines at international level. He initially chose Austria, as he was a U-19 national team member and played over 20 games for the U-17,[8] U-18 national teams. In June 2013, German coach Michael Weiß has referred to Palla as an "interesting option" for the Philippines national team's defense.[9] On 25 May 2015, Palla has received his first senior call for Philippines to compete at the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[10] He made his debut for the Philippines in a 2-1 victory against Bahrain.

Honours

Buriram United

References
  1. Stephan Palla - Austrian Riser
  2. Zu- und Abgänge Adeg Erste Liga 2009/10
  3. Das verlorene Talent
  4. "Zwei Neuzugänge beim WAC" (in German). RZ Pellets WAC. 2014-05-14. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  5. "St. Pölten verpflichtet Luan fix vom SK Sturm" (in German). Laola 1. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  6. "SKN St. Pölten holt Luan von Sturm Graz und Stephan Palla vom WAC" (in German). Spox. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  7. "Macht keinen Sinn über Salzburg zu philosophieren" (in German)
  8. U17-Team beendete Jugend-TOTO-Cup auf hervorragendem 2. Platz
  9. Michael Weiß im Interview: "Selbst gegen Australien nicht chancenlos" (in German)
  10. "PFF Unveils Squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers".
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