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.
.jpg.webp) Lainer playing for Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stefan Lainer | ||
| Date of birth | 27 August 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Salzburg, Austria[1] | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Borussia Mönchengladbach | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 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 | 110 | (9) |
| 2019– | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 102 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017– | Austria | 38 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 July 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:14, 25 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
Club career
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 Austria national football 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]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played on 28 May 2023
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| SV Grödig | 2011–12 | Austrian 2. Liga | 23 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 3 | ||
| FC Liefering | 2012–13 | Austrian Regionalliga West | 28 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 30 | 2 | ||
| 2013–14 | Austrian 2. Liga | 34 | 1 | — | — | — | 34 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 62 | 3 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 64 | 3 | ||||
| Ried | 2014–15 | Austrian Bundesliga | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 1 | ||
| Red Bull Salzburg | 2015–16 | Austrian Bundesliga | 21 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 28 | 2 | |
| 2016–17 | Austrian Bundesliga | 31 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 9[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 45 | 8 | ||
| 2017–18 | Austrian Bundesliga | 33 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 18[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | — | 55 | 2 | ||
| 2018–19 | Austrian Bundesliga | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 14[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | — | 43 | 1 | ||
| Total | 110 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 44 | 0 | — | 173 | 13 | |||
| Mönchengladbach | 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | — | 39 | 1 | |
| 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 33 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | — | 45 | 2 | ||
| 2021–22 | Bundesliga | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 1 | |||
| 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | |||
| Total | 102 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 0 | — | 125 | 4 | |||
| Career total | 331 | 20 | 33 | 1 | 58 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 424 | 22 | ||
- Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
- Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearance in UEFA Europa League
- Sixteen appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League, two appearances in UEFA Champions League
- Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, ten appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League
International
- As of match played 25 September 2022
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 2017 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 38 | 2 | |
- Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lainer goal.[7]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 November 2019 | Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria |  North Macedonia | 2–0 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying |
| 2 | 13 June 2021 | Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania | 1–0 | 3–1 | UEFA Euro 2020 |
Honours
Red Bull Salzburg
Individual
- UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season: 2017–18[8]
- Austrian Bundesliga Team of the Year: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
References
- "Stefan Lainer". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- "Stefan Lainer" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- "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.
- "FC Red Bull Salzburg 2–1 Marseille". BBC Sport. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- "Stefan Lainer". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- "UEFA Europa League Squad of the 2017/18 Season". UEFA.com. 17 May 2018.
External links
Media related to Stefan Lainer at Wikimedia Commons- Stefan Lainer at fussballdaten.de (in German)
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