Stefan Lainer

Stefan Lainer (born 27 August 1992) is an Austrian professional footballer. He 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)
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 64 (3)
National team‡
2017– Austria 33 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 May 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:48, 26 June 2021 (UTC)
Stefan Lainer playing for FC Liefering in 2014

Career

Lainer started with the local club SV Seekirchen. In 2006 he came to Red Bull Salzburg. In 2010 he played his first match for Red Bull Juniors. Then he played on loan for SV Grödig. In 2012 he was in the squad of FC Liefering, the second team of FC Red Bull Salzburg. On 1 July 2015 to FC Red Bull Salzburg on a three-year contract. [2] He was part of the squad which reached the Europa League semi-finals in the 2017-18 season. In 2018 he went on to Borussia Mönchengladbach in the German Bundesliga along with his coach Marco Rose.

International career

Lainer played for Austrian youth national teams (U16, U17, U18 and U19). In March 2017 he debuted in a friendly match versus Finland in the Austria national football team.

International goals
As of match played 26 June 2021
Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lainer goal.[3]
List of international goals scored by Stefan Lainer
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
116 November 2019Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria Macedonia2–02–1UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
213 June 2021Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania1–03–1UEFA Euro 2020

Personal life

Lainer is the son of Leo Lainer, who played for SV Austria Salzburg and the Austrian national team.[4]

Honours
  • Austrian Champion: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
  • Austrian Cup: 2016, 2017, 2019
  • Champion Regionalliga West: 2011, 2013
  • Europa League Team of the group stage 2017 [5]
  • Europa League Team of the 2017-18 season[6]

References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stefan Lainer.
  1. worldfootball Stefan Lainer
  2. "gmx.at". Archived from the original on 2016-04-12. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  3. Stefan Lainer at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. http://www.nachrichten.at/sport/sv_ried/Rieder-vor-Verpflichtung-von-Stefan-Lainer;art102,1401172] Oberösterreichische Nachrichten (German)]
  5. Europas Verband zeichnet Stefan Lainer aus Salzburger Nachrichten
  6. kleinezeitung.at
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