Michael Liendl

Michael Liendl
Michael Liendl in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-10-25) 25 October 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Graz, Austria
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Grazer AK
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)
2018–2022 Wolfsberger AC 129 (35)
2022–2023 Grazer AK 30 (7)
International career
Austria U-17 10 (0)
Austria U-19 3 (0)
2014 Austria 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 June 2023

Michael Liendl (born 25 October 1985) is a retired Austrian professional association football player who was the central midfielder for WAC.[1]

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]

On 2 June 2022, Liendl joined Grazer AK, the club where he began his professional career. He signed a one-year contract.[7]

International career

On 3 June 2014, he made his debut for the Austria national football 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.[8]

Sports commentator

Michael Liendl has been a co-commentator for ORF broadcasts of the Austrian National Soccer Team games since 2024.[9]

Honours

Kapfenberger SV

Individual

  • Austrian Football First League Footballer of the Year: 2008

References

  1. ^ "Michael Liendl". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  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. Archived from the original on 28 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. Archived from the original on 14 June 2018.
  6. ^ ""Historischer Abend" des WAC: Liendl auf den Spuren von Ibrahimovic". kurier.at (in German). 30 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Michael Liendl heuert beim GAK an". kicker (in German). 2 June 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  8. ^ "2:1! ÖFB-Glückssieg in Tschechien". weltfussball.at (in German). 3 June 2014.
  9. ^ Singer, Lukas (13 October 2024). "Wer überträgt Österreich gegen Norwegen am 13.10. im Free-TV?". Fussball WM & EM (in German). Retrieved 13 October 2024.