Stefan Lainer

Stefan Lainer
Lainer playing for Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2022
Personal information
Full name Stefan Lainer
Date of birth (1992-08-27) 27 August 1992 (age 32)
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 22
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 125 (4)
International career‡
2017– Austria 39 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:28, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:13, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

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.

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 14 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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[a] 0 — 28 2
2016–17 Austrian Bundesliga 31 6 5 2 9[b] 0 — 45 8
2017–18 Austrian Bundesliga 33 1 4 0 18[c] 1 — 55 2
2018–19 Austrian Bundesliga 25 1 4 0 14[d] 0 — 43 1
Total 110 9 19 0 44 0 — 173 13
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2019–20 Bundesliga 31 1 2 0 6[e] 0 — 39 1
2020–21 Bundesliga 33 2 4 0 8[f] 0 — 45 2
2021–22 Bundesliga 21 1 2 0 — — 23 1
2022–23 Bundesliga 17 0 1 0 — — 18 0
2023–24 Bundesliga 15 0 1 0 — — 16 0
2024–25 Bundesliga 8 0 1 0 — — 9 0
Total 125 4 11 0 14 0 — 150 4
Career total 354 20 35 1 58 1 2 0 449 22
  1. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearance in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Sixteen appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League, two appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, ten appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 23 March 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Austria 2017 3 0
2018 9 0
2019 6 1
2020 7 0
2021 8 1
2022 5 0
2024 1 0
Total 39 2
Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lainer goal.[7]
List of international goals scored by Stefan Lainer
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

References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ [1][dead link‍]
  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-Zimmermann. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  8. ^ "UEFA Europa League Squad of the 2017/18 Season". UEFA.com. 17 May 2018.


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