Niklas Hedl

Niklas Hedl
Hedl in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-03-17) 17 March 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Vienna, Austria
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Rapid Wien
Number 45
Youth career
2007–2018 Rapid Wien
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Rapid Wien II 55 (0)
2021– Rapid Wien 86 (0)
International career‡
2021– Austria U21 10 (0)
2022– Austria 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:07, 23 November 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:55, 16 November 2022 (UTC)

Niklas Hedl (born 17 March 2001) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Austrian Bundesliga club Rapid Wien and the Austria national team.

Career

Hedl is a youth product of Rapid Wien's youth academy.[1] He began his professional career with their reserves in 2020, before debuting for their senior team in a 2–2 Austrian Football Bundesliga tie with Sturm Graz on 20 February 2022.[2]

International career

Hedl is a youth international for Austria, having represented the Austria U21s.[3] He was called up to the senior Austria national team for a set of UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches in September 2023.[4]

Personal life

Hedl's father, Raimund, was also a football goalkeeper and is currently the goalkeeper coach at Rapid Wien.[5] His brother, Tobias, is a football forward and member of Rapid Wien's reserves.[3]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 28 November 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
Rapid Wien II 2017–18 Austrian Regionalliga 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
2018–19 Austrian Regionalliga 18 0 0 0 — — 18 0
2019–20 Austrian Regionalliga 8 0 0 0 — — 8 0
2020–21 Austrian Second League 22 0 0 0 0 0 — 22 0
2021–22 Austrian Second League 7 0 0 0 0 0 — 7 0
Total 55 0 0 0 0 0 — 55 0
Rapid Wien 2021–22 Austrian Bundesliga 10 0 0 0 1[a] 0 — 11 0
2022–23 Austrian Bundesliga 31 0 5 0 6[a] 0 — 42 0
2023–24 Austrian Bundesliga 32 0 5 0 4[a] 0 — 41 0
2024–25 Austrian Bundesliga 13 0 3 0 10[b] 0 — 26 0
Total 86 0 14 0 21 0 0 0 120 0
Career total 141 0 13 0 21 0 0 0 175 0
  1. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  2. ^ Six appearances in UEFA Europa League, four appearances in UEFA Conference League

International

As of match played 16 November 2022
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Austria 2022 1 0
Total 1 0

References

  1. ^ "Niklas Hedl: Ich lebe gerade meinen Kindheitstraum". www.oe24.at. 17 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Bundesliga.at – Matchcenter". www.bundesliga.at.
  3. ^ a b Elsigan, Erich. "Rapid-Hexer Hedl der Beste: "Papa gibt mir gute Tipps"". Heute.at.
  4. ^ @oefb1904 (29 August 2023). "Unser Team für" (Tweet) (in German). Retrieved 29 August 2023 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ "Niklas Hedl: auf den Spuren seines Vaters". SK Rapid.