Florian Klein

Florian Klein
Klein in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-11-17) 17 November 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Linz, Upper Austria, Austria
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1994–2004 LASK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2009 LASK 163 (13)
2003–2004 → FC Blau-Weiß Linz (loan) 19 (5)
2009–2012 Austria Wien 71 (6)
2012–2014 Red Bull Salzburg 43 (1)
2014–2017 VfB Stuttgart 75 (4)
2017–2020 Austria Wien 85 (5)
National team‡
2005–2006 Austria U19 5 (0)
2006–2008 Austria U21 23 (3)
2010–2017 Austria 45 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 August 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2016

Florian Klein (born 17 November 1986) is a former Austrian football player. He plays for FC Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Bundesliga as a defender.

Career

Klein started in September 1994 in the youth team for LASK Linz. He was promoted to the senior team in July 2004.[1] He went on loan to FC Blau-Weiß Linz in the 2003–04 season and returned to LASK Linz after the end of the season. After 163 games in 14 years for LASK he signed with Austria Wien on 30 April 2009.[2] In 2012 he went to FC Red Bull Salzburg.

In July 2014 Klein moved to VfB Stuttgart. After three years he went back to Austria and joined FK Austria Wien again. In 2020 he ended his career.

International

Florian Klein played for the Under-19 and Under-21 team of Austria. He also played 17 matches for the A-team.

Career statistics

As of 1 July 2019
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] Continental[b] Other Total Ref.
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
LASK 2004–05 Austrian First League 29 0 2 0 — – 31 0 [3]
2005–06 35 1 1 0 — – 36 1 [3]
2006–07 32 5 3 0 — – 35 5 [3]
2007–08 Austrian Bundesliga 34 1 — – — 34 1 [3]
2008–09 33 5 2 0 – — 35 5 [3]
Total 163 12 8 0 0 0 0 0 171 12 —
Austria Wien 2009–10 Austrian Bundesliga 35 4 3 0 10 0 – 48 4 [3]
2010–11 36 2 4 0 6 1 – 46 3 [3]
2011–12 34 0 2 0 12 0 – 48 0 [3]
Total 105 6 9 0 28 1 0 0 142 7 —
Red Bull Salzburg 2012–13 Austrian Bundesliga 20 0 3 0 2 0 – 25 0 [3]
2013–14 23 1 5 2 8 0 – 36 3 [3]
Total 43 1 8 2 10 0 0 0 61 3 —
VfB Stuttgart 2014–15 Bundesliga 34 3 1 0 — – 35 3 [4]
2015–16 22 0 2 0 — – 24 0 [5]
2016–17 2. Bundesliga 19 1 2 0 — – 21 1 [3]
Total 75 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 80 4 —
Austria Wien 2017–18 Austrian Bundesliga 21 3 1 0 3 0 – 25 3 [3]
2018–19 22 2 4 0 0 0 10 0 36 2 [3]
2019–20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [3]
Total 43 5 5 0 3 0 10 0 61 5 —
Career total 429 28 35 2 41 1 10 0 505 31 —
  1. ↑ Includes Austrian Cup and German Cup.
  2. ↑ Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg

References

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  1. ↑ "Profile LASK". Archived from the original on 2007-06-17. Retrieved 2013-12-25.
  2. ↑ "Austria Wien verpflichtete LASK-Spieler Klein - Fußball - transfermarkt.at". Archived from the original on 2009-05-09. Retrieved 2013-12-25.
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 "wf". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Klein, Florian". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "Florian Klein". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 2 June 2016.