Stefan Lainer

Stefan Lainer
Lainer with Austria in 2018
Personal information
Full name Stefan Lainer
Date of birth (1992-08-27) 27 August 1992 (age 32)
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 110 (9)
2019– Borussia Mönchengladbach 102 (4)
National team‡
2017– Austria 38 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 July 2023
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:14, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
Stefan Lainer playing for FC Liefering in 2014

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.

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
1 16 November 2019 Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria  Macedonia 2–0 2–1 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
2 13 June 2021 Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania 1–0 3–1 UEFA Euro 2020

Personal life

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

Career statistics

Club

As of match played on 28 May 2023
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
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
Total 102 4 9 0 14 0 — 125 4
Career total 331 20 33 1 58 1 2 0 424 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 25 September 2022
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
Total 38 2
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
1 16 November 2019 Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria  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

  • 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. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Stefan Lainer at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. ↑ Oberösterreichische Nachrichten (German)
  5. ↑ Europas Verband zeichnet Stefan Lainer aus Salzburger Nachrichten
  6. ↑ kleinezeitung.at