Stefan Lainer
 Lainer with Austria in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stefan Lainer | ||
| Date of birth | 27 August 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Seekirchen am Wallersee, Salzburg, Austria[1] | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Red Bull Salzburg | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| 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) |
| 2019–2025 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 102 | (4) |
| 2025- | Red Bull Salzburg | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017– | Austria | 39 | (2) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 July 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 March 2024 | |||
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
[change | change source]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. In July 2023, Lainer was diagnosed with lymph node cancer. According to the club, the therapy had "achieved the desired goal." [3] 2025 he went back to Red Bull Salzburg.
International career
[change | change source]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
[change | change source]- As of match played 26 June 2021
- Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lainer goal.[4]
| 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
[change | change source]Lainer is the son of Leo Lainer, who played for SV Austria Salzburg and the Austrian national team.[5]
Career statistics
[change | change source]Club
[change | change source]- As of match played on 28 May 2023
| 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 | ||
- ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearance in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Sixteen appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League, two appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ↑ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, ten appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
International
[change | change source]- As of match played 25 September 2022
| 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.[4]
| 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
[change | change source]- Austrian Champion: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
- Austrian Cup: 2016, 2017, 2019
- Champion Regionalliga West: 2011, 2013
- Europa League Team of the group stage 2017 [6]
- Europa League Team of the 2017–18 season[7]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ worldfootball Stefan Lainer
- ↑ "gmx.at". Archived from the original on 2016-04-12. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
- ↑ Borussia.de
- 1 2 Stefan Lainer at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ Oberösterreichische Nachrichten (German)
- ↑ "Europas Verband zeichnet Stefan Lainer aus Salzburger Nachrichten". Archived from the original on 2017-12-15. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
- ↑ kleinezeitung.at