Florian Klein (born 17 November 1986) is an Austrian professional

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who plays as a defender.

Club career

Klein began his career in September 1994 in the youth team of

LASK Linz Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub, commonly known as Linzer ASK () or simply LASK, is an Austrian professional football club, from the Upper-Austrian state capital Linz. It is the oldest football club in that region, and plays in the Austrian Football ...

and was promoted to the senior team in July 2004. He played on loan for

FC Blau-Weiß Linz FC Blau-Weiß Linz or BW Linz are an Austrian association football club playing in the Second League in the current 2020–21 season. History In 1997, FC Blau-Weiß Linz was founded, which adopted the traditions of the defunct club FC Li ...

in the 2003–04 season and returned to Linz after the end of the season. After 163 games in 14 years for the club, in which he scored 13 goals, Klein signed a two-year contract with

Austria Wien Fußballklub Austria Wien AG (; known in English as Austria Vienna, and usually shortened to Austria (German: Österreich) in German-speaking countries, is an Austrian association football club from the capital city of Vienna. It has won the mos ...

on 30 April 2009. In 2012, he joined Red Bull Salzburg. After the end of his contract with Salzburg on 1 July 2014, Klein moved to

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's football team is currently part of Germany's first division, the Bundesliga. VfB Stu ...

on a free transfer. On 6 May 2014, he signed a contract until June 2017 with the club. He returned to

on 23 August 2017.

International career

Klein has played for Austria under-19 and Austria under-21. On 19 May 2010, Klein made his debut for the

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against

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. He represented the national team at

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Career statistics

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg *

Austrian Bundesliga The Austrian Football Bundesliga (german: Österreichische Fußball-Bundesliga, italic=no , "Austrian Football Federal League"), also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Austrian football league system. Th ...

: 2013–14 *

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: 2013–14

References

1986 births Living people Association football defenders Austrian footballers Austria international footballers Austrian expatriate footballers Austrian Football Bundesliga players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players LASK players FK Austria Wien players FC Red Bull Salzburg players VfB Stuttgart players Expatriate footballers in Germany UEFA Euro 2016 players Footballers from Linz Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany {{austria-footy-defender-stub