Lars Nussbaumer (born 31 January 2001) is an Austrian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Club career

Early years

Nussbaumer was born in

Langenegg Langenegg is a municipality with approx. 1,200 inhabitants in the westernmost Austrian state, Vorarlberg. Geography Langenegg is located in the Bregenz Forest, in the district of Bregenz east of Lake Constance. It covers an area of 10.47 km ...

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, Austria and his career with local club FC Langenegg. In 2015, he joined the AKA Vorarlberg regional academy, where he in his first season at under-15 level was the top goalscorer of the league before suffering a broken collarbone in October 2015.

Rheindorf Altach

Ahead of the 2017–18 season, Nussbaumer moved to Rheindorf Altach, where he signed a contract that until June 2020. He would also remain part of the club's youth teams. In July 2017, he made his debut for the reserve team in the

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, where he came on as a substitute for his cousin

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in the 61st minute on the first matchday of that season against VfB Hohenems. In February 2018, Nussbaumer was included in the first-team squad for the first time for the match against

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. He made his professional debut in the

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on 27 May 2018, when he came off the bench for Patrick Salomon in the 85th minute of matchday 36 against

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. On 10 August 2020, he joined

on loan, as part of the two clubs' cooperation agreement. After six appearances in the 2. Liga, he returned to Altach prematurely in November 2020.

FC Dornbirn

On 13 June 2022, Nussbaumer joined

on a permanent deal, after having already spent six months on loan at the club in 2020.

Personal life

Nussbaumer is the cousin of

, who is also a professional footballer.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nussbaumer, Lars 2001 births Living people Footballers from Vorarlberg Austrian men's footballers Austria men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders SC Rheindorf Altach players FC Dornbirn 1913 players Austrian Football Bundesliga players 2. Liga (Austria) players People from Bregenz District