Lukas Fridrikas (born 30 December 1997) is an Austrian professional
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...
who plays as a
striker for
Austria Lustenau
Sportclub Austria Lustenau is a professional association football club based in the town of Lustenau, Vorarlberg, Austria, that competes in the Austrian Football Bundesliga, the top tier of the Austrian football league system. Founded in 1914, ...
.
Career
Fridrikas is a product of the youth academies of
Admira Wacker and
Red Bull Salzburg. He began his senior career with
Anif
Anif is a municipality of Salzburg-Umgebung District in the Austrian state of Salzburg.
Geography
It is located at the southern city limits of Salzburg. In the south, it borders on Hallein District. Anif is one of the smallest municipalities in t ...
in 2015, before moving to
Seekirchen where he scored 15 goals in 17 games. He then signed with
Wiener Neustädter in January 2017.
Fridrikas moved to
Dornbirn
Dornbirn () is a city in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg. It is the administrative centre for the district of Dornbirn, which also includes the town of Hohenems, and the market town Lustenau.
Dornbirn is the largest city in Vorarlb ...
in 2018, and helped them get promoted into the
2. Liga. On 30 December 2020, he transferred to
Wacker Innsbruck
FC Wacker Innsbruck was an Austrian association football club from Innsbruck, Tyrol.
History
The ''Fußball-Club Wacker'' ("Valiant") ''Innsbruck'' was established in 1915 by Jakob Hanspeter, Benedikt Hosp, Josef Leitner, Josef Albrecht and ...
signing a contract until 2024. On 1 January 2022, he transferred to
Austria Klagenfurt
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ci ...
in the
Austrian Football Bundesliga.
Personal life
Fridrikas is the son of the Lithuanian former international footballer
Robertas and the Lithuanian-Austrian handball player
Ausra. His paternal half-brother,
Mantas
Mantas is a Lithuanian given name. Mantas is also a surname found in several European countries including Portugal, Spain, Greece, Germany, and others. The exact connection between the different regions of occurrence is presently unknown, although ...
, is also a Lithuanian international footballer.
References
External links
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OEFB Profile
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1997 births
Living people
Austrian men's footballers
Austrian people of Lithuanian descent
FC Liefering players
SV Seekirchen 1945 players
1. Wiener Neustädter SC (2008) players
FC Dornbirn 1913 players
FC Wacker Innsbruck (2002) players
SK Austria Klagenfurt (2007) players
Austrian Football Bundesliga players
2. Liga (Austria) players
Austrian Regionalliga players
Men's association football forwards