Maximilian Karner (born 3 January 1990) is an

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who currently plays as a defender for UFC Siezenheim.

Club career

Karner started his career in 2005 in Red Bull Salzburg. In 2010, he moved to SV Ried, but in the same year he was loaned to

SV Grödig Sportverein Grödig is an Austrian association football club from Grödig. The team currently competes in the Regionalliga Salzburg, the third tier of Austrian football. Grödig were relegated from the Austrian Bundesliga at the end of the 2 ...

. In June 2011 he came back to SV Ried. In 2013, he signed one-year deal with

. On 6 July 2015, Karner signed two-year deal with Levski Sofia in

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. He made his Levski debut against

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on 18 July, starting as a centre back in a 1–1 league draw. On 19 August 2016, Karner signed a short-term deal until the end of the season at

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where he linked up with former teammate

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. He made his debut for the club in a 2-2 draw with

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at the Carlisle Grounds on 27 August 2016.

Statistics

''As of 1 July 2016''

References

1990 births Living people Austrian men's footballers Austrian Football Bundesliga players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players League of Ireland players SV Ried players SV Grödig players PFC Levski Sofia players Derry City F.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Men's association football defenders {{austria-footy-defender-stub