Peter Haring (born 2 June 1993) is an Austrian

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who plays as a

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for

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club Heart of Midlothian.

Career

Austria

Throughout his career in Austria, Haring played for many lower division sides, including

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and SV Ried. After failing to win promotion to the top division in the 2017–18 season, Haring left Ried on a free transfer.

Heart of Midlothian

Haring signed a two-year contract for Hearts in June 2018; originally touted as a defender, he established himself in the team as an influential midfielder. After impressing in the 2018–19 season, Haring signed a contract extension keeping him at the club until 2022. By then he was suffering from a

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injury, which was aggravated during the

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(a defeat by

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) and subsequently caused him to miss all of the curtailed 2019–20 season – as a result of which ended with the club being contentiously relegated from the

. He began to appear more frequently again during

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, in which there was more disappointment as Hearts lost the delayed 2020 Scottish Cup Final to Celtic at an empty

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, this time on

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(Haring appeared as a substitute); however, they won the

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and regained their top tier place.Peter Haring Hearts new contract update as Tynecastle favourite insists he's 'open to everything'
Daily Record, 17 September 2021

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Peter Haring
at Soccerbase 1993 births Living people Austrian men's footballers SC Austria Lustenau players Men's association football defenders SV Ried players 2. Liga (Austria) players Austrian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Heart of Midlothian F.C. players Scottish Professional Football League players Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Footballers from Burgenland Sportspeople from Eisenstadt {{Austria-footy-defender-stub