Stefan Ilsanker (born 18 May 1989) is an Austrian professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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and the Austria national team. Ilsanker has represented his country at the Under-19 European Championship and was also a member of the under-21 team. He has been a full senior international since 2014.

Club career

Ilsanker began his career in the youth squad of 1. Halleiner SK as goalkeeper but soon switched into the midfield. In 2005, he signed with Red Bull Salzburg, where he played in the ''Red Bull Juniors'' team. On 4 April 2009, Ilsanker was called up to the first team bench for a league game. His first game for Red Bull Salzburg was a national cup match on 15 August 2009. On 25 August 2009, he played his first international game for Red Bull Salzburg in the UEFA Champions League qualifier versus Maccabi Haifa. At the end of the 2009–10 season Ilsanker signed with

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. In 2012, he came back to Red Bull Salzburg. In the meantime, he was a regular of the starting team of the club. On 26 February, the club announced, that his contract was extended till 2018. Stefan Ilsanker was sent-off on 19 December 2018 against

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. On 31 January 2020, Ilsanker joined

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on a deal lasting until 2022. On 3 June 2020, Ilsanker came off the bench against

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and scored twice in the final 10 minutes of the match to secure a 3–0 victory. On 23 June 2022, Ilsanker joined Italian club

International career

Ilsanker has won over 40 caps for

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since his debut in 2014. Ilsanker represented his country at

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, where Austria finished last in Group F. Ilsanker played in two matches for Austria at the tournament, their 0–0 draw with eventual champions

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and 1–2 loss to

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Personal life

Stefan Ilsanker is the son of

Herbert Ilsanker Herbert Ilsanker (born 24 May 1967) is an Austrian former professional football goalkeeper. Since 2005, he has been goalkeeper coach of FC Red Bull Salzburg. Career He started his career with his local club SK Hallein. Afterwards he was tran ...

, the goalkeeper coach of Red Bull Salzburg.

Career statistics

Club

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, 2014–15 *

Austrian Cup The Austrian Cup (german: ÖFB-Cup), known as UNIQA ÖFB Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual football competition held by the Austrian Football Association, the ÖFB. During the 2008–09 season, Austria Wien won the tournament for 27th t ...

: 2013–14 Eintracht Frankfurt *

UEFA Europa League The UEFA Europa League (abbreviated as UEL, or sometimes, UEFA EL), formerly the UEFA Cup, is an annual football club competition organised since 1971 by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. It ...

: 2021–22

References

External links

Stefan Ilsanker – 2008 Interview
(in German) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ilsanker, Stefan 1989 births Living people People from Hallein Men's association football midfielders Austrian footballers FC Red Bull Salzburg players SV Mattersburg players RB Leipzig players Eintracht Frankfurt players Genoa C.F.C. players Austrian Football Bundesliga players 2. Liga (Austria) players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Serie B players Austria men's international footballers Austria men's youth international footballers Austria men's under-21 international footballers UEFA Euro 2016 players UEFA Euro 2020 players UEFA Europa League winning players Austrian expatriate footballers Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Germany Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate footballers in Italy Footballers from Salzburg (state)