Stefan Lainer (born 27 August 1992) is an Austrian professional
footballer
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who plays as
right-back
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Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
for
Bundesliga
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club
Borussia Mönchengladbach
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and the
Austria national team.
Club career
Early career
Lainer started his career with the local club SV Seekirchen. In 2006, he came to Red Bull Salzburg. In 2010, he played his first match for the second team of Red Bull. His next step was
SV Grödig, where he played on loan. In 2012, he returned to Salzburg where he was in the squad of FC Liefering, the second team of
FC Red Bull Salzburg
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.
Lainer is the son of
Leo Lainer, who played for SV Austria Salzburg and the
Austria national football team
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.
Red Bull Salzburg
On 1 July 2015, Lainer transferred to
FC Red Bull Salzburg
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on a three-year contract for £140,000.
During the 2017–18 season Salzburg had their best ever European campaign. They finished top of their Europa League group for a record fourth time, before beating
Real Sociedad
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,
Borussia Dortmund
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and
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, thus making their first ever appearance in the UEFA Europa League semi-final. On 3 May 2018, he played in the
Europa League semi-finals as
Marseille
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played out a 1–2 away loss but a 3–2 aggregate win to secure a place in the
2018 UEFA Europa League Final.
International goals
:''Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lainer goal''.
Honours
Red Bull Salzburg
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Austrian Bundesliga:
2015–16,
2016–17,
2017–18,
2018–19
*
Austrian Cup:
2015–16,
2016–17,
2018–19
Individual
*
UEFA Europa League
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Squad of the Season:
2017–18
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Austrian Bundesliga Team of the Year:
2016–17,
2017–18,
2018–19
References
External links
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1992 births
Living people
Austrian footballers
Austria international footballers
Austrian Football Bundesliga players
Bundesliga players
FC Liefering players
SV Ried players
SV Grödig players
FC Red Bull Salzburg players
Borussia Mönchengladbach players
Association football defenders
UEFA Euro 2020 players
Austrian expatriate footballers
Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Expatriate footballers in Germany
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