Stefan Lexa (born 1 November 1976) is an Austrian former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Much-travelled Lexa was born in Klagenfurt but was raised in Germany. At the age of seven years he started at

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. As youth player he also played for

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. He spent a couple of years in the

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before winning promotion to the

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with

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after he got relegated with them the season before. With Eintracht he also lost the 2006 DFB-Pokal final. After that final he moved back to the 2. Bundesliga to play for 1. FC Kaiserslautern before making his debut in the

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with SV Ried in 2008. In 2002–03, he also played 11 games for

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side CD Tenerife. The

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was classified as a good dribbler and mostly played on the right wing.

International career

Lexa debuted for

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in an October 2001 World Cup qualification match against

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under manager

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. He was capped six times, in doing so not being capped for four years between 2002 and 2006. His last international was a May 2006 friendly match against

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Career statistics

Honours

Eintracht Frankfurt * DFB-Pokal: runner-up 2005–06 SV Grödig * Erste Liga:

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References

External links

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Stefan Lexa Interview
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lexa, Stefan 1976 births Living people Sportspeople from Klagenfurt Austrian footballers Footballers from Carinthia (state) Men's association football wingers Austria men's international footballers Austrian Football Bundesliga players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Segunda División players TSV 1860 Munich players SV Heimstetten players SV Wacker Burghausen players SV Wehen Wiesbaden players SpVgg Unterhaching players SSV Reutlingen 05 players CD Tenerife players Eintracht Frankfurt players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players SV Ried players SV Grödig players Austrian expatriate footballers Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Germany Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate footballers in Spain