Stefan Lukas Hierländer (born 3 February 1991) is an Austrian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Sturm Graz Sportklub Sturm Graz is an Austrian association football club, based in Graz, Styria, playing in the Austrian Football Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1909. Its colours are black and white. In its history, Sturm Graz has won the Austrian f ...

and the Austria national team.

Career

Club

He started his football career in his local club SV Greifenburg and played 2002 till 2007 for SV Spittal/Drau. From 2008 until 2010 he played for

Austrian Football 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 ...

side

SK Austria Kärnten SK Austria Kärnten was an Austrian association football club, from Klagenfurt, Carinthia. History The club was formed on 1 June 2007 and took over the license of ASKÖ Pasching to play in the Austrian Football Bundesliga. SK Austria took o ...

. His first match in the first squad was on March, 18th 2009 versus

SK Sturm Graz Sportklub Sturm Graz is an Austrian association football club, based in Graz, Styria, playing in the Austrian Football Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1909. Its colours are black and white. In its history, Sturm Graz has won the Austria ...

. He entered in minute 57 for Manuel Weber. Because Kärnten got no license for the season 2010/11 Hierländer signed a contract with

FC Red Bull Salzburg FC Red Bull Salzburg is an Austrian professional football club based in Wals-Siezenheim, that competes in the Austrian Bundesliga, the top flight of Austrian Football. Their home ground is the Red Bull Arena. Due to sponsorship restrictions, ...

. On 31 May 2014, he signed a two-year contract with RB Leipzig. On 9 May 2018 he scored the only goal as Sturm Graz best Red Bull Salzburg in extra time to win the 2017/18

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International

Hierländer got his first call up to the senior

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side after Guido Burgstaller withdrew through injury for

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qualifiers against

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and

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in September 2017. He finally made a debut in the national team on 27 March 2018 in a 4–0 win against

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Career statistics

Honours

(2): ** 2012, 2014 with Red Bull Salzburg *

(2): ** 2012, 2014 with Red Bull Salzburg **2018 with Sturm Graz

References

External links

Players profile on Red Bull Homepage
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OFB Profile
1991 births Living people Austrian footballers Austria international footballers Austria youth international footballers Austria under-21 international footballers Association football midfielders SK Austria Kärnten players FC Red Bull Salzburg players RB Leipzig players SK Sturm Graz players Austrian Football Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players Austrian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Germany Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany People from Villach Footballers from Carinthia (state) {{austria-footy-midfielder-stub