Stefan Lainer (born 27 August 1992) is an Austrian professional

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who plays as

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for

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club

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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

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. Lainer is the son of Leo Lainer, who played for SV Austria Salzburg and the

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Red Bull Salzburg

On 1 July 2015, Lainer transferred to

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

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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

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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 * Austrian Bundesliga: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19 * Austrian Cup: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19

Individual

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Squad of the Season: 2017–18 * Austrian Bundesliga Team of the Year: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19

References

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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 {{Austria-footy-bio-stub