Marco Meilinger (born 8 August 1991) is an Austrian

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who plays as a

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for

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club Union Vöcklamarkt.

Club career

He started playing football with USK Anif, a team from a suburb of Salzburg. In 2002, he went to Austria Salzburg, and 2005, after the club was bought by Red Bull, he played with FC Red Bull Salzburg. In 2009, he played for the second team of Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Juniors. He signed with FC Red Bull Salzburg in 2010. In August 2011, he was loaned to

SV Ried SV Ried, commonly known as SV Guntamatic Ried for sponsorship reasons, is an Austrian association football club based in Ried im Innkreis, Upper Austria. The team plays its home matches at Josko Arena, a stadium with a capacity of 7,680. The t ...

and had a two-year loan spell at the club. In 2014, he signed with

Austria Wien Fußballklub Austria Wien AG (), known in English as Austria Vienna, and Austria Wien in German-speaking countries, is an Austrian professional association football club from the capital city of Vienna. It has won the most trophies of any Aust ...

. In 2016 Meilinger signed with the Danish club AaB, ready to try a new country and a new league. On 7 December 2022, Meilinger signed with

club Union Vöcklamarkt, starting from 1 January 2023.

International career

Since 2008 Marco Meilinger played for Austria in different youth teams. In 2010, he played with the U 19 team in the European Championship in France and is qualified with the team for the U 20 World championship in 2011.

References

Spoxx.com Marco MeilingerHomepage Aab Fodbold

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Meilinger, Marco 1991 births Living people Footballers from Salzburg Austrian men's footballers Austria men's youth international footballers Austria men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Red Bull Salzburg players SV Ried players FK Austria Wien players AaB Fodbold players SC Rheindorf Altach players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Danish Superliga players Austrian Regionalliga players Austrian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark 21st-century Austrian sportsmen