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 and the Austria national team.

Club career

Hierländer 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

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side SK Austria Kärnten. His first match in the first squad was on 18 March 2009 versus Sturm Graz, substituting Manuel Weber in the 57th minute. After Kärnten did not get a license for the 2010–11 season Hierländer signed a contract with Red Bull Salzburg. 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 beat Red Bull Salzburg in extra time to win the 2017–18 Austrian Cup.

International career

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

Red Bull Salzburg *

: 2011-12, 2013-14 *

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: 2011-12, 2013-14 Sturm Graz *

: 2023–24, 2024-25 *

: 2017–18, 2022–23, 2023–24

References

External links

Players profile on Red Bull Homepage
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OFB Profile
1991 births Living people Footballers from Villach Austrian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Austria men's international footballers Austria men's under-21 international footballers Austria men's youth international footballers Austrian Football Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players SK Austria Kärnten players FC Red Bull Salzburg players RB Leipzig players SK Sturm Graz players Austrian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany 21st-century Austrian sportsmen RB Leipzig II players {{austria-footy-midfielder-stub