Stephan Maceda Palla (born 15 May 1989) is a professional

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who plays as a defender for

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club

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. Born in Austria, Palla spent his youth and early career with

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before joining Wolfsberg. He then spent a season in Thailand with

Buriram United Buriram United Football Club ( th, สโมสรฟุตบอลบุรีรัมย์ ยูไนเต็ด) is a professional football club based in Buriram, Thailand. The club has played at the top level of Thai football for the ...

before returning to Austria. At international level, he represented the youth teams of his birth country before switching to the Philippines, for whom he is eligible through his mother. He made his senior international debut in 2015.

Club career

Rapid Vienna

Palla began his career with

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and joined in the year 1998 to the Academy from

SK Rapid Wien Sportklub Rapid Wien (), commonly known as Rapid Vienna, is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid has won the most Austrian championship titles (32), including the first title in the season 1911–12, ...

. In the season 2007/2008 trained with the first team from

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and gave his debut on 29 March 2008 against

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. In summer 2008 was announced he will play on loan by

FC Lustenau FC Lustenau 07 is a football club based in Lustenau, Vorarlberg. They currently compete in the Vorarlbergliga The Vorarlbergliga is the highest football league of the Austrian state of Vorarlberg. It's the fourth highest football league in A ...

, he was not contract with the cooperations club and joined to the reserve team from Rapid Wien in January 2009. On 15 January 2010 left

and signed for

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n club DAC Dunajská Streda.

Wolfsberg

In mid-May 2014, Palla moved to Wolfsberg, signing a two-year contract.

St. Pölten

In July 2018, Palla joined

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, signing a one-year contract with an option to extend.

Buriram United

In July 2019, Palla moved to

International career

Palla was born in Austria to a Hungarian father and a Filipino mother, Palla initially represented Austria and played over 20 games for the U-17 national team. In June 2013, German coach Michael Weiß has referred to Palla as an "interesting option" for the Philippines national team's defense. On 25 May 2015, Palla has received his first senior call for

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to compete at the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. He made his debut for the Philippines in a 2-1 victory against

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Honours

Rapid Wien *

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: 2007–08 FC Trenkwalder Admira *

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Buriram United *

Thailand Champions Cup The Thailand Champions Cup (continuing Kor Royal Cup, a different competition from the Thai Super Cup) is a single-game competition between the winners of previous Thai League 1 and Thai FA Cup, organised by the Football Association of Thailand. ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Palla, Stephan 1989 births Living people People from Wien-Umgebung District Filipino men's footballers Filipino expatriate men's footballers Philippines men's international footballers Austrian men's footballers Austria men's youth international footballers Austrian people of Filipino descent SK Rapid Wien players Wolfsberger AC players Austrian Football Bundesliga players FC Lustenau 07 players FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda players Slovak First Football League players Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Expatriate men's footballers in Thailand Filipino expatriate sportspeople in Thailand Men's association football fullbacks 2019 AFC Asian Cup players Footballers from Lower Austria