| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kai Lukas Stratznig | ||
| Date of birth | 15 April 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Spittal an der Drau, Austria [1] | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [2] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | First Vienna | ||
| Number | 28 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2016 | SC Mühldorf | ||
| 2016–2020 | Wolfsberger AC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2022 | Wolfsberger AC II | 32 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Wolfsberger AC | 44 | (0) |
| 2023– | First Vienna | 42 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021 | Austria U21 | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 October 2021 | |||
Kai Lukas Stratznig (born 15 April 2002) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for First Vienna. [3]
Born in Spittal an der Drau, Stratznig grew up in Mühldorf and began his career at the local club SC Mühldorf. [1] Ahead of the 2016–17 season, he joined the academy of Wolfsberger AC. In March 2019, he made his debut for the reserve team in the Austrian Regionalliga against FC Wels. [4] By the end of the 2018–19 season, he had made 11 appearances at the third level. [2]
In June 2020, Stratznig was included in the first-team squad for the first time for the match against Sturm Graz. He made his Bundesliga debut the same month when he came on as a substitute for Romano Schmid in the 75th minute of a 4–2 loss to TSV Hartberg on 10 June. [5] He made his first appearance in the starting eleven on 21 June in a 2–2 draw against Red Bull Salzburg. [6]
He suffered an ankle injury in a game against Red Bull Salzburg in February 2022, ruling him out for an extended period. [7] Stratznig left Wolfsberger AC as his contract expired at the end of the 2021–22 season, after declining an extension offer by the club. [8] On 23 February 2023 he joined Second League club First Vienna FC.
In March 2021, Stratznig made his international debut for the Austria U21 team against Saudi Arabia. [9]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Wolfsberger AC II | 2018–19 | Regionalliga | 11 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | Regionalliga | 17 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | Regionalliga | 3 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| Wolfsberger AC | 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 10 | |
| 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 [a] | 0 | 1 [b] | 0 | 33 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | Bundesliga | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | |||
| Total | 44 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 75 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 0 | ||