Stefan Lainer

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Stefan Lainer
FC Red Bull Salzburg gegen Grazer AK (2025-08-09 Bundesliga Zweite Runde) 11.jpg
Lainer with Red Bull Salzburg in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-08-27) 27 August 1992 (age 33)
Place of birth Salzburg, Austria [1]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
Red Bull Salzburg
Number 22
Youth career
Seekirchen
2009–2013 Red Bull Salzburg
2011–2012SV Grödig (loan)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2014 FC Liefering 62 (3)
2014–2015 SV Ried 34 (1)
2015–2019 Red Bull Salzburg 110 (9)
2019–2025 Borussia Mönchengladbach 138 (5)
2025– Red Bull Salzburg 4 (1)
International career
2017– Austria 39 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:22, 23 August 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:13, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Stefan Lainer (born 27 August 1992) is an Austrian professional footballer [2] who plays as right-back for Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg and the Austria national team.

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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 FC Red Bull Salzburg.

Lainer is the son of Leo Lainer, who played for SV Austria Salzburg and the Austria national football team. [3]

Red Bull Salzburg

On 1 July 2015, Lainer transferred to FC Red Bull Salzburg on a three-year contract for £140,000. [4]

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 Real Sociedad, Borussia Dortmund and Lazio, thus making their first ever appearance in the UEFA Europa League semi-final. [5] On 3 May 2018, he played in the Europa League semi-finals as Marseille played out a 1–2 away loss but a 3–2 aggregate win to secure a place in the 2018 UEFA Europa League Final. [6]

Return to Red Bull Salzburg

On 8 June 2025, Lainer returned from Germany to Red Bull Salzburg on a two-year deal. [7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 27 August 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] EuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
SV Grödig 2011–12 Austrian 2. Liga 23330263
FC Liefering 2012–13 Austrian Regionalliga West 28220302
2013–14 Austrian 2. Liga341341
Total62320643
Ried 2014–15 Austrian Bundesliga 34120361
Red Bull Salzburg 2015–16 Austrian Bundesliga211413 [b] 0282
2016–17 Austrian Bundesliga316529 [c] 0458
2017–18 Austrian Bundesliga3314018 [d] 1552
2018–19 Austrian Bundesliga2514014 [e] 0431
Total110919044017313
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2019–20 Bundesliga 311206 [f] 0391
2020–21 Bundesliga332408 [g] 0452
2021–22 Bundesliga21120231
2022–23 Bundesliga17010180
2023–24 Bundesliga15010160
2024–25 Bundesliga19110201
Total13651101401615
Red Bull Salzburg 2024–25 Austrian Bundesliga 3 [h] 030
2025–26 Austrian Bundesliga41104 [g] 091
Total41104030121
Career total369223616215047224
  1. Includes Austrian Cup, DFB-Pokal
  2. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
  3. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearance in UEFA Europa League
  4. Sixteen appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League, two appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, ten appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  7. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  8. Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup

International

As of match played 23 March 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Austria 201730
201890
201961
202070
202181
202250
202410
Total392
Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lainer goal. [8]
List of international goals scored by Stefan Lainer
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
116 November 2019 Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, AustriaFlag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 2–02–1 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
213 June 2021 Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania1–03–1 UEFA Euro 2020

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 Stefan Lainer at WorldFootball.net
  2. "Stefan Lainer" (in German). Kicker. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  3. "Rieder vor Verpflichtung von Stefan Lainer" (in German). nachrichten.at. 31 May 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  4. "Rieds Stefan Lainer steht vor Wechsel zu Red Bull Salzburg" (in German). www.gmx.at. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  5. "FC Red Bull Salzburg 2–1 Marseille". BBC Sport. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  6. "Stevie Lainer is back!". FC Red Bull Salzburg. 8 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  7. "Stefan Lainer". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  8. "UEFA Europa League Squad of the 2017/18 Season". UEFA. 17 May 2018.