Deni Alar

association football player

Deni Alar (born 18 January 1990) is an Austrian professional footballer. He plays as a striker for Austrian Regionalliga club DSV Leoben.

Deni Alar
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-01-18) 18 January 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Slavonski Brod, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
DSV Leoben
Number 19
Youth career
1996–2006 FC Zeltweg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Leoben 43 (4)
2009–2011 Kapfenberg 63 (21)
2011–2016 Rapid Wien 116 (35)
2016–2018 Sturm Graz 70 (36)
2018–2021 Rapid Wien 24 (5)
2019–2020Levski Sofia (loan) 22 (2)
2021–2022 St. Pölten 14 (5)
2022–2023 First Vienna 24 (3)
2023– DSV Leoben 6 (3)
National team
2009–2012 Austria U21 16 (4)
2017–2018 Austria 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 October 2023

Club career change

He started his career with FC Zeltweg and DSV Leoben. Then he played for Austrian Football Bundesliga side Kapfenberger SV. He debuted in the Bundesliga on 2 May 2009 versus SV Ried. The next team was Rapid Wien from 2011 till 2016.[1] This transfer was announced on 3 June 2011.

After this time he went to SK Sturm Graz. On 9 May 2018 he played as Sturm Graz beat Red Bull Salzburg in extra time in the 2017/18 Austrian Cup.[2] 2018 he returned to Rapid Wien. On 26 June 2019, he was loaned toLevski Sofia.[3]

On 28 June 2021 he went to SKN St. Pölten.[4] After this year he went to First Vienna. [5]With Vienna he became Champion and the team was promoted to the Second League.[6]

International career change

He played 16 matches for the Austrian national U21 team. He was first called in the Austria national team for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Republic of Ireland in June 2017.[7] On 14 November 2017 he debuted for the team in a 2–1 victory in a friendly against Uruguay. [8]

Honours change

Sturm Graz

References change

  1. Profile at Soccerway.com
  2. "Sturm gewinnt zum fünften Mal ÖFB-Cup". 9 May 2018.
  3. "Левски подписа с Дени Алар" (in Bulgarian). levski.bg. 26 June 2019. Archived from the original on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  4. "DENI ALAR TRÄGT BLAU-GELB-ROT!" (in German). SKN St. Pölten. 28 June 2021. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  5. "Deni Alar wechselt zur Vienna". First Vienna FC 1894 (in German). 5 February 2022. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022.
  6. Vienne Meister und Aufsteiger (German)
  7. "Ireland 1-1 Austria". BBC. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  8. "Internationals (Sky Sports)". SkySports. Retrieved 2018-05-24.