Gernot Trauner

Austrian association football player

Gernot Trauner (born March 25, 1992 in Linz) is an Austrian football player . He plays as central defender for Feyenoord Rotterdam in the Eredivisie. He also plays for the Austria national football team.

Gernot Trauner
Trauner with LASK in 2020
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-03-25) 25 March 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Linz, Austria
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
Feyenoord
Number 18
Youth career
1997–2006 SV Kematen am Innbach
2006–2010 AKA Linz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 LASK II 8 (2)
2010–2012 LASK 13 (0)
2012–2017 Ried 104 (5)
2017–2021 LASK 116 (12)
2021– Feyenoord 69 (1)
National team
2009–2010 Austria U18 5 (1)
2010 Austria U19 6 (1)
2012 Austria U21 3 (0)
2018– Austria 14 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:01, 14 September 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:07, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

Career

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Trauner began his career at SV Kematen. He started playing football in 1997 and remained in the club's various youth teams until 2006. He then moved to the Linz Football Academy. There he played through all teams from the U15 to the U19.

After a good first half of the season with the Linz Academy's U19s, he was signed by LASK in February 2010. Trauner played for the LASK Juniors in the Upper Austrian league. In the 2010/11 season, Trauner was brought into the Linz first team. He made his debut in the Bundesliga on July 31, 2010 in the Upper Austria derby against SV Ried. [1]

In the summer of 2012 he moved to Bundesliga club SV Ried. He made his debut in a 0-1 home defeat against SK Sturm Graz on September 1, 2012. [2]In 2013 and 2014 he was thrown back by injuries. But gradually he establish himself as a regular player for Ried. Gernot Trauner scored his first Bundesliga goal on March 7, 2015 in the match against SV Grödig (2-1). [3] After Rieder was relegated to the second division, he returned to Bundesliga club LASK for the 2017/18 season. In four years at LASK he made a total of 158 appearances. From the 2018/19 season he was also captain of the team. In July 2021, Trauner moved to Feyenoord Rotterdam .

International

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Trauner played for Austrias U18, U19 and U21 team 14 matches and scored 2 gols. In October 2018 he was called up to the senior national team squad for the first time. In the same month he made his debut in a friendly against Denmark. 2024 he was in the squad for the 2024 European Championship. He scored his team's first goal in this tournament in a 3-1 win against Poland (1-0). [4]

Honours

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  • Dutch Champion: 2023
  • Dutch Cupː 2024

References

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  1. http://www.austriasoccer.at
  2. http://www.austriasoccer.at
  3. http://www.austriasoccer.at
  4. Sportschau.de