Leopold Lainer

Leopold "Leo" Lainer (born September 10, 1960) is a former Austria international footballer. He played mainly for SV Austria Salzburg and SK Rapid Wien. He made more than 500 appearances in the Austrian Bundesliga.

Leo Lainer

Personal information
Date of birth	(1960-09-10) September 10, 1960
Place of birth	Maishofen, Austria
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	FC Red Bull Salzburg (scout)
Youth career
	SE Maishofen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1978–1982	SV Austria Salzburg	86	(8)
1982–1988	SK Rapid Wien	169	(19)
1988–1990	FC Swarovski Tirol	66	(11)
1990–1997	SV Austria Salzburg	186	(15)
National team
1982–1994	Austria	28	(1)
Teams managed
2003–2005	SV Pasching (assistant)
2006–	FC Red Bull Salzburg (scout)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

He started with his local club SK Maishofen. From there he went to SV Austria Salzburg. In 1982 he went on to SK Rapid Wien. 1988 he went to FC Wacker Innsbruck. In 1990 he came back to Salzburg. In 1996 he ended his professional career. After that he played at amateur level for different clubs mainly around Salzburg (SV Gerasdorf, SV Seekirchen 1945, PSV/Schwarz-Weiß Salzburg, FC Bergheim, SV Bad Ischl ). In 2005 his career ended.

International career

His debut in the national team was on 17 November 1982 against Turkey (4-0) in Vienna. His last match was on 17 August 1994 against Russia (0-3) in Klagenfurt.

Manager

After the end of his career he worked as an assistant coach for FC Pasching. Then he was a scout with FC Red Bull Salzburg. He also was coach in the Salzburg academy with the U15 and U16 team.

Personal life

His son Stefan Lainer is also a professional footballer. His daughter Franziska is also active as a football player and coach.

Honours

• Austrian Football Bundesliga winner: 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1997.
• Austrian Cup winner: 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989.
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup finalist: 1985.
• UEFA Cup finalist: 1994.