Stefan Lainer

Stefan Lainer (born 27 August 1992) is an Austrian professional footballer. He plays as right-back for Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach and the Austria national team.

Stefan Lainer

Lainer with Austria in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Stefan Lainer
Date of birth	(1992-08-27) 27 August 1992
Place of birth	Seekirchen am Wallersee, Salzburg, Austria
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Club information
Current team	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Number	18
Youth career
	SV Seekirchen
2009–2013	Red Bull Salzburg
2011–2012	→ SV Grödig (loan)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2014	FC Liefering	62	(3)
2014–2015	SV Ried	34	(1)
2015–2019	Red Bull Salzburg	110	(9)
2019–	Borussia Mönchengladbach	102	(4)
National team‡
2017–	Austria	38	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 July 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:14, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

Stefan Lainer playing for FC Liefering in 2014

Career

Lainer started with the local club SV Seekirchen. In 2006 he came to Red Bull Salzburg. In 2010 he played his first match for Red Bull Juniors. Then he played on loan for SV Grödig. In 2012 he was in the squad of FC Liefering, the second team of FC Red Bull Salzburg. On 1 July 2015 to FC Red Bull Salzburg on a three-year contract. He was part of the squad which reached the Europa League semi-finals in the 2017–18 season. In 2018 he went on to Borussia Mönchengladbach in the German Bundesliga along with his coach Marco Rose.

International career

Lainer played for Austrian youth national teams (U16, U17, U18 and U19). In March 2017 he debuted in a friendly match versus Finland in the Austria national football team.

International goals

As of match played 26 June 2021

Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lainer goal.

List of international goals scored by Stefan Lainer

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	16 November 2019	Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria	Macedonia	2–0	2–1	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
2	13 June 2021	Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania		1–0	3–1	UEFA Euro 2020

Personal life

Lainer is the son of Leo Lainer, who played for SV Austria Salzburg and the Austrian national team.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played on 28 May 2023

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
SV Grödig	2011–12	Austrian 2. Liga	23	3	3	0	—		—		26	3
FC Liefering	2012–13	Austrian Regionalliga West	28	2	—		—		2	0	30	2
	2013–14	Austrian 2. Liga	34	1	—		—		—		34	1
	Total		62	3	—		—		2	0	64	3
Ried	2014–15	Austrian Bundesliga	34	1	2	0	—		—		36	1
Red Bull Salzburg	2015–16	Austrian Bundesliga	21	1	4	1	3	0	—		28	2
	2016–17	Austrian Bundesliga	31	6	5	2	9	0	—		45	8
	2017–18	Austrian Bundesliga	33	1	4	0	18	1	—		55	2
	2018–19	Austrian Bundesliga	25	1	4	0	14	0	—		43	1
	Total		110	9	19	0	44	0	—		173	13
Mönchengladbach	2019–20	Bundesliga	31	1	2	0	6	0	—		39	1
	2020–21	Bundesliga	33	2	4	0	8	0	—		45	2
	2021–22	Bundesliga	21	1	2	0	—		—		23	1
	2022–23	Bundesliga	17	0	1	0	—		—		18	0
	Total		102	4	9	0	14	0	—		125	4
Career total			331	20	33	1	58	1	2	0	424	22

International

As of match played 25 September 2022

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Austria	2017	3	0
	2018	9	0
	2019	6	1
	2020	7	0
	2021	8	1
	2022	5	0
Total		38	2

Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lainer goal.

List of international goals scored by Stefan Lainer

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	16 November 2019	Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria	Macedonia	2–0	2–1	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
2	13 June 2021	Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania		1–0	3–1	UEFA Euro 2020

Honours

• Austrian Champion: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
• Austrian Cup: 2016, 2017, 2019
• Champion Regionalliga West: 2011, 2013
• Europa League Team of the group stage 2017
• Europa League Team of the 2017–18 season