# Stefan Lainer

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

## 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.

### Red Bull Salzburg

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

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 7 March 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | 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 |
| FC Liefering | 2013–14 | Austrian 2. Liga | 34 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 34 | 1 |
| FC Liefering | Total | 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 |
| Red Bull Salzburg | 2016–17 | Austrian Bundesliga | 31 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 0 | — | — | 45 | 8 |
| Red Bull Salzburg | 2017–18 | Austrian Bundesliga | 33 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 1 | — | — | 55 | 2 |
| Red Bull Salzburg | 2018–19 | Austrian Bundesliga | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | — | — | 43 | 1 |
| Red Bull Salzburg | Total | Total | 110 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 44 | 0 | — | — | 173 | 13 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 39 | 1 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 33 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | 45 | 2 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2021–22 | Bundesliga | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 23 | 1 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 18 | 0 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 16 | 0 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2024–25 | Bundesliga | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 16 | 1 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | Total | Total | 132 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 0 | — | — | 157 | 5 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 361 | 21 | 35 | 1 | 58 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 456 | 23 |
* ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
* ↑ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearance in UEFA Europa League
* ↑ Sixteen appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League, two appearances in UEFA Champions League
* ↑ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, ten appearances in UEFA Europa League
* ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
* ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

### International

    As of match played 23 March 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Austria | 2017 | 3 | 0 |
| Austria | 2018 | 9 | 0 |
| Austria | 2019 | 6 | 1 |
| Austria | 2020 | 7 | 0 |
| Austria | 2021 | 8 | 1 |
| Austria | 2022 | 5 | 0 |
| Austria | 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 39 | 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 | North Macedonia | 2–0 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying |
| 2 | 13 June 2021 | Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania | North Macedonia | 1–0 | 3–1 | UEFA Euro 2020 |

## Honours

Red Bull Salzburg
* Austrian Bundesliga: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
* Austrian Cup: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19

### Individual

* UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season: 2017–18
* Austrian Bundesliga Team of the Year: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19