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.

## 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. In July 2023, Lainer was diagnosed with lymph node cancer. According to the club, the therapy had "achieved the desired goal."  2025 he went back to Red Bull Salzburg.

## 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

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

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|16 November 2019|Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria||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.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|SV Grödig|2011–12|Austrian 2. Liga|23|3|3|0|—|—|26|3||||
|rowspan="3"|FC Liefering|2012–13|Austrian Regionalliga West|28|2|—|—|2|0|30|2|||
|2013–14|Austrian 2. Liga|34|1|—|—|—|34|1||||||
|Ried|2014–15|Austrian Bundesliga|34|1|2|0|—|—|36|1||||
|rowspan="5"|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||||
|rowspan="5"|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|||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="6"|Austria|2017|3|0|
|2018|9|0|||
|2019|6|1|||
|2020|7|0|||
|2021|8|1|||
|2022|5|0|||

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

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|16 November 2019|Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria||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

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Stefan Lainer
- **image**: 20180610 FIFA Friendly Match Austria vs. Brazil Stefan Lainer 850 1670.jpg
- **caption**: Lainer with Austria national football team, Austria in 2018
- **fullname**: Stefan Lainer
- **birth place**: Seekirchen am Wallersee, Salzburg (state), Salzburg, Austria
- **height**: 1.75 m
- **currentclub**: FC Red Bull Salzburg
- **clubnumber**: 22
- **position**: Right-back
- **youthclubs1**: SV Seekirchen
- **youthyears2**: 2009–2013
- **youthclubs2**: FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg
- **youthyears3**: 2011–2012
- **youthclubs3**: → SV Grödig (loan)
- **years1**: 2013–2014
- **clubs1**: FC Liefering
- **caps1**: 62
- **goals1**: 3
- **years2**: 2014–2015
- **clubs2**: SV Ried
- **caps2**: 34
- **goals2**: 1
- **years3**: 2015–2019
- **clubs3**: FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg
- **caps3**: 110
- **goals3**: 9
- **years4**: 2019–2025
- **clubs4**: Borussia Mönchengladbach
- **caps4**: 102
- **goals4**: 4
- **years5**: 2025-
- **clubs5**: Red Bull Salzburg
- **caps5**: 0
- **goals5**: 0
- **nationalyears1**: 2017–
- **nationalteam1**: Austria national football team, Austria
- **nationalcaps1**: 39
- **nationalgoals1**: 2
- **club-update**: 7 July 2023
- **nationalteam-update**: 23 March 2024