Florian Klein

**Florian Klein** (born 17 November 1986) is a former Austrian football player. He plays for FC Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Bundesliga as a defender.

## Career

Klein started in September 1994 in the youth team for LASK Linz. He was promoted to the senior team in July 2004. He went on loan to FC Blau-Weiß Linz in the 2003–04 season and returned to LASK Linz after the end of the season. After 163 games in 14 years for LASK he signed with Austria Wien on 30 April 2009. In 2012 he went to FC Red Bull Salzburg.

In July 2014 Klein moved to VfB Stuttgart. After three years he went back to Austria and joined FK Austria Wien again. In 2020 he ended his career.

## International

Florian Klein played for the Under-19 and Under-21 team of Austria. He also played 17 matches for the A-team.

## Career statistics

|Club|Season|League|Cup|Continental|Other|Total|||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|LASK|2004–05|Austrian First League|29|0|2|0|—|–|31|0|||
|2005–06|35|1|1|0|—|–|36|1|||||
|2006–07|32|5|3|0|—|–|35|5|||||
|2007–08|Austrian Bundesliga|34|1|—|–|—|34|1|||||
|2008–09|33|5|2|0|–|—|35|5|||||
|Austria Wien|2009–10|Austrian Bundesliga|35|4|3|0|10|0|–|48|4||
|2010–11|36|2|4|0|6|1|–|46|3||||
|2011–12|34|0|2|0|12|0|–|48|0||||
|Red Bull Salzburg|2012–13|Austrian Bundesliga|20|0|3|0|2|0|–|25|0||
|2013–14|23|1|5|2|8|0|–|36|3||||
|VfB Stuttgart|2014–15|Bundesliga|34|3|1|0|—|–|35|3|||
|2015–16|22|0|2|0|—|–|24|0|||||
|2016–17|2. Bundesliga|19|1|2|0|—|–|21|1||||
|Austria Wien|2017–18|Austrian Bundesliga|21|3|1|0|3|0|–|25|3||
|2018–19|22|2|4|0|0|0|10|0|36|2|||
|2019–20|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="7"|Austria|2010|5|0|
|2011|5|0|||
|2012|3|0|||
|2013|3|0|||
|2014|8|0|||
|2015|8|0|||
|2016|12|0|||

## Honours

**Red Bull Salzburg**
- Austrian Bundesliga: 2013–14
- Austrian Cup: 2013–14

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Florian Klein
- **image**: AUT vs. TUR 2016-03-29 (080).jpg
- **upright**: 1.1
- **caption**: Klein in 2016
- **birth place**: Linz, Upper Austria, Austria
- **height**: 1.80 m
- **position**: Defender (association football), Defender
- **youthyears1**: 1994–2004
- **youthclubs1**: LASK
- **years1**: 2004–2009
- **clubs1**: LASK
- **caps1**: 163
- **goals1**: 13
- **years2**: 2003–2004
- **clubs2**: → FC Blau-Weiß Linz (loan)
- **caps2**: 19
- **goals2**: 5
- **years3**: 2009–2012
- **clubs3**: FK Austria Wien, Austria Wien
- **caps3**: 71
- **goals3**: 6
- **years4**: 2012–2014
- **clubs4**: FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg
- **caps4**: 43
- **goals4**: 1
- **years5**: 2014–2017
- **clubs5**: VfB Stuttgart
- **caps5**: 75
- **goals5**: 4
- **years6**: 2017–2020
- **clubs6**: FK Austria Wien, Austria Wien
- **caps6**: 85
- **goals6**: 5
- **nationalyears1**: 2005–2006
- **nationalteam1**: Austria national under-19 football team, Austria U19
- **nationalcaps1**: 5
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2006–2008
- **nationalteam2**: Austria national under-21 football team, Austria U21
- **nationalcaps2**: 23
- **nationalgoals2**: 3
- **nationalyears3**: 2010–2017
- **nationalteam3**: Austria national football team, Austria
- **nationalcaps3**: 45
- **nationalgoals3**: 0
- **club-update**: 29 August 2020
- **nationalteam-update**: 15 November 2016