Stefan Stangl (born 20 October 1991) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a left-back.

Stefan Stangl
Stangl in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-10-28) 28 October 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth Wagna, Austria[1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
2001–2009 Sturm Graz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Sturm Graz II 66 (7)
2011–2012 Sturm Graz 1 (0)
2012Grödig (loan) 9 (0)
2012–2013 Horn 29 (1)
2013–2014 Wiener Neustadt 28 (0)
2014–2016 Rapid Wien 41 (5)
2016–2018 Red Bull Salzburg 8 (0)
2018Austria Wien (loan) 10 (0)
2019 Slovan Bratislava 1 (0)
2019–2020 St. Pölten 2 (0)
2020–2021 Türkgücü München 16 (0)
2021–2022 Wehen Wiesbaden 5 (0)
International career
2016 Austria 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 December 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2016

Career edit

Stangl joined Sturm Graz in 2001, and having advanced through the club's youth system made his debut for the second team in a 4–2 defeat by SC Weiz in Regional League Central on 2 June 2009. He made his first-team debut as a late substitute in a Champions League qualifier against FC Zestafoni of Georgia on 26 July 2011.[2] After making three further appearances for Sturm Graz, Stangl was loaned to First League side SV Grödig in January 2012.[3] He left Sturm Graz in the summer of 2012 to join SV Horn, where he established himself as a first-team regular in the First League. He joined SC Wiener Neustadt of the Bundesliga a year later.[4]

In summer 2014, he moved to Rapid Wien signing a contract until 2017. At the occasion of his signing, Rapid's general manager Andreas Müller described him as "strong in the air" and "standing out by his competitive spirit".[5]

On 10 January 2022, Stangl was released from his contract with SV Wehen Wiesbaden by mutual consent.[6]

International career edit

Stangl was named in Austria's senior squad for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Wales in September 2016.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ "SC Wiener Neustadt" (in German). footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Zwei Debütanten im Porträt" (in German). Sturm12.at. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Stefan Stangl an Grödig verliehen" (in German). Sturm12.at. 23 January 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  4. ^ "Der SC Wiener Neustadt gibt die Verpflichtung von Stefan Stangl bekannt" (in German). SC Wiener Neustadt. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Stefan Stangl ist Rapidler" [Stefan Stangl is Rapidler] (in German). SK Rapid Wien. 3 June 2014. Archived from the original on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  6. ^ "SVWW LÖST VERTRAG MIT STEFAN STANGL AUF" (Press release) (in German). SV Wehen Wiesbaden. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Austria coach Koller makes 5 changes for World Cup qualifier". dailyherald.com. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.