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Stefan Lainer

Stefan Lainer

Defender - Right-Back  at Red Bull Salzburg
Age33
CitizenshipAustria
Height1.75 m
Footright
BornAugust 27, 1992
at Red Bull Salzburg 350 days · joined 2025-06-08
👕500+ Apps 🎯50+ Assists
Market value €1.20m
Right-Back Defender

Career snapshot

9
clubs played for
07/08
debut season
0.05
goals / match
Red Bull Salzburg
top club · 184 apps

Position rank · 25/26

#26
goals rank
#3
assists rank
29
season goals
63
season assists

Among 173 Defender - Right-Backs · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€18.00m
peak value · 2019
€12.50m
top transfer fee · 19/20
8
best season · 16/17
3 · 10.3%
pens / of goals
540Appearances
29Goals
63Assists
76Yellow cards
1Red cards
275Full matches (90′)
Full nameStefan Lainer
Date of birth1992-08-27 (33 yrs)
Place of birthSalzburg, Austria
CitizenshipAustria
PositionDefender - Right-Back (main: Defender)
Footright
Height175.00 m
Current clubRed Bull Salzburg
Joined2025-06-08
Contract expires2027-06-30
AgentROOF
Jul 2025
2025 — Red Bull Salzburg
3 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2025
25/26 — Red Bull Salzburg
10 matches · 1 G · 4 A · across 3 competitions
Jun 2025
Transfer: Bor. M'gladbach → RB Salzburg
25/26 · Transfer
Feb 2025
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2024
24/25 — Borussia Mönchengladbach
22 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Apr 2024
Injury: unknown
Nov 2023
Injury: unknown
8 games missed
Jul 2023
Injury: unknown
18 games missed
Jul 2023
Injury: unknown
Jul 2023
23/24 — Borussia Mönchengladbach
16 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Oct 2022
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Oct 2022
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Aug 2022
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Jul 2022
22/23 — Borussia Mönchengladbach
18 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Mar 2022
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Mar 2022
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Aug 2021
Injury: unknown
19 games missed
Jul 2021
21/22 — Borussia Mönchengladbach
23 matches · 1 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Feb 2021
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2020
20/21 — Borussia Mönchengladbach
45 matches · 2 G · 6 A · across 3 competitions
Dec 2019
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Oct 2019
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Jul 2019
19/20 — Borussia Mönchengladbach
39 matches · 1 G · 4 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2019
Transfer: RB Salzburg → Bor. M'gladbach
19/20 · Transfer · €12.50m
Oct 2018
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Jul 2018
18/19 — Red Bull Salzburg
43 matches · 1 G · 9 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2017
17/18 — Red Bull Salzburg
55 matches · 2 G · 11 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2016
16/17 — Red Bull Salzburg
45 matches · 8 G · 11 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2015
15/16 — Red Bull Salzburg
28 matches · 2 G · 3 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2015
Transfer: SV Ried → RB Salzburg
15/16 · Transfer · €200k
Jul 2014
14/15 — SV Ried
36 matches · 1 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2014
Transfer: FC Liefering → SV Ried
14/15 · Transfer
Jul 2013
13/14 — FC Liefering
34 matches · 1 G · 5 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2012
12/13 — FC Liefering
30 matches · 2 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2012
Transfer: RB Juniors → FC Liefering
12/13 · Transfer
Jun 2012
Transfer: Grödig → RB Juniors
11/12 · Return from loan
Jul 2011
11/12 — SV Grödig
26 matches · 3 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2011
Transfer: RB Juniors → Grödig
11/12 · Loan
Jul 2010
10/11 — Red Bull Juniors Salzburg (- 2012)
25 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jan 2010
Transfer: Salzburg U19 → RB Juniors
09/10 · Transfer
Jul 2009
09/10 — Red Bull Juniors Salzburg (- 2012), AKA Red Bull Salzburg U19
19 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2008
08/09 — AKA Red Bull Salzburg U19
14 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2008
Transfer: Salzburg U17 → Salzburg U19
08/09 · Transfer
Jul 2007
07/08 — BNZ Red Bull Salzburg U17, BNZ Red Bull Salzburg U19
9 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2007
Transfer: Salzburg U15 → Salzburg U17
07/08 · Transfer
Jul 2006
Transfer: Seekirchen Yth. → Salzburg U15
06/07 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €18.00m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 38 other Defender - Right-Backs with ≥500 minutes in 25/26. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals1 total · 0.21/90
89
Assists4 total · 0.84/90
100
G+A5 total · 1.05/90
97
Yellow cards0 total · 0.00/90
63
24,705 min
Minutes played by club
Red Bull Salzburg 36.3%
Borussia Mönchengladbach 25.6%
SV Ried 12.4%
FC Liefering 17.4%
SV Grödig 2.5%
Red Bull Juniors Salzburg (- 2012) 4.2%
AKA Red Bull Salzburg U19 0.0%
BNZ Red Bull Salzburg U19 0.0%
BNZ Red Bull Salzburg U17 1.7%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Red Bull Salzburg 6 15/16 25/26 184 14 38 8,961
Borussia Mönchengladbach 6 19/20 24/25 163 5 14 6,324
SV Ried 1 14/15 14/15 36 1 3 3,053
FC Liefering 2 12/13 13/14 64 3 8 4,289
SV Grödig 1 11/12 11/12 26 3 0 628
Red Bull Juniors Salzburg (- 2012) 2 09/10 10/11 28 2 0 1,033
AKA Red Bull Salzburg U19 2 08/09 09/10 30 0 0 0
BNZ Red Bull Salzburg U19 1 07/08 07/08 1 0 0 0
BNZ Red Bull Salzburg U17 1 07/08 07/08 8 1 0 417

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

5€4.5M10€9M14€13.5M19€18M07/08 — 1 goals (BNZ Red Bull Salzburg U17)107/0810/11 — 2 goals (Red Bull Juniors Salzburg (- 2012))210/1111/12 — 3 goals (SV Grödig)311/1212/13 — 2 goals (FC Liefering)12/13 — 3 assists512/1313/14 — 1 goals (FC Liefering)13/14 — 5 assists613/1414/15 — 1 goals (SV Ried)14/15 — 3 assists414/1515/16 — 2 goals (Red Bull Salzburg)15/16 — 3 assists515/1616/17 — 8 goals (Red Bull Salzburg)16/17 — 11 assists1916/1717/18 — 2 goals (Red Bull Salzburg)17/18 — 11 assists1317/1818/19 — 1 goals (Red Bull Salzburg)18/19 — 9 assists1018/1919/20 — 1 goals (Borussia Mönchengladbach)19/20 — 4 assists519/2020/21 — 2 goals (Borussia Mönchengladbach)20/21 — 6 assists820/2121/22 — 1 goals (Borussia Mönchengladbach)21/22 — 3 assists421/2222/2323/24 — 1 assists123/2424/25 — 1 goals (Borussia Mönchengladbach)124/2525/26 — 1 goals (Red Bull Salzburg)25/26 — 4 assists525/2610/11 — €75K11/12 — €150K12/13 — €150K13/14 — €200K14/15 — €350K15/16 — €900K16/17 — €1M17/18 — €2M18/19 — €12.5M19/20 — €18M20/21 — €14.5M21/22 — €14.5M22/23 — €6M23/24 — €3M24/25 — €2.5M25/26 — €1.2MGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

07/08: 1107/0808/09: 0008/0909/10: 0009/1010/11: 2210/1111/12: 3311/1212/13: 2212/1313/14: 1113/1414/15: 1114/1515/16: 2215/1616/17: 8816/1717/18: 2217/1818/19: 1118/1919/20: 1119/2020/21: 2220/212025: 00202521/22: 1121/2222/23: 0022/2323/24: 0023/2424/25: 1124/2525/26: 1125/26

Assists by season

07/08: 0007/0808/09: 0008/0909/10: 0009/1010/11: 0010/1111/12: 0011/1212/13: 3312/1313/14: 5513/1414/15: 3314/1515/16: 3315/1616/17: 111116/1717/18: 111117/1818/19: 9918/1919/20: 4419/2020/21: 6620/212025: 00202521/22: 3321/2222/23: 0022/2323/24: 1123/2424/25: 0024/2525/26: 4425/26
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
25/26 Bundesliga Red Bull Salzburg 5 1 1 0 0 427
25/26 Champions League Qu. Red Bull Salzburg 4 0 2 0 0 0
25/26 ÖFB-Cup Red Bull Salzburg 1 0 1 0 0 0
24/25 Bundesliga Borussia Mönchengladbach 21 1 0 2 0 744
24/25 DFB-Pokal Borussia Mönchengladbach 1 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 Bundesliga Borussia Mönchengladbach 15 0 1 2 0 0
23/24 DFB-Pokal Borussia Mönchengladbach 1 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 Bundesliga Borussia Mönchengladbach 17 0 0 2 0 0
22/23 DFB-Pokal Borussia Mönchengladbach 1 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 Bundesliga Borussia Mönchengladbach 21 1 3 2 0 1,480
21/22 DFB-Pokal Borussia Mönchengladbach 2 0 0 0 0 0
2025 Club World Cup Red Bull Salzburg 3 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 Bundesliga Borussia Mönchengladbach 33 2 3 2 0 1,387
20/21 Champions League Borussia Mönchengladbach 8 0 1 3 0 0
20/21 DFB-Pokal Borussia Mönchengladbach 4 0 2 0 0 0
19/20 Bundesliga Borussia Mönchengladbach 31 1 3 9 0 2,713
19/20 DFB-Pokal Borussia Mönchengladbach 2 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Europa League Borussia Mönchengladbach 6 0 1 1 0 0
18/19 Bundesliga Red Bull Salzburg 25 1 4 2 0 2,250
18/19 Champions League Qu. Red Bull Salzburg 4 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Europa League Red Bull Salzburg 10 0 4 2 0 0
18/19 ÖFB-Cup Red Bull Salzburg 4 0 1 0 0 0
17/18 Bundesliga Red Bull Salzburg 33 1 4 2 0 2,641
17/18 Champions League Qu. Red Bull Salzburg 2 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Europa League Red Bull Salzburg 14 1 5 2 0 1,290
17/18 Europa League Qualifying Red Bull Salzburg 2 0 2 0 0 0
17/18 ÖFB-Cup Red Bull Salzburg 4 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Bundesliga Red Bull Salzburg 31 6 8 5 0 447
16/17 Champions League Qu. Red Bull Salzburg 4 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Europa League Red Bull Salzburg 5 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 ÖFB-Cup Red Bull Salzburg 5 2 3 1 0 206
15/16 Bundesliga Red Bull Salzburg 21 1 2 3 0 1,396
15/16 Champions League Qu. Red Bull Salzburg 2 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 Europa League Qualifying Red Bull Salzburg 1 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 ÖFB-Cup Red Bull Salzburg 4 1 1 0 0 304
14/15 Bundesliga SV Ried 34 1 3 10 0 3,053
14/15 ÖFB-Cup SV Ried 2 0 0 1 0 0
13/14 Erste Liga FC Liefering 34 1 5 6 0 3,029
12/13 Regionalliga West FC Liefering 28 2 2 7 0 1,260
12/13 Relegation Erste Liga (- 2015) FC Liefering 2 0 1 0 0 0
11/12 Erste Liga SV Grödig 23 3 0 2 1 628
11/12 ÖFB-Cup SV Grödig 3 0 0 1 0 0
10/11 ÖFB-Cup Red Bull Juniors Salzburg (- 2012) 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/11 Regionalliga West Red Bull Juniors Salzburg (- 2012) 25 2 0 4 0 1,033
09/10 Erste Liga Red Bull Juniors Salzburg (- 2012) 3 0 0 1 0 0
09/10 ÖFB Jugendliga U19 (- 2010) AKA Red Bull Salzburg U19 16 0 0 3 0 0
08/09 ÖFB Jugendliga U19 (- 2010) AKA Red Bull Salzburg U19 14 0 0 1 0 0
07/08 ÖFB Jugendliga U17 (- 2010) BNZ Red Bull Salzburg U17 8 1 0 0 0 417
07/08 ÖFB Jugendliga U19 (- 2010) BNZ Red Bull Salzburg U19 1 0 0 0 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
06/07 2006-07-01 Seekirchen Yth. Salzburg U15 Transfer 0
07/08 2007-07-01 Salzburg U15 Salzburg U17 Transfer 0
08/09 2008-07-01 Salzburg U17 Salzburg U19 Transfer 0
09/10 2010-01-01 Salzburg U19 RB Juniors Transfer 0
11/12 2011-07-01 RB Juniors Grödig Loan 0
11/12 2012-06-30 Grödig RB Juniors Return from loan 150000
12/13 2012-07-01 RB Juniors FC Liefering Transfer 150000
14/15 2014-07-01 FC Liefering SV Ried Transfer 250000
15/16 2015-07-01 SV Ried RB Salzburg Transfer 650000 €200k
19/20 2019-07-01 RB Salzburg Bor. M'gladbach Transfer 12500000 €12.50m
25/26 2025-06-08 Bor. M'gladbach RB Salzburg Transfer 1200000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
18/19 Knee problems 2018-10-11 2018-10-22 12 3
19/20 Outer ligament problems 2019-10-07 2019-10-14 8 2
19/20 Bruised knee 2019-12-16 2020-01-02 18 2
20/21 Hamstring injury 2021-02-25 2021-03-01 5 1
21/22 Broken ankle 2021-08-19 2021-11-22 96 19
21/22 Ill 2022-03-03 2022-03-10 8 1
21/22 muscular problems 2022-03-28 2022-03-31 4 1
22/23 Inflammation in the knee 2022-08-22 2022-09-08 18 2
22/23 Stomach flu 2022-10-20 2022-10-24 5 1
22/23 Corona virus 2022-10-24 2022-11-07 15 2
23/24 Ill 2023-07-21 2023-07-26 6 0
23/24 Cancer 2023-07-27 2023-11-20 117 18
23/24 Fitness 2023-11-20 2024-01-15 57 8
23/24 Inner ligament stretch of the knee 2024-04-14 2024-04-16 3 0
24/25 Ill 2025-02-21 2025-02-24 4 1
Current€1.20m
Peak€18.00m
Low
Δ since start+€1.20m
€4.50m€9.00m€13.50m€18.00m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €1.20m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €14.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €10.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €12.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €8.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €14.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €18.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €12.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €8.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €10.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €12.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €900k
Jan 1, 1970 €900k
Jan 1, 1970 €900k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €650k
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €350k
Jan 1, 1970 €175k
Jan 1, 1970 €125k
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
Jan 1, 1970
Jan 1, 1970 €150k
Jan 1, 1970 €150k
Jan 1, 1970 €75k
Jan 1, 1970 €125k
Jan 1, 1970 €75k
Jan 1, 1970 €50k
Jan 1, 1970

No national team data.

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
16/17 Bundesliga Red Bull Salzburg 6 31
11/12 Erste Liga SV Grödig 3 23
10/11 Regionalliga West Red Bull Juniors Salzburg (- 2012) 2 25

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
16/17 Bundesliga Red Bull Salzburg 8 31
13/14 Erste Liga FC Liefering 5 34
17/18 Europa League Red Bull Salzburg 5 14

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
11/12 2012-06-30 Grödig RB Juniors Return from loan €150k
11/12 2011-07-01 RB Juniors Grödig Loan

Teams faced most often by Stefan Lainer's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
Austria Wien 48 12 13 23 52 83 -31 25%
RB Salzburg 48 2 11 35 42 133 -91 4%
Rapid Wien 46 14 6 26 53 85 -32 30%
Sturm Graz 46 9 10 27 37 67 -30 20%
FC Admira Wacker 44 18 15 11 67 46 +21 41%
Wolfsberger AC 38 15 8 15 49 51 -2 39%
1. Wiener Neustädter SC 29 16 7 6 68 41 +27 55%
FC Wacker Innsbruck 29 13 10 6 54 36 +18 45%
SCR Altach 28 9 6 13 33 40 -7 32%
SV Mattersburg 24 9 6 9 41 37 +4 38%
Kapfenberger SV 1919 20 16 3 1 47 11 +36 80%
Austria Lustenau 19 7 5 7 26 27 -1 37%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
07/08 Senior debut season
07/08 First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
24/25 22 744 2 0 0 0.24
23/24 16 0 2 0 0 0
22/23 18 0 2 0 0 0
21/22 23 1,480 2 0 0 0.12
20/21 45 1,387 5 0 0 0.32
19/20 39 2,713 10 0 0 0.33
18/19 43 2,250 4 0 0 0.16
17/18 55 3,931 4 0 0 0.09
16/17 45 653 6 0 0 0.83
15/16 28 1,700 3 0 0 0.16
14/15 36 3,053 11 0 0 0.32
13/14 34 3,029 6 1 0 0.21
12/13 30 1,260 7 0 0 0.5
11/12 26 628 3 0 1 0.57
10/11 25 1,033 4 0 0 0.35
09/10 19 0 4 1 0 0
08/09 14 0 1 0 0 0

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Bundesliga
149 apps
11 G
22 A
Bundesliga
138 apps
5 G
10 A
Erste Liga
60 apps
4 G
5 A
Regionalliga West
53 apps
4 G
2 A
ÖFB-Cup
23 apps
3 G
6 A
Europa League
35 apps
1 G
10 A
ÖFB Jugendliga U17 (- 2010)
8 apps
1 G
0 A
Champions League Qu.
16 apps
0 G
2 A
DFB-Pokal
11 apps
0 G
2 A
Europa League Qualifying
3 apps
0 G
2 A

Frequently asked about Stefan Lainer

Who is Stefan Lainer?

Stefan Lainer is an Austria professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Red Bull Salzburg.

How old is Stefan Lainer?

Stefan Lainer is 33 years old. He was born on August 27, 1992 in Salzburg.

What position does Stefan Lainer play?

Stefan Lainer plays as a right-back (Defender - Right-Back).

What club does Stefan Lainer play for?

Stefan Lainer currently plays for Red Bull Salzburg.

How many career goals has Stefan Lainer scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Stefan Lainer has scored 29 goals in 540 appearances.

What is Stefan Lainer's market value?

Stefan Lainer's most recent reported market value is €1.20m.