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Florian Klein
Klein in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-11-17) 17 November 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth Linz, Upper Austria, Austria
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1994–2004 LASK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2009 LASK 163 (13)
2003–2004FC Blau-Weiß Linz (loan) 19 (5)
2009–2012 Austria Wien 71 (6)
2012–2014 Red Bull Salzburg 43 (1)
2014–2017 VfB Stuttgart 75 (4)
2017–2020 Austria Wien 85 (5)
International career
2005–2006 Austria U19 5 (0)
2006–2008 Austria U21 23 (3)
2010–2017 Austria 45 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 August 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2016

Florian Klein (born 17 November 1986) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a defender.

Club career

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Klein began his career in September 1994 in the youth team of LASK Linz and was promoted to the senior team in July 2004.[1] He played on loan for FC Blau-Weiß Linz in the 2003–04 season and returned to Linz after the end of the season. After 163 games in 14 years for the club, in which he scored 13 goals, Klein signed a two-year contract with Austria Wien on 30 April 2009. In 2012, he joined Red Bull Salzburg.[2]

After the end of his contract with Salzburg on 1 July 2014, Klein moved to VfB Stuttgart on a free transfer. On 6 May 2014, he signed a contract until June 2017 with the club.[3]

He returned to Austria Wien on 23 August 2017.[4]

International career

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Klein has played for Austria under-19 and Austria under-21. On 19 May 2010, Klein made his debut for the Austria against Croatia.[citation needed]

He represented the national team at 2016 UEFA Euro.[5]

Career statistics

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As of 1 July 2019
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] Continental[b] Other Total Ref.
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
LASK 2004–05 Austrian First League 29 0 2 0 31 0 [6]
2005–06 35 1 1 0 36 1 [6]
2006–07 32 5 3 0 35 5 [6]
2007–08 Austrian Bundesliga 34 1 34 1 [6]
2008–09 33 5 2 0 35 5 [6]
Total 163 12 8 0 0 0 0 0 171 12
Austria Wien 2009–10 Austrian Bundesliga 35 4 3 0 10 0 48 4 [6]
2010–11 36 2 4 0 6 1 46 3 [6]
2011–12 34 0 2 0 12 0 48 0 [6]
Total 105 6 9 0 28 1 0 0 142 7
Red Bull Salzburg 2012–13 Austrian Bundesliga 20 0 3 0 2 0 25 0 [6]
2013–14 23 1 5 2 8 0 36 3 [6]
Total 43 1 8 2 10 0 0 0 61 3
VfB Stuttgart 2014–15 Bundesliga 34 3 1 0 35 3 [7]
2015–16 22 0 2 0 24 0 [8]
2016–17 2. Bundesliga 19 1 2 0 21 1 [6]
Total 75 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 80 4
Austria Wien 2017–18 Austrian Bundesliga 21 3 1 0 3 0 25 3 [6]
2018–19 22 2 4 0 0 0 10 0 36 2 [6]
2019–20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [6]
Total 43 5 5 0 3 0 10 0 61 5
Career total 429 28 35 2 41 1 10 0 505 31

Honours

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Red Bull Salzburg

References

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  1. ^ LASK-Profile Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "FC Red Bull Salzburg - Team - Florian Klein". Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  3. ^ "VfB sign Florian Klein". vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 6 May 2014. Archived from the original on 6 May 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Florian Klein kehrt zur Austria zurück" (in German). FK Austria Wien. 23 August 2017. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Austria-Hungary | Line-up | UEFA Euro". UEFA. com. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "wf". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  7. ^ "Klein, Florian". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  8. ^ "Florian Klein". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 2 June 2016.