Florian Klein

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

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)
2003–2004	→ FC 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

Club career

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

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

As of 1 July 2019

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup[lower-alpha 1]		Continental[lower-alpha 2]		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	—

1. Includes Austrian Cup and German Cup.
2. Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg

• Austrian Bundesliga: 2013–14
• Austrian Cup: 2013–14

References

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. "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.