Reinhold Ranftl

Reinhold Ranftl (born 24 January 1992) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a right midfielder for Austrian Bundesliga club Austria Wien. He also played for the Austria national team.

Reinhold Ranftl

Ranftl with Wiener Neustadt in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth	(1992-01-24) 24 January 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Kapfenstein, Austria
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Right midfielder
Team information
Current team	Austria Wien
Number	26
Youth career
1999–2005	SVU Kapfenstein
2005–2008	UFC Fehring
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2010	UFC Fehring	46	(2)
2010–2014	Sturm Graz II	89	(13)
2013–2014	Sturm Graz	6	(0)
2014	Hartberg	17	(0)
2014–2015	Wiener Neustadt	30	(5)
2015–2021	LASK	188	(18)
2021–2023	Schalke 04	15	(0)
2022–2023	→ Austria Wien (loan)	31	(4)
2023–	Austria Wien	47	(2)
International career‡
2008	Austria U17	1	(0)
2019–	Austria	6	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 June 2021

Club career

In June 2021, Schalke 04, newly relegated to the 2. Bundesliga, announced the signing of Ranftl from LASK on a three-year contract.^[1] In June 2022, he agreed to join Austria Wien on loan for the 2022–23 season with an option to make the move permanent.^[2] In June 2023, he completed the permanent move.^[3]

International career

Ranftl made his debut for Austria national team on 19 November 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Latvia. He substituted Stefan Ilsanker in the 77th minute.^[4]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 18 August 2024^[5][6]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sturm Graz II	2010–11	Austrian Regionalliga	29	7	2	1	—		—		31	8
	2011–12	Austrian Regionalliga	27	2	2	1	—		—		29	3
	2012–13	Austrian Regionalliga	23	4	0	0	—		—		23	4
	2013–14	Austrian Regionalliga	10	0	0	0	—		—		10	0
	Total		89	13	4	2	—		—		93	15
Sturm Graz	2012–13	Austrian Bundesliga	4	0	0	0	—		—		4	0
	2013–14	Austrian Bundesliga	2	0	1	0	—		—		3	0
	Total		6	0	1	0	—		—		7	0
Hartberg	2013–14	Austrian 2. Liga	17	0	—		—		—		17	0
Wiener Neustadt	2014–15	Austrian Bundesliga	30	5	3	1	—		—		33	6
LASK	2015–16	Austrian 2. Liga	30	1	4	0	—		—		34	1
	2016–17	Austrian 2. Liga	33	5	4	0	—		—		37	5
	2017–18	Austrian Bundesliga	35	1	3	0	—		—		38	1
	2018–19	Austrian Bundesliga	30	2	5	0	4	0	—		39	2
	2019–20	Austrian Bundesliga	28	5	5	0	14	2	—		47	7
	2020–21	Austrian Bundesliga	32	4	6	0	8	0	—		46	4
	Total		188	18	27	0	26	2	—		241	20
Schalke 04	2021–22	2. Bundesliga	15	0	1	0	—		—		16	0
Austria Wien (loan)	2022–23	Austrian Bundesliga	31	4	3	0	8	0	2[a]	0	44	4
Austria Wien	2023–24	Austrian Bundesliga	31	1	4	1	4	1	1[a]	0	40	3
	2024–25	Austrian Bundesliga	3	0	1	0	2	0	—		6	0
	Total		65	5	8	1	14	1	3	0	90	7
Career total			410	41	44	4	40	3	3	0	497	48

1. Appearances in Austrian Bundesliga Europa Conference League play-offs.

International

As of match played 18 November 2020^[7]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Austria
	2019	1	0
	2020	5	0
Total		6	0

Honours

LASK

• Austrian 2. Liga: 2016–17

Schalke 04

• 2. Bundesliga: 2021–22

References

1. "FC Schalke 04 verpflichtet Reinhold Ranftl vom Linzer ASK". kicker (in German). 9 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
2. "Reinhold Ranftl loaned to Austria Vienna". FC Schalke 04. 21 June 2022.
3. "Reinhold Ranftl completes permanent move to Austria Wien". FC Schalke 04. 25 June 2023.
4. "Latvia v Austria game report". UEFA. 19 November 2019.
5. Reinhold Ranftl at Soccerway
6. Reinhold Ranftl at WorldFootball.net
7. "Reinhold Ranftl". European Football.

External links

• Reinhold Ranftl at National-Football-Teams.com
• Reinhold Ranftl at Austrian Football Association (in German)