Heinz Lindner

Heinz Lindner (German pronunciation: [haɪnts ˈlɪndnɐ];[1][2] born 17 July 1990) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Austria national team and for Swiss club FC Basel.

Heinz Lindner

Lindner in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth	17 July 1990
Place of birth	Linz, Austria
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	FC Basel
Number	13
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2011	Austria Wien II	26	(0)
2010–2015	Austria Wien	166	(0)
2015–2017	Eintracht Frankfurt	2	(0)
2017–2019	Grasshoppers	71	(0)
2019–2020	Wehen Wiesbaden	23	(0)
2020-	FC Basel	7	(0)
National team^‡
2012–	Austria	28	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:48, 13 December 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:20, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Lindner started his career with the reserve team for Austria Wien where he made 32 appearances. He then went on to make 187 first team appearances. In January 2015, Lindner was about to transfer to La Liga club Córdoba, but the move fell through. Lindner instead agreed a transfer with German club Eintracht Frankfurt.[3] He played in Frankfurt for two seasons. For two seasons he played in the Swiss Super League for Grasshopper Club, but following their relegation he moved on to Wehen Wiesbaden.

On 8 September FC Basel announced that they had signed Lindner on a three year contract.[4]

International career

Lindner made his debut for the senior national team on 1 June 2012, in a 3–2 win over Ukraine in a friendly match.[5]

He represented the national team at 2016 UEFA Euro.[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played on 19 December 2020.[7]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Austria Wien (A)	2007–08	First League	1	0	—		—		1	0
	2008–09	First League	10	0	4	0	—		14	0
	2009–10	First League	13	0	2	0	—		15	0
	2010–11	Regional League East	2	0	—		—		2	0
	Totals		26	0	6	0	—		32	0
Austria Wien	2009–10	Austrian Bundesliga	16	0	1	0	0	0	17	0
	2010–11	Austrian Bundesliga	24	0	0	0	6[lower-alpha 1]	0	30	0
	2011–12	Austrian Bundesliga	23	0	5	0	3[lower-alpha 1]	0	31	0
	2012–13	Austrian Bundesliga	36	0	4	0	—		40	0
	2013–14	Austrian Bundesliga	36	0	1	0	10[lower-alpha 2]	0	47	0
	2014–15	Austrian Bundesliga	31	0	6	0	—		37	0
	Totals		166	0	17	0	19	0	202	0
Eintracht Frankfurt	2015–16	Bundesliga	0	0	1	0	—		1	0
	2016–17	Bundesliga	2	0	0	0	—		2	0
	Totals		2	0	1	0	—		3	0
Grasshoppers	2017–18	Swiss Super League	36	0	4	0	—		40	0
	2018–19	Swiss Super League	35	0	0	0	—		35	0
	Totals		71	0	4	0	—		75	0
Wehen Wiesbaden	2018–19	2. Bundesliga	23	0	0	0	—		23	0
	Totals		23	0	0	0	—		23	0
Basel	2020–21	Swiss Super League	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
	Totals		8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
Career totals			296	0	28	0	19	0	343	0

1. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League.
2. Appearances in the UEFA Champions League.

International

As of matches played on 29 July 2020[8]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Austria	2012	2	0
	2013	3	0
	2014	2	0
	2015	0	0
	2016	1	0
	2017	8	0
	2018	8	0
	2019	4	0
	2020	0	0
	Total	28	0

References

1. Dudenredaktion; Kleiner, Stefan; Knöbl, Ralf (2015) [First published 1962]. Das Aussprachewörterbuch [The Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German) (7th ed.). Berlin: Dudenverlag. pp. 435, 557. ISBN 978-3-411-04067-4.
2. Krech, Eva-Maria; Stock, Eberhard; Hirschfeld, Ursula; Anders, Lutz Christian (2009). Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch [German Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. pp. 575, 703. ISBN 978-3-11-018202-6.
3. "Austria: Lindner-Transfer geplatzt". Sport24 (in German). 27 January 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
4. FC Basel 1893. "Der FCB verpflichtet Heinz Lindner". FC Basel homepage. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
5. "Heinz Lindner player profile and match log". soccerway.com. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
6. "Austria-Hungary | Line-up | UEFA Euro". UEFA. com. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
7. "Heinz Lindner » Club matches". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
8. Heinz Lindner at National-Football-Teams.com