Heinz Lindner
Lindner in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-07-17) 17 July 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Linz, Austria
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Saint-Gilloise, on loan from Sion
Number 1
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)
2020–2022 Basel 67 (0)
2022– Sion 30 (0)
2024– → Union Saint-Gilloise (Loan) 1 (0)
International career‡
2012– Austria 36 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:28, 25 November 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:20, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

Heinz Lindner (German pronunciation: [haɪnts ˈlɪndnɐ];[1][2] born 17 July 1990) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Belgian Pro League side Saint-Gilloise, on loan from Swiss Challenge League club Sion, and the Austria national team.

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 2020, FC Basel announced that they had signed Lindner on a three-year contract.[4] Lindner joined Basel's first team for their 2020–21 season under head coach Ciriaco Sforza. Originally signed as backup goalkeeper, Lindner played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game in the Stadion Wankdorf on 21 November as Basel were defeated 1–2 by Young Boys.[5] Lindner then established himself as first choice goalkeeper. He stayed with the club for two seasons and then moved on. During his period with the club Lindner played a total of 90 games for Basel. 67 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, 14 in the UEFA Europa Conference League and 9 were friendly games.[6]

On 26 June 2022, Lindner signed with Sion.[7]

On 16 May 2023, the player announced he had been diagnosed with testicular cancer.[8] He returned to training a month later,[9] however he did not return to the FC Sion squad, as the club did not request a license for him.[10]

On 16 January 2024, he joined Belgian Pro League club Saint-Gilloise for a half-season long loan.[11]

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.[12]

He represented the national team at 2016 UEFA Euro.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played on 25 November 2023[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals 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
Total 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[a] 0 — 30 0
2011–12 Austrian Bundesliga 23 0 5 0 3[a] 0 — 31 0
2012–13 Austrian Bundesliga 36 0 4 0 — — 40 0
2013–14 Austrian Bundesliga 36 0 1 0 10[b] 0 — 47 0
2014–15 Austrian Bundesliga 31 0 6 0 — — 37 0
Total 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
Total 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
Total 71 0 4 0 — — 75 0
Wehen Wiesbaden 2019–20 2. Bundesliga 23 0 0 0 — — 23 0
Basel 2020–21 Swiss Super League 31 0 0 0 0 0 — 31 0
2021–22 Swiss Super League 36 0 0 0 14[c] 0 — 47 0
Total 67 0 0 0 14 0 — 78 0
Sion 2022–23 Swiss Super League 28 0 1 0 — — 29 0
2023–24 Swiss Challenge League 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Total 28 0 1 0 — — 31 0
Career total 383 0 25 0 33 0 0 0 444 0
  1. ^ a b Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of matches played on 27 March 2023[15]
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
2021 1 0
2022 5 0
2023 2 0
Total 36 0

Honours

Individual

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 (8 September 2020). "Der FCB verpflichtet Heinz Lindner". FCB signed Heinz Lindner (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 8 September 2020.((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (21 November 2020). "BSC Young Boys - FC Basel 2:1 (1:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  6. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (2022). "Heinz Lindner". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Heinz Lindner s'engage avec le FC Sion !" (in French). Sion. 26 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Austria keeper Lindner diagnosed with testicular cancer". Reuters. 16 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  9. ^ "Sion-Goalie Lindner gibt Comeback nach Krebs-Schock". Blick (in German). 19 June 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Lindners harter Weg zurück vom Krebs-Schock". Blick (in German). 25 November 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  11. ^ Marien, Joseph (16 January 2024). "Goalkeeper Heinz Lindner joins Union on a loan deal" (in German). Royale Union Saint-Gilloise. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  12. ^ "Heinz Lindner player profile and match log". soccerway.com. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  13. ^ "Austria-Hungary | Line-up | UEFA Euro". UEFA. com. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  14. ^ "Heinz Lindner » Club matches". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  15. ^ Heinz Lindner at National-Football-Teams.com
  16. ^ Matchcenter
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