Heinz Lindner (German pronunciation: [haɪnts ˈlɪndnɐ];[1][2] born 17 July 1990) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Swiss Super League club Sion and the Austria national team.
![]() Lindner in 2015 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1990-07-17) 17 July 1990 (age 32) | ||
Place of birth | Linz, Austria | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | 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 | 0 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2012– | Austria | 30 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:34, 5 June 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:20, 29 July 2020 (UTC) |
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]
On 26 June 2022, Lindner signed with Sion.[5]
Lindner made his debut for the senior national team on 1 June 2012, in a 3–2 win over Ukraine in a friendly match.[6]
He represented the national team at 2016 UEFA Euro.[7]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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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 | |||
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[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 | ||
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 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Career total | 296 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 343 | 0 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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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 |
FC Sion – current squad | |
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Austria squad – UEFA Euro 2016 | ||
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