Florian Flecker
{{short description|Austrian footballer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Florian Flecker
| image = RB Salzburg vs. Kapfenberger SV (Cup-Viertelfinale) 5.4.2017 29 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Flecker with Kapfenberger SV in 2017
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|10|29}}
| birth_place = Voitsberg, Austria
| height = 1.77 m
| currentclub = LASK
| clubnumber = 29
| position = Right winger{{WorldFootball.net|florian-flecker}}
| youthyears1 = 2002–2010
| youthclubs1 = SVU Murau
| youthyears2 = 2010–2014
| youthclubs2 = Kapfenberger SV
| years1 = 2014–2017
| clubs1 = Kapfenberger SV II
| caps1 = 34
| goals1 = 9
| years2 = 2015–2017
| clubs2 = Kapfenberger SV
| caps2 = 66
| goals2 = 10
| years3 = 2017–2018
| clubs3 = Wolfsberger AC
| caps3 = 31
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2018–2019
| clubs4 = Hartberg
| caps4 = 32
| goals4 = 7
| years5 = 2019–2020
| clubs5 = Union Berlin
| caps5 = 0
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2020–2021
| clubs6 = Würzburger Kickers
| caps6 = 9
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2021
| clubs7 = Hartberg
| caps7 = 15
| goals7 = 3
| years8 = 2021–
| clubs8 = LASK
| caps8 = 102
| goals8 = 9
| club-update = 11 June 2025
}}
Florian Flecker (born 29 October 1995) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Austrian Bundesliga club LASK.
Career
=Early career=
Flecker began his career at SVU Murau.{{cite news |last1=Meyer |first1=Fritz |title=Von Murau nach Berlin |url=https://www.meinbezirk.at/murtal/c-sport/von-murau-nach-berlin_a3533079 |access-date=10 December 2020 |work=meinbezirk.at |date=24 July 2019 |language=German}} In 2010, he moved to the youth department of Kapfenberger SV. From the season 2012–13, he played for the club's third team, ASC Rapid Kapfenberg, in the fifth-tier Oberliga.{{cite news |title=Florian Flecker ist der erste Neuzugang von Union Berlin |url=https://www.sportbuzzer.de/artikel/union-berlin-florian-flecker-neuzugang-transfer-bundesliga/ |access-date=10 December 2020 |work=sportbuzzer.de |date=30 May 2019 |language=German |quote=Für den 1,76 Meter großen Mittelfeldspieler ist es die erste Station im Ausland, zuvor spielte er für AKA Kapfenberg (2010-2012), Rapid/KSV III (2012-2014), den SV Kapfenberg (2014-2017), den Wolfsberger AC (2017-2018) und den TSV Hartberg (2018-2019) aktiv.}} In August 2014, he made his debut for Kapfenberg's second team in the fourth-tier Landesliga Steiermark, when he was in the starting eleven on the first matchday of the 2014–15 season against SV Anger. In October 2014, he scored his first goal in the fourth tier in a 3–0 win over ASK Voitsberg. In May 2015, he was included in the first-team squad of Kapfenberg for the first time for a match against SC Austria Lustenau, but he did not make an appearance.
In July 2015, Flecker made his debut in the 2. Liga, when he came on as a substitute in the 81st minute of the 2015–16 season against Lustenau for João Victor. In August 2015, he was in the starting lineup for the first time for the first team in the match against SKN St. Pölten, being before replaced by Gerald Nutz at halftime. In March 2016, he scored his first goal in the second tier in a 2–1 win over FC Liefering. In his first season as a professional, he made 31 league appearances, scoring three goals. In the following season – 2016–17 – he played in 35 games and scored seven goals.
=Austrian Bundesliga=
In May 2017, Flecker joined Austrian Bundesliga club Wolfsberger AC, where he signed a two-year contract.{{cite news |title=Neuzugang und Vertragsverlängerung |url=http://rzpelletswac.at/aktuelles/item/neuzugang-und-vertragsverlaengerung |access-date=10 December 2020 |work=Wolfsberger AC |date=31 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709205609/http://rzpelletswac.at/aktuelles/item/neuzugang-und-vertragsverlaengerung |archive-date=9 July 2017 |language=German}} In July, he made his debut for the Carinthians in the Bundesliga, when he came on as a substitute in the 70th minute for Mario Leitgeb in the first matchday of that season against Red Bull Salzburg in the 70th minute. In the following match, Wolfsberger AC faced SV Mattersburg with Flecker in the starting lineup for the first time. He scored his only goal in the Bundesliga for WAC in a 5–1 loss to Mattersburg in December 2017.{{cite web |title=SV Mattersburg 5:1 Wolfsberger AC |url=https://www.sport.de/fussball/oesterreich-bundesliga/ma8407691/sv-mattersburg_wolfsberger-ac/bilder/ |publisher=sport.de |access-date=10 December 2020}} In his first season in the Bundesliga, he made 31 appearances.
On 2 July 2018, despite an ongoing contract with WAC, he moved to recently promoted TSV Hartberg on a free transfer.{{cite news |title=WAC-Juwel hat einen neuen Klub |url=https://www.laola1.at/de/red/fussball/bundesliga/news/wac-juwel-florian-flecker-hat-einen-neuen-klub/ |access-date=10 December 2020 |work=Laola1 |date=2 July 2018 |language=German}} He signed a one-year contract.{{cite news |title=TSV Hartberg weiß nichts von Flecker-Deal |url=https://www.laola1.at/de/red/fussball/bundesliga/news/hartberg-weiss-nichts-von-flecker-deal-mit-union-berlin/ |access-date=10 December 2020 |work=Laola1 |date=26 April 2019 |language=German}} He scored his first goal for Hartberg on 11 August 2018; again against Mattersburg. For Hartberg, he played in all 32 games during his sole season at the club, scoring seven goals. He was able to help sustain Hartberg in the Bundesliga for the following season.
=In Germany=
After the expiry of his contract with Hartberg, Flecker moved to recently promoted German Bundesliga club Union Berlin ahead of the 2019–20 season, signing a two-year contract.{{cite news |title=Florian Flecker verstärkt Union |url=https://www.fc-union-berlin.de/de/union-live/news/profis/Florian-Flecker-verstaerkt-Union-19935n/ |access-date=10 December 2020 |work=1. FC Union Berlin |date=30 May 2019 |language=German}} In his season at the capital club, he hardly played a role and ended up with no appearances; during the entire season, he only appeared in the matchday squad six times. For the 2020–21 season, he joined Würzburger Kickers in the 2. Bundesliga, where he signed a two-year contract.{{cite news |title=Von den Eisernen zu den Rothosen: Florian Flecker wechselt zum FWK |url=https://www.wuerzburger-kickers.de/de/news/profis/2020-08-08-von-den-eisernen-zu-den-rothosen-florian-flecker-wechselt-zum-fwk |access-date=10 December 2020 |work=Würzburger Kickers |date=8 August 2020 |language=German}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 1 June 2025}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="3"|Kapfenberger SV
|rowspan="2"|2. Liga |31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 33 | 3 | |||
| 2016–17
|35 | 7 | 4 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 39 | 8 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!66 | 10 | 6 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 72 | 11 | |||
| Wolfsberger AC
|rowspan="2"|Austrian Bundesliga |31 | 1 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 34 | 1 | |||
| Hartberg
|32 | 7 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 35 | 7 | |||
| Union Berlin
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="3"|Würzburger Kickers
|0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21
|9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 10 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 12 | 0 | |||
| Hartberg
|rowspan="5"|Austrian Bundesliga |15 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 15 | 3 | ||||
| rowspan="5"|LASK
|30 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10{{efn|name=UECL|Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 43 | 4 | ||
| 2022–23
|26 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 30 | 3 | ||
| 2023–24
|29 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8{{efn|name=UEL|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}} | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 41 | 2 | ||
| 2024–25
|17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5{{efn|name=UECL}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 24 | 3 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!102 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 23 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 138 | 12 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!255 | 30 | 28 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 306 | 34 |
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References
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External links
- {{WorldFootball.net|florian-flecker}}
- {{Soccerway|florian-flecker/406188}}
{{LASK squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Flecker, Florian}}
Category:Austrian men's footballers
Category:Men's association football wingers
Category:Kapfenberger SV players
Category:Wolfsberger AC players
Category:1. FC Union Berlin players
Category:FC Würzburger Kickers players
Category:Austrian Football Bundesliga players
Category:2. Liga (Austria) players
Category:2. Bundesliga players
Category:Austrian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Category:People from Voitsberg