Heinz Lindner
{{short description|Austrian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Heinz Lindner
| image = AUT vs. MDA 2015-09-05 (093).jpg
| upright = 0.9
| caption = Lindner with Austria in 2015
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|7|17}}
| birth_place = Linz, Austria
| height = 1.87 m
| position = Goalkeeper
| currentclub = Sion
| clubnumber = 1
| years1 = 2007–2011
| clubs1 = Austria Wien II
| caps1 = 26
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2010–2015
| clubs2 = Austria Wien
| caps2 = 166
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2015–2017
| clubs3 = Eintracht Frankfurt
| caps3 = 2
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2017–2019
| clubs4 = Grasshoppers
| caps4 = 71
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2019–2020
| clubs5 = Wehen Wiesbaden
| caps5 = 23
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2020–2022
| clubs6 = Basel
| caps6 = 67
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2022–
| clubs7 = Sion
| caps7 = 32
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2024
| clubs8 = → Union Saint-Gilloise (Loan)
| caps8 = 1
| goals8 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2012–
| nationalteam1 = Austria
| nationalcaps1 = 37
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| club-update = 29 December 2024
| nationalteam-update = 19:53, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
}}
Heinz Lindner ({{IPA|de|haɪnts ˈlɪndnɐ}};{{cite book|author1=Dudenredaktion|last2=Kleiner|first2=Stefan|last3=Knöbl|first3=Ralf|year=2015|orig-year=First published 1962|title=Das Aussprachewörterbuch|trans-title=The Pronunciation Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T6vWCgAAQBAJ|language=de|edition=7th|location=Berlin|publisher=Dudenverlag|isbn=978-3-411-04067-4|pages=435, 557}}{{cite book|last1=Krech|first1=Eva-Maria|last2=Stock|first2=Eberhard|last3=Hirschfeld|first3=Ursula|last4=Anders|first4=Lutz Christian|title=Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch|trans-title=German Pronunciation Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E-1tr_oVkW4C&q=deutsches+ausspracheworterbuch|language=de|year=2009|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|location=Berlin|isbn=978-3-11-018202-6|pages=575, 703}} 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.
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.{{cite news|title=Austria: Lindner-Transfer geplatzt|url=http://sport.oe24.at/fussball/international/Austria-Lindner-Transfer-geplatzt/174355335|access-date=27 January 2015|newspaper=Sport24|date=27 January 2015|language=de}} 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.{{cite web | first = | last = FC Basel 1893 | author-link = | date = 8 September 2020 | url = https://www.fcb.ch/aktuell/news/1-mannschaft/2020/09/der-fcb-verpflichtet-heinz-lindner/ | title = Der FCB verpflichtet Heinz Lindner | format = | work = FCB signed Heinz Lindner | publisher = FC Basel 1893 AG | language = de | access-date = 2020-09-08}} 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.{{cite web | first = | last = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" | author-link = | date = 21 November 2020 | url = https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=31536 | title = BSC Young Boys - FC Basel 2:1 (1:1) | format = | work = | publisher = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" | access-date = 2020-11-21}} 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.{{cite web | first = | last = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" | authorlink = | year = 2022 | url = https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/spieler?command=detail&id=9789 | title = Heinz Lindner | format = | work = | publisher = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" | accessdate = 2022-06-30}}
Lindner signed with Sion on 26 June 2022.{{cite web|publisher=Sion|url=https://www.fcsion.ch/fr/news/detail/2585/heinz-lindner-s-engage-avec-le-fc-sion--|title=Heinz Lindner s'engage avec le FC Sion !|date=26 June 2022|access-date=28 June 2022|language=fr}} and on 16 May 2023, he announced his testicular cancer diagnosis.{{Cite news |date=2023-05-16 |title=Austria keeper Lindner diagnosed with testicular cancer |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/austria-keeper-lindner-diagnosed-with-testicular-cancer-2023-05-16/ |access-date=2023-05-16}} He returned to training a month later,{{Cite news |date=19 June 2023 |title=Sion-Goalie Lindner gibt Comeback nach Krebs-Schock |language=de |work=Blick |url=https://www.blick.ch/sport/fussball/challengeleague/kann-mich-wieder-normal-bewegen-sion-goalie-lindner-gibt-comeback-nach-krebs-schock-id18678580.html |access-date=16 January 2024}} however he did not return to the FC Sion squad, as the club did not request a license for him.{{Cite news |date=25 November 2023 |title=Lindners harter Weg zurück vom Krebs-Schock |language=de |work=Blick |url=https://www.blick.ch/sport/fussball/challengeleague/sion-will-nicht-mal-eine-lizenz-fuer-ihn-loesen-lindners-harter-weg-zurueck-vom-krebs-schock-id19177783.html|access-date=16 January 2024}}
On 16 January 2024, he joined Belgian Pro League club Saint-Gilloise for a half-season long loan.{{cite news |last1=Marien |first1=Joseph |title=Goalkeeper Heinz Lindner joins Union on a loan deal|url=https://rusg.brussels/en/news/goalkeeper-heinz-lindner-joins-union-loan-deal|access-date=16 January 2024 |publisher=Royale Union Saint-Gilloise |date=16 January 2024 |language=de}}
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.{{cite web | url = https://int.soccerway.com/players/heinz-lindner/35783/ | title = Heinz Lindner player profile and match log | publisher = soccerway.com | access-date = 30 January 2013}}
He represented the national team at 2016 UEFA Euro.{{cite web | url = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2017960--austria-vs-hungary/lineups/?iv=true | title = Austria-Hungary {{!}} Line-up | website = UEFA. com | access-date = 5 December 2020}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played on 21 January 2024}}{{cite web|title=Heinz Lindner » Club matches|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/heinz-lindner/2/|website=Worldfootball.net|access-date=19 December 2020}}
| 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="5"|Austria Wien (A) | 2007–08 | First League
|1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | First League
|10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10 | First League
|13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | Regional League East
|2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total | 26 | 0 | 6 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 32 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="7"|Austria Wien | 2009–10 | Austrian Bundesliga
|16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 17 | 0 |
| 2010–11 | Austrian Bundesliga
|24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6{{efn|name=UEL|Appearances in the UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 30 | 0 | |
| 2011–12 | Austrian Bundesliga
|23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3{{efn|name=UEL}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 31 | 0 | |
| 2012–13 | Austrian Bundesliga
|36 | 0 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 40 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | Austrian Bundesliga
|36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10{{efn|Appearances in the UEFA Champions League}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 47 | 0 | |
| 2014–15 | Austrian Bundesliga
|31 | 0 | 6 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 37 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!166 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 19 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 202 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Eintracht Frankfurt
|0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17
|Bundesliga |2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="3"|Grasshoppers
|36 | 0 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 40 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19
|Swiss Super League |35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 35 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!71 | 0 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 75 | 0 | |||
| Wehen Wiesbaden | 2019–20 | 2. Bundesliga
|23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 23 | 0 | |
| rowspan="3"|Basel
|Swiss Super League |31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 31 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22
|Swiss Super League |36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14{{efn|name=UECL|Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 47 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 78 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Sion
|Swiss Super League |28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 29 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 31 | 0 | |||
| Sion II
|2023–24 |2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Saint-Gilloise (loan)
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=UECL}} | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!386 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 448 | 0 |
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=International=
{{Updated|matches played on 8 June 2024}}{{NFT|47763}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="13"|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 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total | 37 | 0 |
Honours
Individual
References
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