Kai Stratznig
{{short description|Austrian footballer (born 2002)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Kai Stratznig
|image =
|fullname = Kai Lukas Stratznig
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|04|15|df=y}}
|birth_place = Spittal an der Drau, Austria{{cite news |last1=Tiefling |first1=Peter |title=Sport/Fußball: WAC rückblickend die beste Wahl |url=https://www.meinbezirk.at/spittal/c-sport/wac-rueckblickend-die-beste-wahl_a4360625 |work=meinbezirk.at |date=24 November 2020 |language=de}}
|height = 1.83 m{{Soccerway|kai-lukas-stratznig/565956}}
|currentclub = First Vienna
|clubnumber = 28
|position = Midfielder
|youthyears1 = 2007–2016
|youthclubs1 = SC Mühldorf
|youthyears2 = 2016–2020
|youthclubs2 = Wolfsberger AC
|years1 = 2019–2022
|clubs1 = Wolfsberger AC II
|caps1 = 32
|goals1 = 0
|years2 = 2020–2022
|clubs2 = Wolfsberger AC
|caps2 = 44
|goals2 = 0
|years3 = 2023–
|clubs3 = First Vienna
|caps3 = 42
|goals3 = 1
|nationalyears1 = 2021
|nationalteam1 = Austria U21
|nationalcaps1 = 3
|nationalgoals1 = 0
|club-update = 27 December 2024
|nationalteam-update = 8 October 2021
}}
Kai Lukas Stratznig (born 15 April 2002) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for First Vienna.{{Soccerway|565956}}
Club career
Born in Spittal an der Drau, Stratznig grew up in Mühldorf and began his career at the local club SC Mühldorf. Ahead of the 2016–17 season, he joined the academy of Wolfsberger AC. In March 2019, he made his debut for the reserve team in the Austrian Regionalliga against FC Wels.{{cite web |title=Wels vs. Wolfsberger AC II - 29 March 2019 - Soccerway |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2019/03/29/austria/regionalliga/fc-wels/wac-sankt-andra-ii/2812192/ |website=int.soccerway.com |access-date=19 November 2021}} By the end of the 2018–19 season, he had made 11 appearances at the third level.
In June 2020, Stratznig was included in the first-team squad for the first time for the match against Sturm Graz. He made his Bundesliga debut the same month when he came on as a substitute for Romano Schmid in the 75th minute of a 4–2 loss to TSV Hartberg on 10 June.{{cite web |title=Wolfsberger AC vs. Hartberg - 10 June 2020 - Soccerway |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2020/06/10/austria/bundesliga/wolfsberger-athletik-club/tsv-hartberg/3246453/ |website=int.soccerway.com |access-date=19 November 2021}} He made his first appearance in the starting eleven on 21 June in a 2–2 draw against Red Bull Salzburg.{{cite web |title=Salzburg vs. Wolfsberger AC - 21 June 2020 - Soccerway |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2020/06/21/austria/bundesliga/fc-red-bull-salzburg/wolfsberger-athletik-club/3246462/ |website=int.soccerway.com |access-date=19 November 2021}}
He suffered an ankle injury in a game against Red Bull Salzburg in February 2022, ruling him out for an extended period.{{cite news |last1=Blaas |first1=Mathias |title=Knöchelverletzung: WAC-Profi Stratznig fällt wochenlang aus |url=https://www.skysportaustria.at/knoechelverletzung-wac-profi-stratznig-faellt-wochenlang-aus/ |access-date=25 November 2022 |work=Sky Sport Austria |date=23 February 2022 |language=de-DE}} Stratznig left Wolfsberger AC as his contract expired at the end of the 2021–22 season, after declining an extension offer by the club.{{cite news |last1=Sebestyen |first1=Markus |title=Angebot abgelehnt: Der WAC verliert U21-Teamspieler Kai Stratznig ablösefrei {{!}} Kleine Zeitung |url=https://www.kleinezeitung.at/sport/6121547/Angebot-abgelehnt_Der-WAC-verliert-U21Teamspieler-Kai-Stratznig |access-date=25 November 2022 |work=Kleine Zeitung |date=6 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408204231/https://www.kleinezeitung.at/sport/6121547/Angebot-abgelehnt_Der-WAC-verliert-U21Teamspieler-Kai-Stratznig |archive-date=8 April 2022 |language=de}} On 23 February 2023 he joined Second League club First Vienna FC.
International career
In March 2021, Stratznig made his international debut for the Austria U21 team against Saudi Arabia.{{cite web |title=Österreich U21 - Saudi Arabien U21 |url=https://www.oefb.at/oefb/Spiel/2884927/?Oesterreich-U21-vs-Saudi-Arabien-U21 |website=oefb.at |access-date=19 November 2021 |language=de}}
Career statistics
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{{updated|match played 20 February 2022}}
| 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="4"|Wolfsberger AC II
|11 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20
|Regionalliga |17 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21
|Regionalliga |3 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
| rowspan="4"|Wolfsberger AC
|4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 10 | ||
| 2020–21
|Bundesliga |23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7{{efn|Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League|name=UEL}} | 0 | 1{{efn|Appearance(s) in Europa Conference League play-offs|name=AECLPO}} | 0 | 33 | 0 | |
| 2021–22
|Bundesliga |17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 21 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!44 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 0 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!75 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 0 |
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References
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{{First Vienna FC squad}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Spittal an der Drau
Category:Footballers from Carinthia
Category:Austrian men's footballers
Category:Austria men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Wolfsberger AC players
Category:Austrian Regionalliga players