Moritz Lanegger

{{short description|Austrian basketball player}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Moritz Lanegger

| image = 20171127 FIBA WCQ 2019 AUT-GER Moritz Lanegger 850 7320.jpg

| caption = Lanegger for Austria in 2014

| number =

| position = Point guard

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_kg = 94

| league = Austrian Basketball Superliga

| team = Vienna DC Timberwolves

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1990|03|29}}

| birth_place = Graz, Austria

| draft_year =

| career_start = 2006

| years1 = 2006–2011

| team1 = Kapfenberg Bulls

| years2 = 2011–2015

| team2 = Klosterneuburg Dukes

| years3 = 2015–2016

| team3 = Güssing Knights

| years4 = 2016–2017

| team4 = Team FOG Næstved

| years5 = 2017–2018

| team5 = London Lions

| years6 = 2018

| team6 = Bahía San Agustín

| years7 = 2018–2020

| team7 = Klosterneuburg Dukes

| years8 = 2021–present

| team8 = Vienna DC Timberwolves

| highlights =

}}

Moritz Lanegger (born 29 March 1990) is an Austrian professional basketball player for the Vienna DC Timberwolves of the Austrian Basketball Superliga. Lanegger is also a member of the Austrian national team. He plays the point guard position.

Professional career

Lanegger started his career in 2006 with Kapfenberg Bulls. In 2011 he signed with Xion Dukes Klosterneuburg. In his second year there, he won his first Austrian championship. In August 2015, Lanegger signed with reigning Austrian champions Güssing Knights.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/cups/eurochallenge/173605/gussing-knights-signs-moritz-lanegger.html|title=Gussing Knights signs Moritz Lanegger|publisher=}}

On January 29, 2018, Lanegger signed with CB Bahía San Agustín out of Palma, Spain.{{cite web|url=http://www.eurobasket.com/Spain/news/521014/Moritz-Lanegger-(ex-London-Lions)-signs-at-Palma|website=eurobasket.com|date=January 29, 2018|title=Moritz Lanegger (ex London Lions) signs at Palma}} He played for the Klosterneuburg Dukes from 2018 to 2020. On December 28, 2021, Lanegger signed with the Vienna DC Timberwolves.{{cite web |last1=Heinrich |first1=Stefan |title=Moritz Lanegger joins Timberwolves |url=https://www.eurobasket.com/Austria/news/723830/Moritz-Lanegger-joins-Timberwolves |website=Eurobasket |access-date=December 28, 2021 |date=December 28, 2021}}

Honours

Individual awards:

Austrian national team

Lanegger plays for the Austrian national team since 2011.

He has also been a part of the country's 3x3 national team.{{cite news |title= Basketball: Österreicher erstmals bei der 3x3-EM dabei|url=https://kurier.at/sport/basketball-oesterreicher-erstmals-bei-der-3x3-em-dabei/400592003 |accessdate=27 January 2021 |work=Kurier |date=30 August 2019 |language=German}}

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