Niklas Hedl
{{Short description|Austrian footballer (born 2001)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Niklas Hedl
| image = FC RB Salzburg gegen SK Rapid Wien (2022-04-03) 59 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Hedl in 2022
| full_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|2001|3|17}}
| birth_place = Vienna, Austria
| height = 1.88 m
| position = Goalkeeper
| currentclub = Rapid Wien
| clubnumber = 45
| youthyears1 = 2007–2018 | youthclubs1 = Rapid Wien
| years1 = 2018–2021 | clubs1 = Rapid Wien II | caps1 = 55 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2021– | clubs2 = Rapid Wien | caps2 = 103 | goals2 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2021–
| nationalteam1 = Austria U21
| nationalcaps1 = 10
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2022–
| nationalteam2 = Austria
| nationalcaps2 = 1
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| club-update = 11 June 2025
| nationalteam-update = 22:55, 16 November 2022 (UTC)
}}
Niklas Hedl (born 17 March 2001) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Austrian Bundesliga club Rapid Wien and the Austria national team.
Career
Hedl is a youth product of Rapid Wien's youth academy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.oe24.at/sport/fussball/fussball-national/bundesliga/niklas-hedl-ich-lebe-gerade-meinen-kindheitstraum/513902566|title=Niklas Hedl: Ich lebe gerade meinen Kindheitstraum|date=17 March 2022|website=www.oe24.at}} He began his professional career with their reserves in 2020, before debuting for their senior team in a 2–2 Austrian Football Bundesliga tie with Sturm Graz on 20 February 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bundesliga.at/de/spielbericht/bl1/20212022/20/2-53512/matchcenter/|title=Bundesliga.at – Matchcenter|website=www.bundesliga.at}}
International career
Hedl is a youth international for Austria, having represented the Austria U21s.{{Cite web|url=https://www.heute.at/s/rapid-hexer-hedl-ich-sitze-mit-papa-nicht-vor-dem-pc-100201070|title=Rapid-Hexer Hedl der Beste: "Papa gibt mir gute Tipps"|first=Erich|last=Elsigan|website=Heute.at}} He was called up to the senior Austria national team for a set of UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches in September 2023.{{cite tweet |number=1696472786988900818 |user=oefb1904 |title=Unser Team für |access-date=29 August 2023 |language=de}}
Personal life
Hedl's father, Raimund, was also a football goalkeeper and is currently the goalkeeper coach at Rapid Wien.{{Cite web|url=https://www.skrapid.at/de/startseite/news/news/aktuelles/2017/05/niklas-hedl-auf-den-spuren-seines-vaters|title=Niklas Hedl: auf den Spuren seines Vaters|website=SK Rapid}} His brother, Tobias, is a football forward and member of Rapid Wien's reserves.
Career statistics
=Club=
{{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="6"|Rapid Wien II
|2017–18 |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19
|Austrian Regionalliga |18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 18 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20
|Austrian Regionalliga |8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 8 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21
|22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 22 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22
|Austrian Second League |7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 7 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 55 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="5"|Rapid Wien
|10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=UECL|Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23
|Austrian Bundesliga |31 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6{{efn|name=UECL}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 42 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24
|Austrian Bundesliga |32 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4{{efn|name=UECL}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 41 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25
|Austrian Bundesliga |30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16{{efn|Six appearances in UEFA Europa League, ten appearances in UEFA Conference League}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 49 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!103 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 0 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!158 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 198 | 0 |
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=International=
{{updated|match played 16 November 2022}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="1"|Austria
|2022 | 1 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total||1||0 |
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{Soccerway|niklas-hedl/518284}}
- [https://www.oefb.at/Profile/Spieler/718018?Niklas-Hedl OEFB Profile]
{{SK Rapid Wien squad}}
{{Austria squad UEFA Euro 2024}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hedl, Niklas}}
Category:Footballers from Vienna
Category:Austrian men's footballers
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:Austria men's international footballers
Category:Austria men's under-21 international footballers
Category:UEFA Euro 2024 players
Category:Austrian Football Bundesliga players
Category:2. Liga (Austria) players
Category:Austrian Regionalliga players