Stefan Stangl

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Stefan Stangl

|image = FC Admira Wacker vs. SK Rapid Wien 2015-12-02 (124).jpg

|caption = Stangl in 2015

|fullname =

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|10|20|df=y}}

|birth_place = Wagna, Austria{{cite web|url=http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/austria/2013-2014/bundes/wienneus.htm|title=SC Wiener Neustadt|accessdate=22 February 2015|language=de|publisher=footballsquads.co.uk}}

|height = 1.85 m

|position = Left-back

|currentclub =

|clubnumber =

|youthyears1 = 2001–2009 |youthclubs1 = Sturm Graz

|years1 = 2009–2011 |clubs1 = Sturm Graz II |caps1 = 66 |goals1 = 7

|years2 = 2011–2012 |clubs2 = Sturm Graz |caps2 = 1 |goals2 = 0

|years3 = 2012 |clubs3 = → Grödig (loan) |caps3 = 9 |goals3 = 0

|years4 = 2012–2013 |clubs4 = Horn |caps4 = 29 |goals4 = 1

|years5 = 2013–2014 |clubs5 = Wiener Neustadt |caps5 = 28 |goals5 = 0

|years6 = 2014–2016 |clubs6 = Rapid Wien |caps6 = 41 |goals6 = 5

|years7 = 2016–2018 |clubs7 = Red Bull Salzburg |caps7 = 8 |goals7 = 0

|years8 = 2018 |clubs8 = → Austria Wien (loan) |caps8 = 10 |goals8 = 0

|years9 = 2019 |clubs9 = Slovan Bratislava |caps9 = 1 |goals9 = 0

|years10 = 2019–2020 |clubs10 = St. Pölten |caps10 = 2 |goals10 = 0

|years11 = 2020–2021 |clubs11 = Türkgücü München |caps11 = 16 |goals11 = 0

|years12 = 2021–2022 |clubs12 = Wehen Wiesbaden |caps12 = 5 |goals12 = 0

|nationalyears1 = 2016 |nationalteam1 = Austria |nationalcaps1 = 1 |nationalgoals1 = 0

|club-update = 18 December 2021

|nationalteam-update = 15 November 2016

}}

Stefan Stangl (born 20 October 1991) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a left-back.

Career

Stangl joined Sturm Graz in 2001, and having advanced through the club's youth system made his debut for the second team in a 4–2 defeat by SC Weiz in Regional League Central on 2 June 2009. He made his first-team debut as a late substitute in a Champions League qualifier against FC Zestaponi of Georgia on 26 July 2011.{{cite news |title=Zwei Debütanten im Porträt |url= http://www.sturm12.at/2011/08/03/zwei-debutanten-im-portrat/|publisher= Sturm12.at|language= de|date=3 August 2011|accessdate=19 September 2013}} After making three further appearances for Sturm Graz, Stangl was loaned to First League side SV Grödig in January 2012.{{cite news |title=Stefan Stangl an Grödig verliehen |url= http://www.sturm12.at/kurzmeldung/stefan-stangl-an-grodig-verliehen/|publisher= Sturm12.at|language= de|date=23 January 2012|accessdate=19 September 2013}} He left Sturm Graz in the summer of 2012 to join SV Horn, where he established himself as a first-team regular in the First League. He joined SC Wiener Neustadt of the Bundesliga a year later.{{cite news|title= Der SC Wiener Neustadt gibt die Verpflichtung von Stefan Stangl bekannt|url= http://www.scwn.at/der-sc-wiener-neustadt-gibt-die-verpflichtung-von-stefan-stangl-bekannt-news-766|publisher= SC Wiener Neustadt|language= de|access-date= 19 September 2013|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054853/http://www.scwn.at/der-sc-wiener-neustadt-gibt-die-verpflichtung-von-stefan-stangl-bekannt-news-766|archive-date= 21 September 2013}}

In summer 2014, he moved to Rapid Wien signing a contract until 2017. At the occasion of his signing, Rapid's general manager Andreas Müller described him as "strong in the air" and "standing out by his competitive spirit".{{cite web|url=http://www.skrapid.at/9609+M5cb7f62d903.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150222093012/http://www.skrapid.at/9609+M5cb7f62d903.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 February 2015|title=Stefan Stangl ist Rapidler|trans-title=Stefan Stangl is Rapidler|date=3 June 2014|access-date=22 February 2015|language=de|publisher=SK Rapid Wien}}

On 10 January 2022, Stangl was released from his contract with SV Wehen Wiesbaden by mutual consent.{{cite press release|publisher=SV Wehen Wiesbaden|url=https://svww.de/news/artikel/svww-loest-vertrag-mit-stefan-stangl-auf|title=SVWW LÖST VERTRAG MIT STEFAN STANGL AUF|date=10 January 2022|access-date=8 February 2022|language=de}}

International career

Stangl was named in Austria's senior squad for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Wales in September 2016.{{cite web |url=http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160825/sports/308259946/|title=Austria coach Koller makes 5 changes for World Cup qualifier |publisher=dailyherald.com |date=25 August 2016 |accessdate=4 October 2016}}