Florian Klein

Florian Klein ( born November 17, 1986 in Linz) is an Austrian football player. Since 2012 he has been involved with FC Red Bull Salzburg.

Life and career

Klein began his career in the youth of LASK Linz. In 2003, he played for one season at city rivals FC Blau- Weiss Linz in the regional center. In 2004 he returned to LASK Linz and made ​​his debut in the First League. He became a regular player of Linz and managed the 2007 promotion to the Bundesliga. His debut in the Bundesliga was small on Matchday 1 of the 2007/08 season in July 2007, at play LASK Linz vs SK Austria Kärnten, where he played and the winning goal scored equal to 1:0. After several disputes with the board of Linz Klein let his contract lapse in 2009 and signed for the following season at the Austria Wien. In 2012 he moved to end of the season to double winners FC Red Bull Salzburg, where he is now regularly after some initial difficulties in the starting lineup. Overall, he played in the fall of 2012/13 season 15 games in which he gave five assists.

Internationally, he played a total of 23 games for the U -21 and five for the U-19 selection in Austria. In the U-21 match against Cyprus Klein was able to achieve his first international goal for Austria.

His debut in the senior team completed small friendly against Croatia on May 19, 2010.

Achievements

  • Austrian Champion 2014
Eddie Gustafsson Christian Schwegler Marco Meilinger Valon Berisha Franz Schiemer Andreas Ulmer Yordy Reyna Christoph Leitgeb Isaac Vorsah Jonathan Soriano Rodnei Alexander Walke Martin Hinteregger Valentino Lazaro Kevin Kampl Oliver Glasner Herbert Ilsanker Ralf Rangnick
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