Stefan

Lainer

Stefan Lainer history

Stefan Lainer was born on 27 August 1992 in Salzburg and plays for Borussia Mönchengladbach. He played for SV Seekirchen from 2000-2006, for FC Red Bull Salzburg from 2006-2011, for SV Grödig from 2011-2012, for FC Liefering from 2012-2014, for SV Guntamatic Ried from 2014-2015, for FC Red Bull Salzburg from 2015-2019 and has played for Borussia M'gladbach since 2019.

Current season 2024/25

In the current season, the player with the shirt number 22 has scored one goal and takes 10th place within his squad. He shares this rank with Nico Elvedi, Philipp Sander, Fabio Chiarodia, Shio Fukuda and Lukas Ullrich. In five of the previous 20 games of the season, Stefan Lainer was in the starting line-up. Of these 20 games, he won 9 with his club. Additionally, he was substituted in for 15 games.

The 1.75m-tall defender has scored one own goal. Together with Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Piero Hincapié (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Nico Elvedi, Tuta (Eintracht Frankfurt), Kauã Santos (Eintracht Frankfurt), Waldemar Anton (Borussia Dortmund), Max Geschwill (Holstein Kiel), Angelo Stiller (VfB Stuttgart), Christian Günter (SC Freiburg), Felix Agu (SV Werder Bremen), Jakub Kamiński (VfL Wolfsburg), Diogo Leite (1. FC Union Berlin), Philipp Treu (FC St. Pauli), Nordi Mukiele (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Chrislain Matsima (FC Augsburg), Noahkai Banks (FC Augsburg) and Leo Østigård (TSG Hoffenheim), he shares fourth place in the league statistics for this category.

Last game

The 32-year-old played his last game on the 33rd matchday of the 2024/25 season (10 May 2025). Playing for Borussia M'gladbach, he lost to FC Bayern München 0-2. He played as a defender throughout this entire game. In terms of total touches, Stefan Lainer had 52 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had 17 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, he was able to win five. He was additionally able to make 24 successful passes. He covered a distance of 11.3 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he ran, like no other player in his club, a total of 34 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Stefan Lainer has played 137 matches throughout the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 57. He has played all the matches of his career in the Bundesliga as a member of Borussia Mönchengladbach. Here, Stefan Lainer has put a total of five balls in the net.