Austrian footballer

Michael Liendl (born 25 October 1985) is an Austrian professional *ociation football player who plays for Wolfsberger AC. He plays as a midfielder.

Contents

• 1 Club career
• 2 International career
• 3 Honours
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Club career

Michael Liendl (middle)

Liendl started his career playing for FC Nenzing and FC Thüringen. Later on, he played for Grazer AK, Kapfenberger SV, Austria Wien and Wolfsberger AC, before moving to Germany to join Fortuna Düsseldorf in 2014, and 1860 Munich in 2015.

Later on, he played for the Dutch club Twente, then he returned to Austria to rejoin Wolfsberger AC in 2018. On 29 October 2020, Liendl scored a hat-trick in a 4–1 away win over Feyenoord in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League, to become the third oldest player to achieve that feat, only behind Zlatan Ibrahimović and Aritz Aduriz.

International career

On 3 June 2014, he made his debut for the Austrian national team under coach Marcel Koller, in a friendly away match against Czech Republic, in which he came on as a subs*ute to Andreas Ivanschitz in the 63rd minute. However, the match ended in a 2–1 win for Austria.

Honours

Kapfenberger SV

• Austrian Football First League: 2007–08

Individual

• Austrian Football First League Footballer of the Year: 2008

References

External links

• Michael Liendl at oefb.at.