Austrian footballer

Raphael Holzhauser (born 16 February 1993) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian First Division A club Beerschot and the Austria national team.

Contents

• 1 Club career
• 2 International career
• 3 Career statistics
  • 3.1 Club
  • 3.2 International
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Club career

Holzhauser was born in Wiener Neustadt, Austria. Before the 2010–11 season, he joined Stuttgart's second team, playing in the 3. Liga. On 21 January 2012, he made his Bundesliga debut for VfB Stuttgart against Schalke.

On 1 July 2013, Holzhauser was loaned out to fellow Bundesliga side FC Augsburg until June 2014.

After his return from Augsburg, he was excluded from the first team squad and had to play for the reserve team in 3. Liga for the first half of the 2014–15 campaign. In total he made 77 matches for VfB Stuttgart II and finally moved to Austria Wien on 22 January 2015.

In May 2018, with Holzhauser's Austria Wien contract running out, it was announced Holzhauser would join Swiss Super League side Gr*hopper Club Zürich on a free transfer for the 2018–19 season. He agreed a two-year deal with Gr*hoppers. On 2 April 2019, it was confirmed, that Holzhauser's contract had been terminated by mutual consent.

On 19 June 2019, Holzhauser signed a two-year contract with Belgian club Beerschot.

International career

He was also a member of the several Austrian national youth football teams. He debuted with the senior Austria national football team in a friendly 2–1 win over Greece on 7 October 2020.

Career statistics

Club

As of 6 November 2021

International

As of match played 11 November 2020

References

External links

• Raphael Holzhauser at VfB-Stuttgart.de (in German)
• Raphael Holzhauser at Soccerway