Philipp Lienhart

Philipp Lienhart (born 11 July 1996) is an Austrian footballer who plays for SC Freiburg as a centre back.

Philipp Lienhart
Lienhart with Austria U21 in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-07-11) 11 July 1996
Place of birth Lilienfeld, Austria
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 SC Freiburg
Number 3
Youth career
2008–2015 Rapid Wien
2014–2015 → Real Madrid (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Rapid Wien II 28 (1)
2014–2015 → Real Madrid C (loan) 3 (0)
2015–2017 Real Madrid B 53 (1)
2015–2018 Real Madrid 0 (0)
2017–2018 → SC Freiburg (loan) 11 (0)
2018– SC Freiburg 29 (0)
National team
2014 Austria U18 3 (0)
2014–2015 Austria U19 10 (0)
2015 Austria U20 4 (0)
2015–2019 Austria U21 30 (2)
2017– Austria 5 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:24, 4 June 2019 (UTC)

nationalteam-update = 10 October 2017

Club career

Born in Lilienfeld, Lower Austria, Lienhart joined SK Rapid Wien's youth setup in 2008, aged 12. He made his senior debut for their reserve team on 16 April 2013, coming on as a late substitute in a 3–3 away draw against FC Admira Wacker Mödling Amateure for the Regionalliga championship.

In August 2014, after being regularly used, Lienhart was loaned to Real Madrid.[1] He competed with their youth team in the season's UEFA Youth League, playing seven matches and scoring in a 3–2 loss away to Liverpool in the group stage on 22 October, and also appeared with the C-side in Tercera División.

At the end of his first season, Lienhart was signed permanently for €800,000,[2] and was subsequently promoted to the reserves by manager Zinedine Zidane.[3] He made his debut for the B-team on 30 August 2015, playing the full 90 minutes of a 2–1 win at CF Rayo Majadahonda.[4]

On 3 October 2015, Lienhart scored his first Castilla goal, equalising for a 1–1 draw at Sestao River Club by heading in Martin Ødegaard's corner kick.[5] Two weeks later, amid an injury crisis, he was included in the main squad for the first time by manager Rafael Benítez, for a La Liga match against Levante UD;[6] he was unused in the 3–0 win at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. He made his first team debut on 2 December 2015, replacing James Rodríguez in a 3–1 Copa del Rey away win against Cádiz CF.[7]

On 5 July 2017, Lienhart was loaned to SC Freiburg for one year.[8] In June 2018, the club announced they had signed him permanently from Real Madrid. The transfer fee was estimated at €2 million plus bonuses.[9]

International career

Lienhart represented Austria at under-18, under-19, under-20 and under-21 levels.

Lienhart got his first call up to the senior Austria side after Sebastian Prödl withdrew through injury for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Wales and Georgia in September 2017.[10] He made his debut playing the full 90 minutes of the final match of the qualifying campaign, a 1–0 win against Moldova in October.[11]

Career statistics
As of 22 May 2018[12]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other1 Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rapid Wien II 2012–13 20—0020
2013–14 22000220
2014–15 410041
Total 281000000281
Real Madrid C (loan) 2014–15 30—0030
Real Madrid 2015–16 0010000010
Real Madrid B 2015–16 271—30301
2016–17 26000260
Total 531000030561
SC Freiburg 2017–18 (loan) 110102000140
2018–19 14020— 00160
2019–20 15 0 2 0 0 0 17 0
Total 400502000470
Career total 12426020301352

1Includes Segunda División B promotion play-offs

References
  1. "El Castilla se refuerza con la cesión de Lienhart" [Castilla bolsters with the loan of Lienhart] (in Spanish). Defensa Central. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  2. De la Rosa, Álvario (17 October 2015). "Lienhart: un central de 800.000€" [Lienhart: an €800,000 defender] (in Spanish). Diario AS. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  3. "El nuevo ejército de Zizou" [Zizou's new army] (in Spanish). Marca. 5 July 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  4. "1–2: El Castilla remonta con un doblete de Mariano" [1–2: Castilla comebacks with a Mariano's double]. Real Madrid's official website. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  5. "1-1: Castilla get a point in Sestao". Real Madrid's official website. 3 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  6. "Ramos and Arbeloa late losses for Levante game". Marca. 16 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  7. "Victoria indebida" [Unduly win] (in Spanish). Marca. 2 December 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  8. "Philipp Lienhart kommt aus Madrid" (in German). scfreiburg.com. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  9. "Lienhart-Transfer: Hartenbachs Dank an Real". kicker Online (in German). 5 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  10. "Lienhart und Sax ersetzen Prödl und Sabitzer". nachrichten.at. 4 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  11. "Philipp Lienhart: Debüt im Kinder-Riegel". kicker Online (in German). 10 October 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  12. "P. Lienhart". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
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