Heinz Lindner
Austrian footballer
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Heinz Lindner (German pronunciation: [haɪnts ˈlɪndnɐ];[1][2] born 17 July 1990) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Swiss Super League club Young Boys and the Austria national team.
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Lindner with Austria in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 17 July 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Linz, Austria | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Young Boys | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2011 | Austria Wien II | 26 | (0) |
| 2010–2015 | Austria Wien | 166 | (0) |
| 2015–2017 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Grasshoppers | 71 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 23 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Basel | 67 | (0) |
| 2022–2025 | Sion | 30 | (0) |
| 2024 | → Union Saint-Gilloise (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2025– | Young Boys | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012– | Austria | 37 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 July 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19:53, 8 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Lindner started his career with the reserve team for Austria Wien where he made 32 appearances. He then went on to make 187 first team appearances. In January 2015, Lindner was about to transfer to La Liga club Córdoba, but the move fell through. Lindner instead agreed a transfer with German club Eintracht Frankfurt.[3] He played in Frankfurt for two seasons. For two seasons he played in the Swiss Super League for Grasshopper Club, but following their relegation he moved on to Wehen Wiesbaden.
On 8 September 2020, FC Basel announced that they had signed Lindner on a three-year contract.[4] Lindner joined Basel's first team for their 2020–21 season under head coach Ciriaco Sforza. Originally signed as backup goalkeeper, Lindner played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game in the Stadion Wankdorf on 21 November as Basel were defeated 1–2 by Young Boys.[5] Lindner then established himself as first choice goalkeeper. He stayed with the club for two seasons and then moved on. During his period with the club Lindner played a total of 90 games for Basel. 67 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, 14 in the UEFA Europa Conference League and 9 were friendly games.[6]
Lindner signed with Sion on 26 June 2022.[7] and on 16 May 2023, he announced his testicular cancer diagnosis.[8] He returned to training a month later,[9] however he did not return to the FC Sion squad, as the club did not request a license for him.[10]
On 16 January 2024, he joined Belgian Pro League club Saint-Gilloise for a half-season long loan.[11]
International career
Lindner made his debut for the senior national team on 1 June 2012, in a 3–2 win over Ukraine in a friendly match.[12]
He represented the national team at 2016 UEFA Euro.[13]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played on 17 August 2025[14]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Austria Wien (A) | 2007–08 | First League | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2008–09 | First League | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| 2009–10 | First League | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | |||
| 2010–11 | Regional League East | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 26 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 0 | ||||
| Austria Wien | 2009–10 | Austrian Bundesliga | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |
| 2010–11 | Austrian Bundesliga | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6[a] | 0 | — | 30 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | Austrian Bundesliga | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | — | 31 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | Austrian Bundesliga | 36 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 40 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14 | Austrian Bundesliga | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10[b] | 0 | — | 47 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | Austrian Bundesliga | 31 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 0 | |||
| Total | 166 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 19 | 0 | — | 202 | 0 | |||
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 2015–16 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2016–17 | Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Grasshoppers | 2017–18 | Swiss Super League | 36 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 40 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | Swiss Super League | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 0 | |||
| Total | 71 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 75 | 0 | ||||
| Wehen Wiesbaden | 2019–20 | 2. Bundesliga | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 0 | ||
| Basel | 2020–21 | Swiss Super League | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 31 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | Swiss Super League | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14[c] | 0 | — | 47 | 0 | ||
| Total | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | — | 78 | 0 | |||
| Sion | 2022–23 | Swiss Super League | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | Swiss Challenge League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | Swiss Super League | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| Total | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 0 | ||||
| Sion II | 2023–24 | Swiss 1. Liga | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Saint-Gilloise (loan) | 2023–24 | Belgian Pro League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Young Boys | 2025–26 | Swiss Super League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Career total | 388 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 453 | 0 | ||
- Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
- Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
- Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
International
- As of matches played on 8 June 2024[15]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 2012 | 2 | 0 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 37 | 0 | |
Honours
Individual
- Swiss Super League Most clean sheets: 2021–22[16]
