Roman Wallner

association football player

Roman Wallner (born 4 February 1982 in Graz, Styria) is a former Austrian footballer. He played as striker.

Roman Wallner
Personal information
Full name Roman Wallner
Date of birth (1982-02-04) 4 February 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Graz, Styria, Austria
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
FC Wacker Innsbruck
Number 9
Youth career
1988–1998 Sturm Graz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–1999 Sturm Graz 0 (0)
1999–2004 Rapid Vienna 134 (42)
2004–2006 Hannover 96 10 (0)
2005Admira Wacker (loan) 15 (1)
2006Austria Vienna (loan) 9 (0)
2006–2007 Austria Vienna 30 (6)
2007–2008 Falkirk 2 (0)
2007Hamilton Academical (loan) 3 (1)
2008 Apollon Kalamarias 1 (0)
2008 Skoda Xanthi 0 (0)
2009–2010 LASK Linz 30 (17)
2010–2012 Red Bull Salzburg 60 (24)
2012 RB Leipzig 7 (5)
2012-2014 FC Wacker Innsbruck 52 (14)
2014-2016 SV Grödig 40 (6)
2017-2019 SV Grödig 29 (11)
National team
2001– 2010 Austria 29 (7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 January 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 January 2022

Career

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He started playing football in his hometown Graz for Sturm Graz, the next year he played for SK Rapid Wien. He played for Rapid from 1999 till 2004 and shot 42 goals in 134 matches. Roman Wallner also played for Hannover 96, Admira Wacker, Austria Vienna, Falkirk, Hamilton Academical, Apollon Kalamarias and Skoda Xanthi. After his years in Greece he came back to Austria playing for LASK Linz. Because he had also personal problems during his time in foreign countries the contract with LASK was his last chance to gain success in football. He played this year very successfully and scored 19 goals for LASK and Red Bull Salzburg where he went in winter 2010. In the 2010/11 season he was the best scorer for Red Bull Salzburg with 18 goals in the league and 4 goals in international matches.

National team

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He started his career in 2001 in the World Cup qualification match versus Liechtenstein.Since then he scored 7 goals in 29 matches.

Austria national team
YearAppsGoals
2001 4 0
2002 8 3
2003 3 2
2004 4 0
2005 1 0
2006 3 0
2007 0 0
2008 0 0
2009 4 1
2010 2 1
Total 29 7

Honours

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