Heinz Lindner

Heinz Lindner
Lindner with Austria in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-07-17) 17 July 1990
Place of birth Linz, Austria
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Zürich
Number 13
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)
2025–2026 Young Boys 0 (0)
2026– Zürich 3 (0)
International career‡
2012– Austria 37 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 August 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 19:53, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

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 Zürich and the Austria national team.

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]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Austria Wien (A)2007–08First League 10———10
2008–09First League 10040——140
2009–10First League 13020——150
2010–11Regional League East 20———20
Total26060——320
Austria Wien2009–10Austrian Bundesliga 1601000—170
2010–11Austrian Bundesliga 240006[a]0—300
2011–12Austrian Bundesliga 230503[a]0—310
2012–13Austrian Bundesliga 36040——400
2013–14Austrian Bundesliga 3601010[b]0—470
2014–15Austrian Bundesliga 31060——370
Total 1660170190—2020
Eintracht Frankfurt 2015–16 Bundesliga 0010—0010
2016–17 Bundesliga 2000——20
Total 2010—0030
Grasshoppers 2017–18 Swiss Super League 36040——400
2018–19 Swiss Super League 35000——350
Total 71040——750
Wehen Wiesbaden2019–202. Bundesliga 23000——230
Basel 2020–21 Swiss Super League 3100000—310
2021–22 Swiss Super League 3600014[c]0—470
Total 67000140—780
Sion 2022–23 Swiss Super League 28010——290
2023–24 Swiss Challenge League 0000——00
2024–25 Swiss Super League 2020——40
Total 30010——310
Sion II 2023–24 Swiss 1. Liga 20———20
Saint-Gilloise (loan) 2023–24 Belgian Pro League 10001[c]00020
Young Boys 2025–26 Swiss Super League 001000—10
Career total 3880280340004530
  1. 1 2 Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
  3. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of matches played on 8 June 2024[15]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Austria 201220
201330
201420
201500
201610
201780
201880
201940
202000
202110
202250
202320
202410
Total370

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Dudenredaktion; Kleiner, Stefan; Knöbl, Ralf (2015) [First published 1962]. Das Aussprachewörterbuch [The Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German) (7th ed.). Berlin: Dudenverlag. pp. 435, 557. ISBN 978-3-411-04067-4.
  2. ↑ Krech, Eva-Maria; Stock, Eberhard; Hirschfeld, Ursula; Anders, Lutz Christian (2009). Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch [German Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. pp. 575, 703. ISBN 978-3-11-018202-6.
  3. ↑ "Austria: Lindner-Transfer geplatzt". Sport24 (in German). 27 January 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  4. ↑ FC Basel 1893 (8 September 2020). "Der FCB verpflichtet Heinz Lindner". FCB signed Heinz Lindner (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 8 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (21 November 2020). "BSC Young Boys - FC Basel 2:1 (1:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  6. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (2022). "Heinz Lindner". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "Heinz Lindner s'engage avec le FC Sion !" (in French). Sion. 26 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  8. ↑ "Austria keeper Lindner diagnosed with testicular cancer". Reuters. 16 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  9. ↑ "Sion-Goalie Lindner gibt Comeback nach Krebs-Schock". Blick (in German). 19 June 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  10. ↑ "Lindners harter Weg zurück vom Krebs-Schock". Blick (in German). 25 November 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  11. ↑ Marien, Joseph (16 January 2024). "Goalkeeper Heinz Lindner joins Union on a loan deal" (in German). Royale Union Saint-Gilloise. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  12. ↑ "Heinz Lindner player profile and match log". soccerway.com. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  13. ↑ "Austria-Hungary | Line-up". UEFA. com. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  14. ↑ "Heinz Lindner » Club matches". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  15. ↑ Heinz Lindner at National-Football-Teams.com
  16. ↑ Matchcenter
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