Heinz Lindner

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 Sion and the Austria national team.

Heinz Lindner

Lindner with Austria in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth	(1990-07-17) 17 July 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Linz, Austria
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Sion
Number	1
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–	Sion	32	(0)
2024	→ Union Saint-Gilloise (Loan)	1	(0)
International career‡
2012–	Austria	37	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct 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 21 January 2024^[14]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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	—		—		1	0
	2016–17	Bundesliga	2	0	0	0	—		—		2	0
	Total		2	0	1	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
	Total		28	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
Career total			386	0	25	0	34	0	0	0	448	0

1. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
2. Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
3. 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 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]