Michael Liendl

Michael Liendl (born 25 October 1985) is an Austrian professional association football player who plays for Wolfsberger AC. He plays as a midfielder.

Club Career

Liendl started his career playing for FC Nenzing and FC Thuringen. Later on, he played for Grazer AK, Kapfenberger SV, Austria Wien and Wolfsberger AC, before moving to Germany to join Fortuna Dusseldorf in 2014, and 1860 Munich in 2015.

Later on, he played for the Dutch club Twente, then he returned to Austria to rejoin Wolfsberger AC in 2018. On 29 October 2020, Liendl scored a hat-trick in a 4–1 away win over Feyenoord in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League, to become the third oldest player to achieve that feat, only behind Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Aritz Aduriz.

International Career

On 3 June 2014, he made his debut for the Austrian national team under coach Marcel Koller, in a friendly away match against Czech Republic, in which he came on as a substitute to Andreas Ivanschitz in the 63rd minute. However, the match ended in a 2–1 win for Austria.