Philipp Lienhart

Philipp Lienhart

Lienhart with Austria U21 in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-07-11) 11 July 1996
Place of birth Lilienfeld, Austria
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
Real Madrid B
Youth career
2008–2015 Rapid Wien
2014–2015Real Madrid (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Rapid Wien II 28 (1)
2014–2015Real Madrid C (loan) 3 (1)
2015– Real Madrid B 34 (1)
2015– Real Madrid 0 (0)
National team
2014 Austria U18 3 (0)
2014–2015 Austria U19 10 (0)
2015 Austria U20 4 (0)
2015– Austria U21 9 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 October 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 October 2016

Philipp Lienhart (born 11 July 1996) is an Austrian footballer who plays for Spanish club Real Madrid Castilla as a central defender.

Club career

Born in Lilienfeld, Lower Austria, Lienhart joined SK Rapid Wien's youth setup in 2008, aged 12. He made his senior debut for their reserve team on 16 April 2013, coming on as a late substitute in a 3–3 away draw against FC Admira Wacker Mödling Amateure for the Regionalliga championship.

In August 2014, after being regularly used, Lienhart was loaned to Real Madrid.[1] He competed with their youth team in the season's UEFA Youth League, playing seven matches and scoring in a 3–2 loss away to Liverpool in the group stage on 22 October, and also appeared with the C-side in Tercera División.

At the end of his first season, Lienhart was signed permanently for €800,000,[2] and was subsequently promoted to the reserves by manager Zinedine Zidane.[3] He made his debut for the B-team on 30 August 2015, playing the full 90 minutes of a 2–1 win at CF Rayo Majadahonda.[4]

On 3 October 2015 Lienhart scored his first Castilla goal, equalising for a 1–1 draw at Sestao River Club by heading in Martin Ødegaard's corner kick.[5] Two weeks later, amid an injury crisis, he was included in the main squad for the first time by manager Rafael Benítez, for a La Liga match against Levante UD;[6] he was unused in the 3–0 win at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium.

Lienhart made his first team debut on 2 December 2015, replacing James Rodríguez in a 3–1 Copa del Rey away win against Cádiz CF.[7]

International career

Lienhart represented Austria at under-18, under-19, under-20 and under-21 levels.

References

  1. "El Castilla se refuerza con la cesión de Lienhart" [Castilla bolsters with the loan of Lienhart] (in Spanish). Defensa Central. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  2. De la Rosa, Álvario (17 October 2015). "Lienhart: un central de 800.000€" [Lienhart: an €800,000 defender] (in Spanish). Diario AS. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  3. "El nuevo ejército de Zizou" [Zizou's new army] (in Spanish). Marca. 5 July 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  4. "1–2: El Castilla remonta con un doblete de Mariano" [1–2: Castilla comebacks with a Mariano's double]. Real Madrid's official website. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  5. "1-1: Castilla get a point in Sestao". Real Madrid's official website. 3 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  6. "Ramos and Arbeloa late losses for Levante game". Marca. 16 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  7. "Victoria indebida" [Unduly win] (in Spanish). Marca. 2 December 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
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