Roman Wallner

Roman Wallner

Personal information
Full name	Roman Wallner
Date of birth	(1982-02-04) 4 February 1982 (age 44)
Place of birth	Graz, Styria, Austria
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team 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)
2005	→ Admira Wacker (loan)	15	(1)
2006	→ Austria Vienna (loan)	9	(0)
2006–2007	Austria Vienna	30	(6)
2007–2008	Falkirk	2	(0)
2007	→ Hamilton 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)
International career‡
2001– 2010	Austria	29	(7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 January 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 January 2022

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

Career

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

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

Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Wallner goal.

List of international goals scored by Roman Wallner

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	18 May 2002	BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany	Germany	2-3	2-6	Friendly match
2	21 August 2002	St. Jakob-Park , Basel, Switzerland	Switzerland	1-0	2-3	Friendly match
3				2-3
4	11 June 2003	Tivoli, Innsbruck, Austria	Belarus	4-0	5-0	UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
5	20 August 2003	Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna , Austria	Costa Rica	2-0	2-0	Friendly match
6	10 October 2009	Tivoli , Innsbruck , Austria	Belarus	2-1	2-1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
7	3 March 2010	Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna , Austria	Denmark	2-1	2-1	Friendly match

Honours

• Championsleague player:
  • 1998/99 with Sturm Graz
• Austrian Footballer of the Year (1):
  • 2001
• Austrian Football Bundesliga (2):
  • 2006 with FK Austria Wien, 2010 with Red Bull Salzburg
• Austrian Cup (2):
  • 2006 , 2007 with FK Austria Wien

Other websites

• Official homepage Archived 2006-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
• Roman Wallner Rapid Archiv(German) Archived 2011-05-26 at the Wayback Machine

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