Gernot Trauner
![]() Trauner with Feyenoord in 2024 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 25 March 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Linz, Austria | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) |
Centre back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Feyenoord | ||
Number | 18 | ||
Youth career | |||
1997–2006 | SV Kematen am Innbach | ||
2006–2010 | AKA Linz | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2011 |
LASK II | 8 | (2) |
2010–2012 |
LASK | 13 | (0) |
2012–2017 | Ried | 104 | (5) |
2017–2021 |
LASK | 116 | (12) |
2021– | Feyenoord | 79 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2009–2010 | Austria U18 | 5 | (1) |
2010 | Austria U19 | 6 | (1) |
2012 | Austria U21 | 3 | (0) |
2018– | Austria | 15 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:30, 16 March 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:07, 23 March 2025 (UTC) |
Gernot Trauner (German pronunciation: .
Trauner progressed through different youth teams in
He made his debut for the Austria national team in 2018 in a friendly against Denmark.
Club career
Early years
Trauner started playing football for SV Kematen am Innbach in the Hausruckviertel of Upper Austria in 1997. Described by his youth coach Karl Karazi as "agile and technically gifted" from early on, he was particularly praised for his ambition to succeed.[4] He progressed through the different youth teams of the club until 2006, where he moved to regional football academy of Linz. He played there from under-15 to the under-19 level, winning the national under-17 championship with the team in the 2008–09 season.[5]
LASK
After having impressed with the under-19s of the Linz academy, Trauner was signed by regional powerhouse LASK in February 2010.[5] He initially played for the second team competing in the Upper Austrian Landesliga. He made his debut for this team in a 6–1 victory against SV Gmunden on 21 March 2010, scoring a goal.[6] Teammates on his debut included Lukas Kragl, Thomas Höltschl and Ali Hamdemir.[6] In his first season he made another ten appearances and scored three more goals.[7] The reserve team won promotion to the Austrian Regionalliga Central at the end of the season with a second place.[5]
Ahead of the 2010–11 season, Trauner was promoted to the LASK first team, making his Austrian Bundesliga debut under head coach Helmut Kraft as a substitute for René Aufhauser in a 1–0 regional derby loss to SV Ried on 31 July 2010.[4][8] He made 10 more league appearances that season as his team suffered relegation to the First League, but would miss the entirety of the 2011–12 season with a complicated hip injury.[4][9]
SV Ried
Trauner joined SV Ried on 12 June 2012, after his contract with LASK had expired. He signed a three-year contract.[10] He made his competitive debut for the club on 1 September, coming off the bench in the 84th minute for Nacho Rodríguez in a 1–0 home loss to Sturm Graz.[11]
He would suffer a
On 7 March 2015, Trauner scored his first goal in the Austrian Bundesliga, a powerful shot from distance, to hand Ried a 2–1 victory against SV Grödig.[14] In May 2015, he signed a contract extension with Ried until 2017.[15]
Trauner suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury in his right knee in April 2016, which meant that he missed large parts of the 2016–17 season.[16] He returned to the pitch on 29 November 2016, after a six-month absence, coming on as a substitute in the second half for Clemens Walch in a 1–0 loss to Rheindorf Altach.[17] The season ended with Ried suffering relegation to the second tier; their first relegation since 2003.[18]
Return to LASK

On 29 May 2017, Trauner returned to LASK on a three-year contract, as the club had won promotion back to the Bundesliga.
For the 2018–19 season, Trauner was named team captain.[25] Entering the second qualifying round of the Europa League, Trauner made his European debut in a 4–0 victory against Norwegian club Lillestrøm.[26] LASK were eliminated in the third qualifying round on away goals by Turkish side Beşiktaş.[27] He finished the season with three goals scored as LASK finished in second place in the Bundesliga.[28]
In the play-off round of the UEFA Champions League against Club Brugge, Trauner was sent off after receiving two yellow cards and LASK were eliminated, allowing them to enter the group stage of the Europa League.[29] On 12 December 2019, Trauner scored his first European goal, opening the score against Sporting CP in a 3–0 win.[30] In the Round of 16, LASK were eliminated by Manchester United.[31] In the 2019–20 season, LASK finished in fourth place in the Bundesliga, a result they repeated in the 2020–21 season. In the latter season, they were eliminated in the group stage of the Europa League and lost the final of the Austrian Cup to Red Bull Salzburg.[32]
Trauner made 158 competitive appearances for the club during his second stint, scoring 17 goals.[33]
Feyenoord

Trauner joined
Following Jens Toornstra's departure, Feyenoord head coach Arne Slot chose Trauner as team captain for the league opener, a 5–2 win against Vitesse on 7 August 2022.[42] His performance as captain was praised by pundit Emile Schelvis , who said he had "fought as a true captain" in RTV Rijnmond.[43] In the end, long-time Feyenoord player Orkun Kökçü was made the new permanent club captain, with Trauner taking over duties as vice-captain.[44] Trauner sustained a knee injury during practice on 22 December 2022 which required surgery, sidelining him for the following months.[45] Feyenoord went on to win the 2022–23 Eredivisie, earning Trauner the first prize of his career.[46]
Ahead of the 2023–24 season, Trauner was made the club's new captain after the departure of Orkun Kökçü.[47]
International career
Trauner has represented Austria at under-18, under-19 and under-21 level and was a member of the Austrian squad at the 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, where he played in all three of Austria's games and scored against England.[48]
He made his debut for the Austrian national team on 16 October 2018 in a friendly against Denmark.[49] On 11 November 2020, he scored his first international goal in a 3–0 away friendly win against Luxembourg.[50]
On 7 June 2024, he was named in the 26-man squad for the UEFA Euro 2024.[51] On 21 June, he scored his country's first goal from a header in a 3–1 victory over Poland.[52]
Personal life
Trauner is married and has three children.[4]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 16 March 2025
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
LASK | 2010–11 | Austrian Bundesliga | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |
2011–12 | 2. Liga
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |||
Ried | 2012–13 | Austrian Bundesliga | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |
2013–14 | Austrian Bundesliga | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | ||
2014–15 | Austrian Bundesliga | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 31 | 1 | ||
2015–16 | Austrian Bundesliga | 29 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | 31 | 4 | ||
2016–17 | Austrian Bundesliga | 10 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||
Total | 104 | 5 | 8 | 0 | — | 112 | 5 | |||
LASK | 2017–18 | Austrian Bundesliga | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 34 | 1 | |
2018–19 | Austrian Bundesliga | 28 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4[b] | 0 | 37 | 5 | |
2019–20 | Austrian Bundesliga | 28 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13[c] | 2 | 45 | 6 | |
2020–21 | Austrian Bundesliga | 29 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6[b] | 1 | 41 | 5 | |
2021–22 | Austrian Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 116 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 23 | 3 | 158 | 17 | ||
Feyenoord | 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15[d] | 0 | 46 | 0 |
2022–23 | Eredivisie | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7[b] | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
2023–24 | Eredivisie | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4[e] | 0 | 26 | 1 | |
2024–25 | Eredivisie | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9[e] | 1 | 20 | 1 | |
Total | 79 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 118 | 2 | ||
Career total | 312 | 18 | 33 | 2 | 58 | 4 | 403 | 24 |
- ^ Includes Austrian Cup, KNVB Cup
- ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, nine appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
- UEFA Europa Conference League
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
International
- As of match played 23 March 2025[53]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Austria | 2018 | 1 | 0 |
2020 | 2 | 1 | |
2021 | 2 | 0 | |
2022 | 4 | 0 | |
2023 | 1 | 0 | |
2024 | 4 | 1 | |
2025 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 15 | 2 |
- Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Trauner goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 11 November 2020 | Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg | ![]() |
1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly
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2. | 21 June 2024 | Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany | ![]() |
1–0 | 3–1 | UEFA Euro 2024 |
Honours
Feyenoord
Individual
- August 2022,[59]
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External links
- Gernot Trauner at Soccerway
- Gernot Trauner at National-Football-Teams.com