Stefan Lexa

Stefan Lexa (born 1 November 1976) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a right winger.[1]

Stefan Lexa
Lexa in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-11-01) 1 November 1976
Place of birth Klagenfurt, Austria
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Right winger
Youth career
1983–1989 SV Heimstetten
1989–1995 1860 Munich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1996 SpVgg Landshut 22 (0)
1996 SV Heimstetten
1996–1998 Wacker Burghausen 49 (2)
1998–1999 SV Wehen 31 (4)
1999–2001 SSV Reutlingen 59 (9)
2001–2002 SpVgg Unterhaching 28 (6)
2002–2003 CD Tenerife 11 (0)
2003–2006 Eintracht Frankfurt 56 (2)
2006–2007 1. FC Kaiserslautern 24 (1)
2007 1. FC Kaiserslautern II 4 (0)
2008 1. FC Kaiserslautern 15 (0)
2008–2012 SV Ried 121 (13)
2012–2013 SV Grödig 34 (4)
Total 454 (41)
International career
2001–2009 Austria 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Much-travelled Lexa was born in Klagenfurt but was raised in Germany. At the age of seven years he started at SV Heimstetten. As youth player he also played for TSV 1860 Munich. He spent a couple of years in the 2. Bundesliga before winning promotion to the Bundesliga with Eintracht Frankfurt after he got relegated with them the season before. With Eintracht he also lost the 2006 DFB-Pokal final. After that final he moved back to the 2. Bundesliga to play for 1. FC Kaiserslautern before making his debut in the Austrian Football Bundesliga with SV Ried in 2008. In 2002–03, he also played 11 games for Segunda División side CD Tenerife.

The Carinthian was classified as a good dribbler and mostly played on the right wing.

International career

Lexa debuted for Austria in an October 2001 World Cup qualification match against Israel under manager Otto Barić. He was capped six times, in doing so not being capped for four years between 2002 and 2006. His last international was a May 2006 friendly match against Croatia.

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Austria 200130
200210
200300
200400
200500
200610
200700
200800
200910
Total60

Honours

Eintracht Frankfurt

SV Grödig

References
  1. "Lexa, Stefan" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
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