Florian Kainz

FC Köln">1. FC Köln and the Austria national team.

Florian Kainz

Kainz with Austria in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth	(1992-10-24) 24 October 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth	Graz, Austria
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	1. FC Köln
Number	11
Youth career
	Sturm Graz
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2014	Sturm Graz	98	(15)
2014–2016	Rapid Wien	65	(11)
2016–2019	Werder Bremen	52	(5)
2019–	1. FC Köln	144	(19)
International career‡
2010	Austria U18	2	(0)
2010	Austria U19	5	(0)
2011–2014	Austria U21	17	(1)
2015–	Austria	27	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:42, 28 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:12, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

In July 2014, after more than a decade with Sturm Graz, Graz native Kainz transferred to Rapid Wien for an undisclosed fee. He signed for Rapid until summer 2017.

In June 2016, Kainz joined Werder Bremen on a four-year contract, for a reported €3.5 million transfer fee. On 18 March 2017, he scored his first goal for the club in a 3–0 win against Leipzig. Having been introduced as a substitute in the 88th minute he found the net two minutes later in a match that saw all three of Werder Bremen's Austrian players score in the club's highest win of the season. Two matches later he assisted the last goal in Werder Bremen’s 5–2 win away to Freiburg via free kick, after being brought onto the pitch in the 76th minute.

In the first match of the 2018–19 season, a 6–1 win against Wormatia Worms in the first round of the DFB-Pokal, Kainz assisted the first goal and scored the second in a "Man of the Match" performance.

In January 2019, Kainz joined 1. FC Köln on a three-and-a-half-year deal. The transfer fee paid to Werder Bremen was reported as €3 million.

Kainz made his debut for the senior Austria squad when he came on as a substitute in a friendly against Switzerland in November 2015.

Club

As of match played 20 April 2024