Place of birth Hallein, Austria 2005–2007 Red Bull Salzburg Weight 86 kg Name Stefan Ilsanker Career start 2007 | Number 13 Role Football midfielder Parents Herbert Ilsanker –2005 1. Halleiner SK Height 1.89 m | |
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Date of birth (1989-05-18) 18 May 1989 (age 26) Current teams RB Leipzig (#13 / Midfielder), Austria national football team (Defender, Midfielder) | ||
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Stefan Ilsanker (born 18 May 1989 in Hallein) is an Austrian football midfielder who plays for RB Leipzig. Ilsanker has represented his country at Under 19 European Championship and was a member of the under-21 team.
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Club career
Ilsanker began his career in the youth squad of 1. Halleiner SK as goalkeeper but soon switched into the midfield. In 2005, he signed with Red Bull Salzburg, where he played in the Red Bull Juniors team.
On 4 April 2009, Ilsanker was called up to the first team bench for a league game. His first game for Red Bull Salzburg was a national cup match on 15 August 2009. On 25 August 2009, he played his first international game for Red Bull Salzburg in the UEFA Champions League qualifier versus Maccabi Haifa.
At the end of the 2009–10 season Ilsanker signed with SV Mattersburg.2012 he came back to Red Bull Salzburg. In the meantime he is a regular of the starting team of the club. On 26 February the club announced, that his contract was extended till 2018.
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Stefan Ilsanker is the son of Herbert Ilsanker, the goalkeeper coach of FC Red Bull Salzburg.