| Florian Kainz | |
| Birth Date: | 24 October 1992 |
| Birth Place: | Graz, Austria |
| Height: | 1.76 m[1] [2] |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | 1. FC Köln |
| Clubnumber: | 11 |
| Youthclubs1: | Sturm Graz |
| Years1: | 2010–2014 |
| Caps1: | 98 |
| Goals1: | 15 |
| Clubs1: | Sturm Graz |
| Years2: | 2014–2016 |
| Caps2: | 65 |
| Goals2: | 11 |
| Clubs2: | Rapid Wien |
| Years3: | 2016–2019 |
| Caps3: | 52 |
| Goals3: | 5 |
| Clubs3: | Werder Bremen |
| Years4: | 2019– |
| Caps4: | 147 |
| Goals4: | 20 |
| Clubs4: | 1. FC Köln |
| Nationalyears1: | 2010 |
| Nationalteam1: | Austria U18 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2010 |
| Nationalteam2: | Austria U19 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2011–2014 |
| Nationalteam3: | Austria U21 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 17 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 1 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2015– |
| Nationalteam4: | Austria |
| Nationalcaps4: | 28 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | 15:26, 18 May 2024 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 20:16, 8 June 2024 (UTC) |
Florian Kainz (pronounced as /de/;[3] [4] born 24 October 1992) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club 1. FC Köln and the Austria national team.
In July 2014, after more than a decade with Sturm Graz, Graz native Kainz transferred to Rapid Wien for an undisclosed fee.[5] He signed for Rapid until summer 2017.[6]
In June 2016, Kainz joined Werder Bremen on a four-year contract for a reported €3.5 million transfer fee.[7] 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.[8] [9] Two matches later he assisted the last goal in Werder Bremen's 5–2 away victory against Freiburg via free kick, after being brought onto the pitch in the 76th minute.[10]
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.[11] [12]
In January 2019, Kainz joined 1. FC Köln on a three-and-a-half-year contract. The transfer fee paid to Werder Bremen was reported as €3 million.[13] [14] In March 2022, he signed a new contract until 2024.[15] In January 2023, he extended his contract until 2025.[16] He became club's captain ahead of the 2023–24 season, following Jonas Hector's retirement.[17]
In November 2015, Kainz debuted for the Austrian senior squad during a friendly match against Switzerland, coming as a substitute.[18] He scored his first goal in a UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying against Estonia.[19]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Sturm Graz | 2010–11 | Austrian Bundesliga | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 18 | 2 | ||
| 2011–12 | Austrian Bundesliga | 25 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | – | 35 | 7 | |||
| 2012–13 | Austrian Bundesliga | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 3 | ||||
| 2013–14 | Austrian Bundesliga | 33 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 40 | 9 | |||
| 2014–15 | Austrian Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 98 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 21 | |||
| Rapid Wien | 2014–15 | Austrian Bundesliga | 32 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 35 | 4 | ||
| 2015–16 | Austrian Bundesliga | 33 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 1 | – | 47 | 11 | |||
| Total | 65 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 15 | |||
| Werder Bremen | 2016–17 | Bundesliga | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 2 | |||
| 2017–18 | Bundesliga | 30 | 3 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 34 | 4 | ||||
| 2018–19 | Bundesliga | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 10 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 52 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 8 | |||
| 1. FC Köln | 2018–19 | 2. Bundesliga | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 15 | 1 | |||
| 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 28 | 5 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 29 | 6 | ||||
| 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |||
| 2021–22 | Bundesliga | 32 | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 4 | ||||
| 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 32 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | – | 40 | 6 | |||
| 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 33 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 35 | 5 | |||
| Total | 147 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 163 | 23 | |||
| Career total | 362 | 52 | 32 | 11 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 425 | 67 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 2015 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | 6 | 1 | ||
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 28 | 1 | ||
Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kainz goal.
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