Kevin Friesenbichler

Kevin Friesenbichler

Friesenbichler with Austria U21 in 2016
Personal information
Full name Kevin Friesenbichler
Date of birth (1994-05-06) 6 May 1994
Place of birth Weiz, Austria
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Austria Wien (on loan from Benfica)
Number 9
Youth career
2000–2008 SC Weiz
2008–2009 Austria Wien
2009–2010 Admira Mödling
2010–2012 Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Bayern Munich II 34 (16)
2014– Benfica B 0 (0)
2014–2015 → Lechia Gdańsk (loan) 17 (5)
2015– → Austria Wien (loan) 44 (9)
National team‡
2009 Austria U16 6 (10)
2010 Austria U17 5 (3)
2011 Austria U18 2 (0)
2012 Austria U19 5 (3)
2013– Austria U21 12 (3)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 November 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 November 2016

Kevin Friesenbichler (born 6 May 1994) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Austria Wien, on loan from Portuguese club Benfica.

Club career

Born in Weiz, Friesenbichler joined local team SC Weiz at the age of five before joining Austrian giants FK Austria Wien in 2008. After a year he moved on to Admira Mödling and in 2010, he joined German heavyweight Bayern Munich. For the then 16-year-old Bayern even paid a transfer fee believed to be €500,000.[1] He enjoyed a debut hat-trick for their U17 side and spent subsequently three years playing for their U19 squad, scoring 27 goals in 37 appearances. His impressive form lead him to be promoted to FC Bayern Munich II for the 2012-13 Regionalliga season. However, it was the 2013-14 season that he arrived at the scene, scoring 15 goals in 22 appearances as Bayern Munich II topped their table.

On 22 May 2014, Friesenbichler signed a four-year deal with Portuguese champions Benfica on a free transfer.[2] On 26 July 2014, he scored his first goal for Benfica B on his debut in a friendly match win (4–3) against Ajax II.[3]

On 22 August 2014, after not even two months at Benfica, Friesenbichler was loaned to Polish side Lechia Gdańsk on a season-long deal. According to his father he wouldn't have had many chances to play for Benfica and was therefore looking to pick up match practice.[4] He made his professional debut on 31 August 2014 against Ruch Chorzów (3–3), also scoring his first goal in process.[5]

On 22 July 2015, he was loaned to Austria Wien for one season.[6] Exactly a year later, the loan was extended by a further season.[7]

International career

On 14 August 2009, Friesenbichler made his debut for Austria U16 in an 8–0 victory over Liechtenstein U16, scoring 2 goals. He made his debut in competitive youth level international football on 18 November 2013 against Hungary in a 4–2 victory, in which he scored 1 goal.

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