Kai Lukas Stratznig (born 15 April 2002) is an Austrian professional
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
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for
First Vienna
First Vienna FC is an Austrian football club based in the Döbling district of Vienna. Established on 22 August 1894, it is the country's oldest team and has played a notable role in the history of the game there. It is familiarly known to Aust ...
.
Club career
Born in
Spittal an der Drau
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, Stratznig grew up in
Mühldorf
Mühldorf am Inn (, ; Central Bavarian: ''Muihdorf am Inn'') is a Town#Germany, town in Bavaria, Germany, and the capital of the Mühldorf (district), district Mühldorf on the river Inn (river), Inn. It is located at , and had a population of ab ...
and began his career at the local club SC Mühldorf. Ahead of the 2016–17 season, he joined the academy of
Wolfsberger AC
Wolfsberger AC, commonly referred to as Wolfsberg or simply WAC, is an Austrian association football club from Wolfsberg, Carinthia, who currently play in the Austrian Bundesliga. Between the 2007–08 and 2011–12 seasons, Wolfsberger AC enter ...
. In March 2019, he made his debut for the reserve team in the
Austrian Regionalliga
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against
FC Wels
FC Wels is an Austrian association football club founded in 2003 by the merger of the traditional clubs ''SK Eintracht Wels'' and ''FC Union Wels''.
In June 2020, Stratznig was included in the first-team squad for the first time for the match against
Sturm Graz
Sportklub Sturm Graz is an Austrian professional association football club, based in Graz, playing in the Austrian Football Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1909. Its colours are black and white.
In its history, Sturm Graz has won the Austr ...
. He made his
Bundesliga
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debut the same month when he came on as a substitute for
Romano Schmid
Romano Christian Schmid (born 27 January 2000) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Bundesliga club Werder Bremen and the Austria national team.
Club career
In January 2019, Schmid joined Bundesliga si ...
in the 75th minute of a 4–2 loss to
TSV Hartberg
TSV Hartberg, currently known as TSV Egger Glas Hartberg for sponsorship reasons, is an association football club based in Hartberg, Styria, Austria. Founded in 1946, the club competes in the Austrian Football Bundesliga, the top tier of the Aust ...
on 10 June. He made his first appearance in the starting eleven on 21 June in a 2–2 draw against Red Bull Salzburg.
He suffered an ankle injury in a game against Red Bull Salzburg in February 2022, ruling him out for an extended period. Stratznig left Wolfsberger AC as his contract expired at the end of the 2021–22 season, after declining an extension offer by the club. On 23 February 2023 he joined Second League club
First Vienna FC
First Vienna FC is an Austrian football club based in the Döbling district of Vienna. Established on 22 August 1894, it is the country's oldest team and has played a notable role in the history of the game there. It is familiarly known to Aust ...
.
International career
In March 2021, Stratznig made his international debut for the Austria U21 team against
Saudi Arabia
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