Daniel Royer (born 22 May 1990) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a winger.

Early career

Royer began his career as a youth player at FC Schladming in Upper Styria, where he was active from 1996 to 2004. In 2004, he moved to Sturm Graz. He quickly moved up the club's youth system and played for the club's reserve team during the 2008–09 season making twelve appearances and scoring two goals. Royer joined Regionalliga team

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during the 2009–10 season. In his one season at the club, he appeared in 25 league matches scoring six goals. After impressing with Pasching, Royer began to receive interest from

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clubs.

Club career

Ried

Royer signed with

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in 2010. On 10 October 2010 he scored his first goal for Ried in a 3–0 victory over LASK. The following match day, on 6 November, Royer scored the winning goal for Ried in a 2–1 victory over

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. He ended his first season at the club capturing the

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. Royer began his second season with Ried before transferring to German club

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on 31 August, the last day of the transfer window.

Hannover 96

Royer made his debut in the German Bundesliga on 24 September 2011 against FC Augsburg. He came on in the 88th minute for Sérgio Pinto in the match that ended in a goalless draw. During the 2011–12 season Royer also played for

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Köln

For the 2012–13 season Royer was sent on loan to

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. On 26 August 2012, Royer he scored his first goal for Köln in a 3–3 draw with

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. In his one year at the club Royer was a regular for Köln as he appeared in 26 league matches and scored three goals.

Austria Wien

On 24 June 2013, Royer returned to Austria, signing with

. He scored his first goal for Austria Wien on 25 August 2013 opening the scoring for his club in a 4–1 victory over Wolfsberger AC. Royer was an important player for Wien, in his two seasons at the club he made 76 appearances, scoring fourteen goals.

Midtjylland

On 22 May 2015, Danish champions Midtjylland announced the signing of Royer. Royer scored his first goal with Midtjylland on 10 August 2015 in a 2–0 league victory over AaB. During the 2015–16 season he appeared in 36 matches scoring two goals across the Superliga, Champions League qualifying, and Europa League.

New York Red Bulls

On 3 August 2016, Royer signed with New York Red Bulls. On 21 August 2016, he made his New York Red Bulls debut at

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against D.C. United in a 2–2 draw. He scored his first goal with the club on 24 September 2016 in a 1–0 victory; heading in the winning goal against the Montreal Impact. On 27 May 2017, Royer scored the game-winning goal in a 2–1 victory over New England Revolution. On 14 June 2017, he scored the lone goal for New York in a 1–0 victory over rival New York City FC in the 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. On 19 July 2017, he recorded his first multi-goal game for New York, scoring twice in a 5–1 victory over

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. Three days later, Royer scored the opening goal and assisted on another in helping New York to a 3–0 victory over Minnesota United, earning him MLS Player of the Week honors. On 29 July 2017, he scored another two goals for New York in a 4–0 rout over Montreal Impact. On 22 February 2018, Royer scored New York's lone goal in a 1–1 draw against

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in the first leg of the round of 16 match of the

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. On 28 April 2018, he scored his first league goal of the season, helping New York to a 3–2 victory over Los Angeles Galaxy. On 6 June 2018, he scored a brace in two minutes to cap off New York's 4–0 derby win over New York City FC in the fourth round of the

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. On 11 November 2018, Royer scored a brace to lift New York to a 3–0 playoff victory against Columbus Crew, sending New York to the eastern conference finals. On November 8, 2019, Royer was named the New York Red Bulls team MVP for

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after leading the team in goals and assists throughout the season. Following the 2021 season, New York declined their contract option on Royer.

International career

Royer has represented Austria serving as captain of the under-21 team appearing in 9 matches and scoring three goals. On 19 May 2011, he was called up to the full national team by

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. He made his first appearance for the national team on 3 June 2011 coming on as a second-half substitute for

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in a European Championship qualifier against Germany.

Career statistics

Honours

Ried *

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New York Red Bulls * MLS Supporters' Shield:

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References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Royer, Daniel 1990 births Living people 1. FC Köln players 2. Bundesliga players Association football midfielders Austria international footballers Austria under-21 international footballers Austrian expatriate footballers Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Austrian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Austrian Football Bundesliga players Austrian footballers Bundesliga players Danish Superliga players Expatriate footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Expatriate soccer players in the United States FC Juniors OÖ players FK Austria Wien players Hannover 96 II players Hannover 96 players Major League Soccer players FC Midtjylland players New York Red Bulls players People from Liezen District SV Ried players Footballers from Styria