Lukas Fridrikas (born 30 December 1997) is an Austrian professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a striker for Rheindorf Altach.

Career

Fridrikas is a product of the youth academies of

Admira Wacker Admira Wacker is an Austrian professional Association football, football club based in Maria Enzersdorf, a town in the Mödling District of Lower Austria. The team competes in the 2. Liga (Austria), 2. Liga, the second tier of the Football in Au ...

and Red Bull Salzburg. He began his senior career with

Anif Anif is a municipality of Salzburg-Umgebung District in the Austrian state of Salzburg. Geography It is located at the southern city limits of Salzburg. In the south, it borders on Hallein District. Anif is one of the smallest municipalities in ...

in 2015, before moving to Seekirchen where he scored 15 goals in 17 games. He then signed with Wiener Neustädter in January 2017. Fridrikas moved to

Dornbirn Dornbirn () is a city in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg. It is the administrative centre for the district of Dornbirn, which also includes the town of Hohenems, and the market town Lustenau. Dornbirn is the largest city in Vorarlb ...

in 2018, and helped them get promoted into the 2. Liga. On 30 December 2020, he transferred to

Wacker Innsbruck FC Wacker Innsbruck was an Austrian association football club from Innsbruck, Tyrol. History The ''Fußball-Club Wacker'' ("Valiant") ''Innsbruck'' was established in 1915 by Jakob Hanspeter, Benedikt Hosp, Josef Leitner, Josef Albrecht and o ...

signing a contract until 2024. On 1 January 2022, he transferred to

Austria Klagenfurt Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, of which the capital Vienna is the most populous city and state. Austria is bordered by Ger ...

in the

Austrian Football Bundesliga The Bundesliga ( , "Federal League"), also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Austria and the highest level of the Austrian football league system. The competition decides the A ...

. In the summer of 2024, Fridrikas signed a three-year contract with Rheindorf Altach.

Personal life

Fridrikas is the son of the Lithuanian former international footballer Robertas and the Lithuanian-Austrian handball player Ausra. His paternal half-brother,

Mantas Mantas is a Lithuanian given name. People with the name include: * Mantas Adomėnas (born 1972), philosopher * Mantas Armalis (born 1992), professional ice hockey goaltender * Mantas Dilys (born 1984), triple jumper * Mantas Fridrikas (born 1988) ...

, is also a Lithuanian international footballer.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fridrikas, Lukas 1997 births Footballers from Vienna Living people Men's association football forwards Austrian men's footballers Austrian people of Lithuanian descent FC Liefering players SV Seekirchen 1945 players 1. Wiener Neustädter SC players FC Dornbirn 1913 players FC Wacker Innsbruck (2002) players SK Austria Klagenfurt (2007) players SC Austria Lustenau players SC Rheindorf Altach players Austrian Football Bundesliga players 2. Liga (Austria) players Austrian Regionalliga players 21st-century Austrian sportsmen