Manuel Pfeifer (born 10 September 1999) 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

left-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categ ...

for

Austrian 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 ...

club

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 ...

Career

Pfeifer is a youth product of USV Rollsdorf, SC St. Ruprecht/Raab,

Grazer AK Grazer Athletiksport Klub (; abbreviated as GAK), better known simply as Grazer AK, is an Austrian sports club based in the city of Graz in the federal state of Styria. The football section was once among Austria's most popular clubs, enjoying s ...

and

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 ...

. In 2016, he transferred to

where he was mostly assigned to their reserves. He made his senior and professional debut with their main team in the

Austrian Regionalliga The Austrian Regionalliga ( or plural , means Regional League) is the third-highest division in Austrian football, after the Austrian Bundesliga and the Second League. It is divided into 3 groups: East (), covering the states of Vienna, Lower A ...

in 2016, his only senior appearance in that stint. On 19 July 2019 he moved to Allerheiligen on loan in the

for the 2019–20 season. In the summer of 2020, he moved to

Lafnitz Lafnitz () is a municipality in the district of Hartberg-Fürstenfeld in Styria, Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal ...

's reserves, and was promoted to their senior team in the 2. Liga for the 2021–22 season. After becoming a stalwart at Lafnitz, he returned to Hartberg on 3 January 2023 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 ...

, signing a contract until June 2025.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pfeifer, Manuel 1999 births Living people People from Hartberg District Austrian men's footballers TSV Hartberg players SV Allerheiligen players SV Lafnitz players Austrian Football Bundesliga players 2. Liga (Austria) players Austrian Regionalliga players Men's association football fullbacks 21st-century Austrian sportsmen