Stefan Lexa (born 1 November 1976) is an Austrian former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Much-travelled Lexa was born in Klagenfurt but was raised in Germany. At the age of seven years he started at

SV Heimstetten SV Heimstetten is a German association football club based in Kirchheim in the district of Munich, Bavaria. History The club was founded in 1967 and in addition to a football team has departments for basketball, gymnastics, Judo, table tenni ...

. As youth player he also played for

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. He spent a couple of years in the 2. Bundesliga before winning promotion to the

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with

Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a German professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse. It is best known for its football club, which was founded on 8 March 1899. The club currently plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German footb ...

after he got relegated with them the season before. With Eintracht he also lost the 2006

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final. After that final he moved back to the 2. Bundesliga to play for

1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern e. V., also known as 1. FCK, FCK (), FC Kaiserslautern (), K'lautern or colloquially Lautern (), is a German sports club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to Association football, football ...

before making his debut in the

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with

SV Ried SV Ried, commonly known as SV Guntamatic Ried for sponsorship reasons, is an Austrian association football club based in Ried im Innkreis, Upper Austria. The team plays its home matches at Josko Arena, a stadium with a capacity of 7,680. The t ...

in 2008. In 2002–03, he also played 11 games for

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side

CD Tenerife Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1922, the club plays in the Segunda División, holding home matches at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez L� ...

. The Carinthian was classified as a good dribbler and mostly played on the right wing.

International career

Lexa debuted for

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in an October 2001 World Cup qualification match against

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under manager

Otto Barić Otto Barić (; 19 June 1933 – 13 December 2020) was an Austrian-Croatian professional football player and manager. Coaching career 1970s to 1980s Born in Eisenkappel, near Klagenfurt, Barić started his coaching career in 1969 at West Germa ...

. He was capped six times, in doing so not being capped for four years between 2002 and 2006. His last international was a May 2006 friendly match against

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Career statistics

Honours

Eintracht Frankfurt *

: runner-up 2005–06 SV Grödig *

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References

External links

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Stefan Lexa Interview
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lexa, Stefan 1976 births Living people Footballers from Klagenfurt Austrian men's footballers Men's association football wingers Austria men's international footballers Austrian Football Bundesliga players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Segunda División players TSV 1860 Munich players SV Heimstetten players SV Wacker Burghausen players SV Wehen Wiesbaden players SpVgg Unterhaching players SSV Reutlingen 05 players CD Tenerife players Eintracht Frankfurt players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players SV Ried players SV Grödig players Austrian expatriate men's footballers Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain