Thomas Goiginger (born 15 March 1993) is an Austrian professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

Goiginger has played for

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, TSV Neumarkt,

SV Grödig Sportverein Grödig is an Austrian association football club from Grödig. The team currently competes in the Regionalliga Salzburg, the third tier of Austrian football. Grödig were relegated from the Austrian Bundesliga at the end of the 2 ...

FC Blau-Weiß Linz FC Blau-Weiß Linz or BW Linz are an Austrian association football club playing in the Second League in the current 2020–21 season. History In 1997, FC Blau-Weiß Linz was founded, which adopted the traditions of the defunct club FC Li ...

, and

LASK Linz Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub, commonly known as Linzer ASK () or simply LASK, is an Austrian professional football club, from the Upper-Austrian state capital Linz. It is the oldest football club in that region, and plays in the Austrian Football ...

. In February 2024, Goiginger joined

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club

VfL Osnabrück VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis but is by far best known for its football section. History Foundation to WW2 The cl ...

International career

In November 2018, Goiginger was called up to the

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squad for the first team and was unused substitute during their

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matches against

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and

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. He made his debut on 19 November 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Latvia. He started the game and played the first 69 minutes.

Career statistics

References

1993 births Living people Austrian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Austria men's international footballers Austrian Football Bundesliga players 2. Liga (Austria) players 2. Bundesliga players TSV Neumarkt players SV Grödig players LASK players VfL Osnabrück players Austrian expatriate men's footballers Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Footballers from Linz {{Austria-footy-midfielder-stub