 Hinteregger withAustria in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1992-09-07)7 September 1992 (age 32) | ||
| Place of birth | Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria[1] | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Austria Klagenfurt | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2007 | SGA Sirnitz | ||
| 2006–2010 | Red Bull Salzburg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2011 | Red Bull Salzburg Juniors | 13 | (6) |
| 2010–2016 | Red Bull Salzburg | 143 | (5) |
| 2016 | →Borussia Mönchengladbach (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2016–2019 | FC Augsburg | 79 | (5) |
| 2019 | →Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2019–2022 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 87 | (11) |
| 2022–2024 | SGA Sirnitz | 59 | (40) |
| 2025– | Austria Klagenfurt | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2008–2009 | Austria U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Austria U18 | 4 | (0) |
| 2010 | Austria U19 | 5 | (0) |
| 2010–2013 | Austria U21 | 13 | (0) |
| 2013–2022 | Austria | 67 | (4) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 December 2024 | |||
Martin Hinteregger (born 7 September 1992) is an Austrianfootballer who plays forAustrian Bundesliga clubAustria Klagenfurt.[2] Acentre-back renowned for his aerial ability,[3][4] Hinteregger gained acult following among fans and was referred to asHinti.[5][6]
Hinteregger began his career with SGA Sirnitz before making his breakthrough as part ofRed Bull Salzburg. He played in the GermanBundesliga between 2016 and 2022. WithEintracht Frankfurt, where he began playing in 2019, Hinteregger won theUEFA Europa League in 2022. In June 2022, shortly after winning the Europa League, he retired from professional football at the age of 29.
In addition, Hinteregger played 25 games for Austrian youth teams and took part in theUEFA Euro 2016 andUEFA Euro 2020 with thesenior team, for which he made his debut in 2013.
Hinteregger began playing football shortly before his seventh birthday in 1999 in the youth team of SGA Sirnitz inAlbeck, Carinthia in theFeldkirchen District. There he progressed through various youth teams under the tutelage of his father Franz Hinteregger, who worked as a youth coach at the club.[7] Hinteregger won several championships at under-10 to under-14 level with the Sirnitz youth teams and finished third at the Carinthian Futsal Indoor Football Championships in 2006 with the under-14 team.[8]
In July 2006, Hinteregger was scouted by cooperation clubRed Bull Salzburg.[7] After 12 youth appearances and two goals in the 2006–07 season, another 19 games and one goal followed in the 2007–08 season, in which he was already accepted as a permanent member of the youth department of Salzburg and was no longer in the squad as a cooperation player.[9]
After having played in a few U17 games, he made his first appearance for the club's U19 team in March 2009, competing in the U19 League. On 2 May 2009, he scored his first goal for the team in the 26th minute of a 3–2 away defeat against the U19 academy team fromVorarlberg.[10] During this season, Hinteregger was utilised in a total of eleven U19 games in which he scored two goals. In the 2009–10 season, the native Carinthian was also an integral part of the left defensive side of the academy team, for which he appeared in 14 games until the end of March 2010 and scored four goals.[11]
After being promoted to theRed Bull Salzburg reserve team competing in theSecond League in early 2010, Hinteregger made his professional debut on 23 April 2010 in the 2–0 away win overFC Dornbirn playing the full match.[12]
With his first professional appearance over a full 90 minutes and predominantly good performances in the following games, he increasingly established himself in the second team. The reason for his first appearance had been defensive all-rounderHarald Pichler being suspended due to a yellow card. For the2010–11 season, Hinteregger was a starter in the second team and was also a part of theUEFA Europa League squad of the first team. Due to an injury toAndreas Ulmer, he was on the substitute's bench for a game againstManchester City.[13] He scored his first goal for the reserves in the city derby againstSV Austria Salzburg[14]
Hinteregger made his first appearances with professionals team of Red Bull Salzburg in the 2010–11 season under head coachHuub Stevens. He made his debut in theAustrian Bundesliga on 16 October 2010 in a match againstKapfenberger SV.[15] Five days later, he also made his Europa League debut in a match againstJuventus.[16]
In the 2011–12 season, he became an integral part of the first team by new coachRicardo Moniz. He mostly appeared as aleft-back during the season.[17] In the Europa League play-offs, he scored the decisive goal in the 1–0 win overOmonia Nicosia, which meant that Salzburg advanced to the group stage after 2–1 away defeat, on theaway goals rule.[18] After being appointedteam captain by Moniz at the beginning of the 2012 spring season,[19] he was dropped from the squad three weeks later for disciplinary reasons after being involved in a party inSalzburg after a home defeat againstSV Mattersburg.[20][21] The season ended with the club winning thedomestic double.[22]
After Moniz had resigned in the summer of 2012, Hinteregger became a startingcentre-back in the2012–13 season under new coachRoger Schmidt, and was also sometimes utilised in thedefensive midfield.[23] Red Bull Salzburg were eliminated in theUEFA Champions League qualifiers againstF91 Dudelange in the second round,[24][25] missed out on the league title and were knocked out in the domestic cup againstAustrian Regionalliga clubFC Pasching.[26][27]
In the2013–14 season, Hinteregger became the key player in defence. In 2014, he won his second Austrian Bundesliga title with the team. After failing to advance in the Champions League qualification againstFenerbahçe, they advanced in the Europa League to the round of sixteen and eventually lost toFC Basel.[28] In the 2–1 defeat in the second leg, Hinteregger was suspended because of a yellow card.[29]
After head coach Schmidt left the club in the summer of 2014, Hinteregger remained a regular under his successorAdi Hütter.[30] In the2014–15 season, Salzburg was only the third club to win successive national championship and cup titles.[31] Internationally, the round of sixteen of the Europa League against Spanish sideVillarreal was the final destination; previously, they had been knocked out in the play-offs of the Champions League against Swedish clubMalmö FF.[32] In the2015–16 season, Hinteregger and his team were again knocked out by Malmö in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League.[33] New coachPeter Zeidler, who had succeeded Hütter in the summer, suspended Hinteregger from the first-team squad after he criticised his teammates and the club ahead of a game againstAustria Wien.[34][35]
In January 2016, Hinteregger was sent on a six-month loan to GermanBundesliga clubBorussia Mönchengladbach.[36] He made 10 league appearances, and Borussia decided not to activate thebuyout clause at the end of his loan deal.[37]
Hinteregger initially returned to Salzburg for the2016–17 season.[37] From early-July to the end of August 2016, he made 11 appearances—five of them in the league and all six of Salzburg's games in the Champions League qualification, in which they lost in the play-offs toDinamo Zagreb.[38]
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On 31 August 2016, Hinteregger joinedFC Augsburg on a two-year contract.[39][40] He made his debut for the club on 11 September 2016 in a 2–1 away victory againstWerder Bremen.[41] In December 2016, he scored his first Bundesliga goal in a 1–0 win over his former club Borussia Mönchengladbach.[42]
For Augsburg, Hinteregger made a total of 83 competitive appearances in which he scored five goals.[2] In the first two seasons, Augsburg finished in mid-table before the team slipped into a relegation battle in the2018–19 season.
"I can't say anything positive about him and I won't say anything negative."' – Martin Hinteregger speaking about head coachManuel Baum following a defeat toBorussia Mönchengladbach in January 2019.[43]
Following a 2–0 defeat against Borussia Mönchengladbach on 26 January 2019, Hinteregger publicly criticised head coachManuel Baum in an interview withBayerischer Rundfunk.[43] In response, the club gave him a "drastic fine", suspended him from team practice and announced shortly after that Hinteregger could look for a new club.[44][45]
On deadline day, 31 January 2019, he was loaned toEintracht Frankfurt from Augsburg.[46] Under head coach and compatriot Adi Hütter, under whom he had already played in Salzburg, he immediately established himself as a regular starter and featured in the starting eleven in 14 league games by the end of the season, in which he scored one goal.[2] He was also in the starting lineup in seven Europa League games and, after beatingShakhtar Donetsk,Inter Milan andBenfica, Eintracht made it semi-finals, where they faced eventual winnersChelsea. In the second leg, Hinteregger put in a man of the match performance despite missing a penalty in the shootout, and was celebrated by his own fans after the end of the game.[47] A picture showing him in the arms of a fan comforting him later became the cover of his 2021 book,Martin Hinteregger Innensicht.[48]
Ahead of the2019–20 season, Hinteregger briefly returned to FC Augsburg, whereMartin Schmidt had taken over as head coach in April 2019.[49] In August 2019, Hinteregger signed a permanent deal with Eintracht – a five-year contract.[1] During the season he was a key player in Frankfurt's back three and made a total of 49 competitive appearances. In the Bundesliga, he scored eight goals off corner kicks, making him one of the most prolific goalscoring defenders in Europe.[50] With his team he reached the round of 16 of the Europa League and the semi-finals of theDFB-Pokal. In the2020–21 season, Hinteregger maintained his regular place at centre-back and qualified for Europa League with his team in fifth place.[2] Prior to the2021–22 season, he was named vice-captain by new head coachOliver Glasner behind new captainSebastian Rode.[51] He made 37 competitive appearances during the season, where he was almost exclusively in the starting eleven. After Hinteregger had some poor performances in the first half of the season,[52] his form improved from March 2022. In the Europa League in particular, he attracted attention with strong performances and reached the final with his team after victories in the knockout stages againstSevilla,Barcelona andWest Ham United.[53] Eintracht would go on to win the final againstRangers on penalties on 18 May 2022; Hinteregger was subsequently included in the competition's team of the season by UEFA.[54]
On 23 June 2022, Eintracht Frankfurt announced the immediate termination of Hinteregger's contract by mutual consent, after which he retired from professional football.[55]
On 15 July 2022, Hinteregger returned to his original childhood club SGA Sirnitz that plays in the Austrian fifth-tierUnterliga Ost.[56]
In January 2025, Hinteregger moves toAustrian Bundesliga clubAustria Klagenfurt, where he signed a contract until 2026, making his professional comeback after two and a half years.[57]
After being capped at various youth levels for Austria, Hinteregger made his debut for theAustria senior team in a 1–0 friendly win over theUnited States on 19 November 2013.[58]
He represented the national team at2016 UEFA Euro and2020 UEFA Euro.[59]
In June 2022, two weeks before his retirement, Hinteregger came under fire in the media after it was discovered that he had organized a football event, the "Hinti Cup" in his hometown ofSirnitz, in collaboration with Heinrich Sickl, a far-right politician and formerneo-Nazi.[60] Hinteregger later announced that he cut ties with Sickl, and emphasized that he "just want[s] a football tournament to take place and nothing more".[61]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Red Bull Salzburg Juniors | 2009–10 | Austrian First League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |
| 2010–11 | Regionalliga | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | – | 13 | 6 | ||
| Total | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | – | 14 | 6 | |||
| Red Bull Salzburg | 2010–11 | Austrian Bundesliga | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 2011–12 | Austrian Bundesliga | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10[b] | 1 | 35 | 1 | |
| 2012–13 | Austrian Bundesliga | 24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2[c] | 1 | 29 | 3 | |
| 2013–14 | Austrian Bundesliga | 32 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 12[d] | 1 | 50 | 3 | |
| 2014–15 | Austrian Bundesliga | 31 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11[e] | 2 | 48 | 3 | |
| 2015–16 | Austrian Bundesliga | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3[f] | 1 | 13 | 1 | |
| 2016–17 | Austrian Bundesliga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6[c] | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Total | 143 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 48 | 6 | 212 | 12 | ||
| Borussia M'gladbach (loan) | 2015–16 | Bundesliga | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | |
| FC Augsburg | 2016–17 | Bundesliga | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | 32 | 3 | |
| 2017–18 | Bundesliga | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 31 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | Bundesliga | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 20 | 2 | ||
| Total | 79 | 5 | 4 | 0 | – | 83 | 5 | |||
| Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) | 2018–19 | Bundesliga | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7[b] | 1 | 21 | 2 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 31 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 13[b] | 1 | 49 | 9 |
| 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 31 | 2 | ||
| 2021–22 | Bundesliga | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9[b] | 0 | 37 | 1 | |
| Total | 101 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 138 | 14 | ||
| SGA Sirnitz | 2022–23 | Unterliga Ost | 26 | 21 | – | – | 26 | 21 | ||
| 2023–24 | Unterliga Ost | 25 | 15 | – | – | 25 | 15 | |||
| 2024–25 | Unterliga Ost | 8 | 4 | – | – | 8 | 4 | |||
| Total | 59 | 40 | – | – | 59 | 40 | ||||
| Austria Klagenfurt | 2024–25 | Austrian Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 405 | 68 | 34 | 1 | 77 | 8 | 516 | 77 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 2013 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 12 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 10 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 67 | 4 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 5 September 2016 | Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena,Tbilisi, Georgia |  Georgia | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2. | 11 June 2017 | Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland |  Republic of Ireland | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| 3. | 2 June 2018 | Wörthersee Stadion,Klagenfurt, Austria |  Germany | 1–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 4. | 10 October 2019 | Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria |  Israel | 2–1 | 3–1 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualification |
Red Bull Salzburg[2]
Eintracht Frankfurt[2]
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Im Juli 2006 wurde der junge Verteidiger zum Kooperationsverein FC Red Bull Salzburg abgegeben.
The Austrian established himself in the first team during the 2011/12 season, playing at both left-back and centre-back.
Hinteregger: Mit einem Sieg das Debüt zu bestreiten ist ein optimaler Start. Wir wollten den Dreier und haben viel investiert und haben deswegen insgesamt verdient gewonnen. Auf diesem Weg wollen wir weitermachen.
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