Christian Klem
Klem in 2010
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-04-21) 21 April 1991
Place of birth Graz, Austria
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Sturm Graz (A)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2011 Sturm Graz (A) 49 (2)
2009–2016 Sturm Graz 166 (1)
2016–2018 Wolfsberger AC 32 (3)
2018–2019 SV Lafnitz 9 (1)
2019 Wacker Innsbruck 14 (0)
2019–2023 TSV Hartberg 90 (1)
International career‡
Austria U16
2007–2008 Austria U17 10 (2)
2008 Austria U18 1 (0)
2009–2010 Austria U19 14 (5)
2009–2012 Austria U21 12 (0)
2011 Austria U20 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 07:48, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

Christian Klem (born 21 April 1991) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.

Career

Early career and Sturm Graz

Born in Graz, Klem started his career at Sturm Graz, having previously played for their youth academy. He made his debut for Sturm Graz in 2009, making 7 appearances in the Austrian Bundesliga over the course of the 2009–10 season, whilst he made 10 Bundesliga appearances in the 2010–11 season, in which Sturm Graz became Bundesliga champions for the third time in their history.[1]

He was a regular player for Sturm Graz over the following few seasons, making 25 Bundesliga appearances during the 2011–12 season before making 34, 32 and 34 appearances in the Bundesliga across the 2012–13, 2013–14 and 2014–15 seasons respectively, whilst also playing in the UEFA Europa League during the 2011–12 season.[1]

In August 2015, he suffered a muscle tear in his left thigh, meaning he was injured for much of the 2015–16 season.[2] Following his return from injury, he made 17 appearances for Sturm Graz before leaving the club in the summer.[1]

Wolfsberger AC

He joined Wolfsberger AC in the summer of 2016 on a two-year contract.[3] He made 32 appearances during the 2016–17 season for Wolfsberger AC, scoring 3 goals, but failed to make a single appearance for the club during the 2017–18 season, and left the club at the end of the season.[1][4]

SV Lafnitz and Wacker Innsbruck

In the summer of 2018, he joined Austrian 2. Liga club SV Lafnitz.[5] He made 9 appearances in the 2. Liga for Lafnitz before joining Bundesliga club Wacker Innsbruck in January 2019.[6] He made 14 Bundesliga appearances for the club as they were relegated to the 2. Liga.[1]

TSV Hartberg

In the summer of 2019, he joined newly promoted Austrian Bundesliga club TSV Hartberg on a two-year contract.[7][8]

International career

Klem has represented his native Austria between Under-16 and Under-21 levels.[8][1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Christian Klem at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ "Fußball: Sturm-Verteidiger Klem mit Muskelverletzung außer Gefecht". Sky Sport Austria (in German). 4 August 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  3. ↑ "Christian Klem wechselt von Sturm zum WAC - Trdina verlängert". Sky Sport Austria (in German). 25 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  4. ↑ Maryodnig, Denise; Tilli, Albin (27 May 2018). "WAC: Am Ende zeigte der WAC sein Potenzial". www.kleinezeitung.at (in German). Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  5. ↑ "2. Liga-Transferliste: Alle Wechsel". laola1.at. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  6. ↑ "Wacker Innsbruck schnappt sich zwei Lafnitz-Abwehrspieler". Sky Sport Austria (in German). 20 January 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  7. ↑ "Hartberg holt nächsten Wacker-Spieler". Sky Sport Austria (in German). 20 June 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  8. 1 2 "Herzlich Willkommen Christian Klem!" (in German). TSV Hartberg. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
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