Stefan Lexa

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Stefan Lexa
Final of the 2011–12 Austrian Cup (79) .jpg
Stefan Lexa (2012)
Personnel
birthday November 1, 1976
place of birth Klagenfurt ,  Austria
size 180 cm
position midfield
Juniors
Years station
1984-1989 SV Heimstetten
1989-1995 TSV 1860 Munich
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1995-1996 SpVgg Landshut 22 0(2)
1996-1998 Wacker Burghausen 49 0(2)
1998-1999 SV labor 31 0(4)
1999-2001 SSV Reutlingen 05 59 0(9)
2001-2002 SpVgg Unterhaching 28 0(6)
2002-2003 CD Tenerife 11 0(0)
2003-2006 Eintracht Frankfurt 56 0(2)
2006-2008 1. FC Kaiserslautern 39 0(1)
2006-2007 1. FC Kaiserslautern II 4 0(0)
2008–2012 SV Ried 121 (13)
2012-2013 SV Grödig 34 0(4)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2001-2009 Austria 6 0(0)
1 Only league games are given.

Stefan Lexa (born November 1, 1976 in Klagenfurt ) is a former Austrian football player .

Career

Born in Klagenfurt, Lexa grew up in Heimstetten , Bavaria , as his parents moved to Munich for professional reasons. At the age of five he started club football at SV Heimstetten and was trained by his father Gottlieb and brother Robert in the E-Jugend. During the winter break of the E-youth he was brought in by TSV 1860 Munich and stayed there until the A-youth. He played over 800 games for the "Sechzger", where he played in various positions. Only from the A-youth he played on the right wing, which was later his regular position. As an A-youth player, he was offered the opportunity to train with the professionals and to recommend himself to the professionals with good performance in the amateur team (at that time the regional league). Lexa turned it down and in 1995 moved with his brother Robert to the Bayernliga team SpVgg Landshut . In 1996 he moved to his home club SV Heimstetten in the regional league.

During this time, he completed an apprenticeship as an interior decorator, which he had started after high school. After passing his apprenticeship exam, Lexa devoted himself entirely to football and in October 1996 moved to the regional division SV Wacker Burghausen . In 1998 he moved to SV Wehen Wiesbaden and only one year later to SSV Reutlingen 05 under coach Armin Veh . In the season 99/00 Reutlingen was sovereign champion. That meant promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga and thus Lexa's first professional position. Stefan Lexa played a key role in this ascent, especially as a template provider for Olivier Djappa , who scored 36 goals this season. In the coming season, Lexa was Reutlingen's best assist provider, and Djappa was again the top scorer in the league. During this time Lexa was in the focus of some Bundesliga clubs , including FC Bayern Munich . A change to the Bundesliga did not come about after Lexa's ligament tore. After a torn ligament had healed, Lexa found her old strength and was invited to the Austrian national team by Otto Barić . There he played for the first time on October 27, 2001 in qualifying for the 2002 World Cup against Israel. In the summer of 2001 Lexa moved to SpVgg Unterhaching under Lorenz-Günther Köstner , who had been relegated from the Bundesliga, despite offers from the first Bundesliga . He probably did this in order to be able to live in his home town of Munich. Although SpVgg Unterhaching was relegated again this season, Lexa was considered one of the top performers, which he underlined with numerous assists and six goals. In the coming 2002/2003 season, Lexa moved to the Spanish second division CD Tenerife under Ewald Lienen . Things didn't go as well there in terms of sport: after coach Ewald Lienen failed to achieve success and he was dismissed, Lexa was no longer able to play. The highly indebted club also no longer paid a salary, so that Lexa dissolved his three-year contract in February 2003 and returned to Munich. In the period up to the summer he kept fit with his former club Wacker Burghausen.

In the summer of 2003 he then moved to the Bundesliga for Eintracht Frankfurt . Lexa describes the time there as the best of his career, in Frankfurt he was considered a crowd favorite. In 2006, Stefan Lexa gave the decisive assist in the DFB Cup semi-final to 1-0 against Arminia Bielefeld . So he and his club were in the 2006 final against Bayern Munich . Lexa was in the starting line-up, but the team lost to FCB 0: 1. In the national team, he was only used once under Otto Barić's successor Hans Krankl, despite his successful time in Frankfurt. Despite numerous petitions from Frankfurt fans, he did not get a new contract with Eintracht and in 2006 moved to 1. FC Kaiserslautern in the 2nd Bundesliga. In the 07/08 season he was told by the then sports director Michael Schjønberg that he had no future at FCK, and Lexa was then transferred to the second team. After Schjønberg and coach Kjetil Rekdal were dismissed, the new coach Milan Šašić brought Lexa back into the team. Lexa then played a key role in Kaiserslautern's ability to prevent relegation. From this point on, the Carinthian played every game from the start and in the decisive game for relegation on the last day of the game, he presented the 2: 0 against 1. FC Köln (final score: 3: 0). The new FCK sports director Stefan Kuntz offered Lexa a new contract, which Lexa refused.

In 2008 he moved to the Austrian Bundesliga for SV Ried . In 2009 he was called up again due to strong performances in the Austrian national team under Didi Constantini and came to his last national team appearance against Serbia . Between 2001 and 2009 he made a total of six missions for the national team. In 2011 he won the ÖFB Cup with Rieders and therefore also played in the European Cup qualification. There the club lost to PSV Eindhoven in the second round . In 2010 Lexa was voted Footballer of the Year in Upper Austria. In 2012 he was again in the final of the ÖFB Cup with Ried, but lost to FC Red Bull Salzburg . In 2012 Lexa moved to the second Austrian Bundesliga to SV Grödig under Adi Hütter . He was hired to realize the club's long-term goal of promotion to the Bundesliga. Indeed, the rise succeeded. Lexa ended his active career after the 2012/13 season.

For the 2014/15 season he appeared at the side of his older brother Robert (* 1970) in German amateur football as an assistant coach; he supported his brother in the training of the regional division BSG Taufkirchen .

successes

Web links

Commons : Stefan Lexa  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stefan Lexa extended in Taufkirchen , accessed on March 8, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Lexa, Stefan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Klagenfurt , Austria