Raphael Holzhauser

Raphael Holzhauser (born 16 February 1993) is an Austrian professional football midfielder who plays for K Beerschot VA.

Raphael Holzhauser
Personal information
Full name Raphael Holzhauser
Date of birth (1993-02-16) 16 February 1993
Place of birth Wiener Neustadt, Austria
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 K Beerschot VA
Number 8
Youth career
1999–2003 ATSV Teesdorf
2003–2009 Rapid Wien
2009–2011 Stuttgart
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2015 VfB Stuttgart II 77 (11)
2012–2015 VfB Stuttgart 23 (0)
2013–2014 → FC Augsburg (loan) 13 (0)
2014 → FC Augsburg II (loan) 2 (2)
2014–2018 Austria Wien 114 (22)
2018–2019 Grasshoppers 21 (3)
2019– K Beerschot VA 28 (7)
National team
2008–2009 Austria U16 4 (1)
2009–2010 Austria U17 10 (5)
2009–2010 Austria U19 5 (1)
2009–2013 Austria U21 28 (11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:43, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Holzhauser was born in Wiener Neustadt, Austria. Before the 2010–11 season, he joined Stuttgart's second team, playing in the 3. Liga. On 21 January 2012, he made his Bundesliga debut for VfB Stuttgart against Schalke.

On 1 July 2013, Holzhauser was loaned out to fellow Bundesliga side FC Augsburg until June 2014.[1]

After his return from Augsburg, he was excluded from the first team squad and had to play for the reserve team in 3. Liga for the first half of the 2014–15 campaign. In total he made 77 matches for VfB Stuttgart II and finally moved to Austria Wien on 22 January 2015.[2][3]

In May 2018, with Holzhauser's Austria Wien contract running out, it was announced Holzhauser would join Swiss Super League side Grasshopper Club Zürich on a free transfer for the 2018–19 season. He agreed a two-year deal with Grasshoppers.[4] On 2 April 2019, it was confirmed, that Holzhauser's contract had been terminated by mutual consent.[5]

On 19 June 2019, Holzhauser signed a two-year contract with Belgian club Beerschot-Wilrijk.[6]

International career

He was also a member of the several Austrian national youth football teams.

Career statistics
As of 8 March 2020[7][8]
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stuttgart II 2010–11 31500–315
2011–12 29400–294
2012–13 2000–20
Total 6290000629
VfB Stuttgart 2011–12 2010–30
2012–13 2102070300
Total 2303070330
FC Augsburg 2013–14 13030–160
Total 1300000160
Austria Wien 2014–15 16110–171
2015–16 35330–383
2016–17 358301245012
2017–18 2810311024113
Total1142210122614629
Grasshoppers 2018–19 21310–243
Beerschot 2019–20 28721–308
Career total 2864813229631149
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References
  1. "Holzhauser on loan to FC Augsburg". VfB Stuttgart. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  2. Moissidis, George (21 January 2015). "Austria Wien ruft: Holzhauser beim VfB vor dem Abschied" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  3. "Fix: Austria holt Holzhauser" (in German). Sport24. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  4. "Holzhauser wechselt zu Grasshoppers Zürich". Der Standard (in German). 29 May 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  5. Holzhauser: Vertrag mit Grasshoppers aufgelöst, krone.at, 2 April 2019
  6. OOSTENRIJKER RAPHAEL HOLZHAUSER VERSTERKT MIDDENVELD, beerschot.be, 19 June 2019
  7. "Raphael Holzhauser » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  8. "Holzhauser, Raphael" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
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