Michael Liendl (born 25 October 1985) is a retired Austrian professional association football player who was the central midfielder for WAC.

Club career

Liendl started his career playing for FC Nenzing and FC Thüringen. Later on, he played for Grazer AK, Kapfenberger SV, Austria Wien and Wolfsberger AC, before moving to Germany to join Fortuna Düsseldorf in 2014, and 1860 Munich in 2015. Later on, he played for the Dutch club Twente, then he returned to Austria to rejoin Wolfsberger AC in 2018. On 29 October 2020, Liendl scored a hat-trick in a 4–1 away win over Feyenoord in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League, to become the third oldest player to achieve that feat, only behind Zlatan Ibrahimović and Aritz Aduriz. On 2 June 2022, Liendl joined Grazer AK, the club where he began his professional career. He signed a one-year contract.

International career

On 3 June 2014, he made his debut for the Austria national football team under coach Marcel Koller, in a friendly away match against Czech Republic, in which he came on as a substitute to Andreas Ivanschitz in the 63rd minute. However, the match ended in a 2–1 win for Austria.

Sports commentator

Michael Liendl has been a co-commentator for ORF broadcasts of the Austrian National Soccer Team games since 2024.

Honours

Kapfenberger SV Individual