Mario Hieblinger

Mario Hieblinger

Personal information
Full name	Mario Hieblinger
Date of birth	(1977-07-05) 5 July 1977
Place of birth	Mistelbach, Austria
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Union Bad Hall (Manager)
Youth career
	Admira Wacker
	Stockerau
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–2000	Admira Wacker	76	(1)
1996–1997	→ Stockerau (loan)	27	(1)
2000	Austria Salzburg	7	(0)
2000	Austria Salzburg II	1	(0)
2000–2003	Bad Bleiberg	83	(4)
2003–2005	Kärnten	70	(0)
2005–2006	Grazer AK	19	(1)
2006–2012	Ergotelis	149	(5)
2012–2015	LASK	84	(4)
2015	→ Pasching/LASK (loan)	1	(0)
2015–2016	Pasching/LASK	16	(2)
2016–2018	ATSV Stein	47	(4)
2018–2019	Amateure Steyr	26	(4)
2019–2022	Union Neuhofen/Krems	33	(2)
International career
1997–1999	Austria U-21	13	(0)
2003–2005	Austria	13	(0)
Managerial career
2013–2014	LASK (U18)
2015–2016	Pasching/LASK II
2015–2016	Pasching/LASK (assistant)
2016–2018	ATSV Stein
2018–2019	Amateure Steyr
2019–2022	Union Neuhofen/Krems
2022–	Union Bad Hall
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mario Hieblinger (born 5 July 1977) is a retired Austrian football player who played as a centre-back, and current manager of Austrian side Union Bad Hall.

Club career

Born in Mistelbach, Lower Austria, Hieblinger began his football career at SV Stockerau. His first professional contract was signed with VfB Admira Wacker Mödling, from where he moved to SV Austria Salzburg. After receiving limited playing time, he moved to the former Salzburg satellite club BSV Bad Bleiberg in the Austrian Football second division. After good performances, Hieblinger moved to FC Kärnten in the Austrian Bundesliga. While at Klagenfurt, Hieblinger became an international for Austria. Following FC Kärnten's relegation in 2004, he stayed with the Carinthians for one more year.

In the summer of 2005, Hieblinger was brought by Walter Schachner as a replacement for Mario Tokić to Grazer AK, but failed to meet high expectations. Therefore, during the summer transfer window of 2006, Hieblinger moved to newly promoted Greek club Ergotelis in the Greek Superleague. During his time with Ergotelis, Hieblinger developed into a key player and one of the captains of the Cretans, and was considered among the best defenders in the league. In 2011, Hieblinger extended his contract with the club until June 2013. He made 149 league appearances for Ergotelis during a six-year span, all in the Greek Superleague, which makes him the player with the most caps in top-flight for the Cretan club (and third overall in professional league appearances, tied with former teammate Diego Romano).

In the summer of 2012, following Ergotelis' relegation to the Football League, Hieblinger moved back home to LASK Linz.

Career statistics

As of matches played 17 January 2018

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FC Admira Wacker Mödling	1995–96	Austrian Bundesliga	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
Total			1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
SV Stockerau	1996−97	Austrian First League	27	1	0	0	—		—		27	1
Total			27	1	0	0	—		—		27	1
FC Admira Wacker Mödling	1997–98	Austrian Bundesliga	32	1	3	0	—		—		35	1
	1998–99	Austrian First League	34	0	1	0	—		—		35	0
	1999–00		9	0	0	0	—		—		9	0
Total			75	1	4	0	—		—		79	1
SV Austria Salzburg II	1999–00	Austrian Regionalliga West	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
Total			1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
SV Austria Salzburg	1999–00	Austrian Bundesliga	7	0	3	0	—		—		10	0
Total			7	0	3	0	—		—		10	0
BSV Bad Bleiberg	2000−01	Austrian First League	31	1	2	0	—		—		33	1
	2001−02		32	3	4	0	—		—		36	3
	2002−03		20	0	2	0	—		—		22	0
Total			83	4	8	0	—		—		91	4
FC Kärnten	2002−03	Austrian Bundesliga	13	0	4	0	0	0	—		17	0
	2003−04		21	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	17	0
	2004−05	Austrian First League	33	0	4	0	—		—		37	0
	2005−06		3	0	0	0	—		—		3	0
Total			70	0	10	0	1	0	1	0	82	0
Grazer AK	2005−06	Austrian Bundesliga	19	1	0	0	2	0	—		21	1
Total			19	1	0	0	2	0	—		82	0
Ergotelis	2006–07	Superleague Greece	26	1	2	0	—		—		28	1
	2007–08		28	0	0	0	—		—		28	0
	2008–09		18	0	0	0	—		—		18	0
	2009–10		24	2	1	0	—		—		25	2
	2010–11		28	2	1	0	—		—		29	2
	2011–12		25	0	1	0	—		—		26	0
Total			149	5	5	0	—		—		154	5
LASK Linz	2012−13	Austrian Regionalliga Central	24	2	3	0	—		2	0	29	2
	2013−14		29	0	2	0	—		2	0	33	0
Total			53	2	5	0	—		4	0	62	2
FC Pasching/LASK Juniors	2014−15	Austrian Regionalliga Central	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
Total			1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
LASK Linz	2014−15	Austrian First League	31	2	2	1	—		—		33	3
Total			31	2	2	1	—		—		33	3
FC Pasching/LASK Juniors	2015−16	Austrian Regionalliga Central	16	2	0	0	—		—		16	2
Total			16	2	0	0	—		—		16	2
Career total			533	18	37	1	3	0	5	0	578	19

International career

Hieblinger made his debut for Austria on 22 March 2003 in a friendly match against Greece, which ended 2-2. He continued to receive caps for the national team under coach Hans Krankl even as a second division player. His last international game came during his time with GAK in September 2005, where he featured in a World Cup qualification match against Azerbaijan, which ended 0−0. In total, Hieblinger earned 13 caps for Austria.

National team statistics

Austria national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2003	4	0
2004	5	0
2005	4	0
Total	13	0

External links

• Mario Hieblinger at ÖFB
• Mario Hieblinger at WorldFootball.net
• Mario Hieblinger at fussballdaten.de (in German)
• Mario Hieblinger at National-Football-Teams.com