Stephan Palla

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In this Filipino name, the middle name or maternal family name is Maceda and the surname or paternal family name is Palla.

Stephan Palla
Palla playing for Admira in 2013
Personal information
Full name Stephan Maceda Palla
Date of birth (1989-05-15) 15 May 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth Mauerbach, Austria
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Left-back, centre-back
Team information
Current team
 ASK Voitsberg
Number 40
Youth career
0000–1998 Mauerbach
1998–2007 Rapid Wien
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Rapid Wien II 44 (0)
2008–2014 Rapid Wien 10 (0)
2009 → Lustenau 07 (loan) 12 (0)
2010 → DAC Dunajská Streda (loan) 14 (0)
2010–2013 → Admira Wacker (loan) 77 (1)
2014–2018 Wolfsberg 92 (0)
2018 St. Pölten 0 (0)
2019 Buriram United 11 (0)
2020–2022 Grazer AK 35 (0)
2023– ASK Voitsberg 24 (1)
International career‡
2005–2006 Austria U17 11 (0)
2006–2007 Austria U18 12 (0)
2007 Austria U19 10 (0)
2015–2019 Philippines 14 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05:43, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:49, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

Stephan Maceda Palla (born 15 May 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Austrian Regionalliga Central club ASK Voitsberg.

Born in Austria, Palla spent his youth and early career with Rapid Wien before joining Wolfsberg. He then spent a season in Thailand with Buriram United before returning to Austria.

At international level, he represented the youth teams of his birth country before switching to the Philippines, for whom he is eligible through his mother. He made his senior international debut in 2015.

Club career[edit]

Rapid Vienna[edit]

Palla began his career with SC Mauerbach and joined in the year 1998 to the Academy from SK Rapid Wien. In the season 2007/2008 trained with the first team from Rapid Vienna[1] and gave his debut on 29 March 2008 against Wacker Innsbruck. In summer 2008 was announced he will play on loan by FC Lustenau, he was not contract with the cooperations club and joined to the reserve team from Rapid Wien in January 2009.[2] On 15 January 2010 left SK Rapid Wien and signed for Slovakian club DAC Dunajská Streda.[3]

Wolfsberg[edit]

In mid-May 2014, Palla moved to Wolfsberg, signing a two-year contract.[4]

St. Pölten[edit]

In July 2018, Palla joined St. Pölten, signing a one-year contract with an option to extend.[5][6]

Buriram United[edit]

In July 2019, Palla moved to Buriram United.[citation needed]

International career[edit]

Palla was born in Austria to a Hungarian father and a Filipino mother,[7] Palla initially represented Austria and played over 20 games for the U-17 national team.[8] In June 2013, German coach Michael Weiß has referred to Palla as an "interesting option" for the Philippines national team's defense.[9] On 25 May 2015, Palla has received his first senior call for Philippines to compete at the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[10] He made his debut for the Philippines in a 2-1 victory against Bahrain.

Honours[edit]

Rapid Wien

FC Trenkwalder Admira

Buriram United

References[edit]

  1. ^ Stephan Palla - Austrian Riser
  2. ^ Zu- und Abgänge Adeg Erste Liga 2009/10
  3. ^ Das verlorene Talent
  4. ^ "Zwei Neuzugänge beim WAC" (in German). RZ Pellets WAC. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  5. ^ "St. Pölten verpflichtet Luan fix vom SK Sturm" (in German). Laola 1. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  6. ^ "SKN St. Pölten holt Luan von Sturm Graz und Stephan Palla vom WAC" (in German). Spox. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Macht keinen Sinn über Salzburg zu philosophieren" (in German)
  8. ^ U17-Team beendete Jugend-TOTO-Cup auf hervorragendem 2. Platz
  9. ^ Michael Weiß im Interview: "Selbst gegen Australien nicht chancenlos" (in German)
  10. ^ "PFF Unveils Squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers".

External links[edit]

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