Stephan Palla

This name uses Philippine naming customs for Hungarians. The maternal family name is Maceda, the paternal family name is Palla and the native form of this personal name is Palla Stephan. This article uses the Western name order.
Stephan Palla
Personal information
Full name Stephan Maceda Palla
Date of birth (1989-05-15) 15 May 1989
Place of birth Mauerbach, Austria
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Wolfsberger AC
Number 4
Youth career
0000–1998 SC 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 → FC Lustenau 07 (loan) 12 (0)
2010 → FK Dunajská Streda (loan) 14 (0)
2010–2013 → Admira Wacker (loan) 77 (1)
2014– Wolfsberger AC 51 (0)
National team‡
2005–2006 Austria U-17 11 (0)
2006–2007 Austria U-18 12 (0)
2007 Austria U-19 10 (0)
2015– Philippines 7 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:32, 18 October 2016 (UTC).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 September 2015

Stephan Maceda Palla (born 15 May 1989) is a Filipino-Austrian footballer who plays as a left back for Wolfsberger AC and the Philippines.

Club career

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 FC 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 FK Dunajská Streda.[3]

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

International career

Palla was born in Austria to a Hungarian father and a Filipino mother,[5] making him eligible to represent Austria, Hungary or the Philippines at international level. He initially chose Austria, as he was a U-19 national team member and played over 20 games for the U-17,[6] U-18 national teams. In June 2013, German coach Michael Weiß has referred to Palla as an "interesting option" for the Philippines national team's defense.[7] On 25 May 2015, Palla has received his first senior call for Philippines to compete at the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[8] He made his debut for the Philippines in a 2-1 victory against Bahrain.

References

  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. 2014-05-14. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  5. ↑ "Macht keinen Sinn über Salzburg zu philosophieren" (German)
  6. ↑ U17-Team beendete Jugend-TOTO-Cup auf hervorragendem 2. Platz
  7. ↑ Michael Weiß im Interview: "Selbst gegen Australien nicht chancenlos" (German)
  8. ↑ "PFF Unveils Squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers".
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