Dominik Starkl

Dominik Starkl

File:Dominik Starkl, FC Admira Wacker Mödling 2015-2016 (01).jpg
Personal information
Date of birth	(1993-11-06)6 November 1993
Place of birth	St. Pölten, Austria
Height
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Admira Wacker (on loan from Rapid Wien)
Number	17
Youth career
2007–2011	SKN St. Pölten
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2015	Rapid Wien Amateure	66	(27)
2012–2015	Rapid Wien	40	(3)
2015–	→ Admira Wacker (loan)	24	(5)
International career‡
2010	Austria under-18	2	(1)
2011	Austria under-19	1	(0)
2013–	Austria under-21	5	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:03, 21 March 2016 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 August 2015

Dominik Starkl (born 6 November 1993) is an Austrian footballer who plays for Admira Wacker, on loan from Rapid Wien, in the Austrian Bundesliga.

Career

Bustling young forward Dominik Starkl began his career at Kremser SC in Lower Austria. In 2006 Starkl spent a season at SC Getzersdorf's youth academy, before transferring to SKN St. Pölten where he spent four years. Starkl's performances and growing reputation attracted the attentions of Austria's most successful club, SK Rapid Vienna, who moved in to secure his signature in 2011.

Rapid Vienna

Starkl's impressive start to life in Hütteldorf saw him quickly promoted from the youth ranks into the reserve team squad. Then reserve coach Zoran Barisic handed Starkl his debut in the famous green and white of Rapid on August 9th 2011 against SC Neusiedl am See. Starkl started the game before being withdrawn after 77 minutes in a game which Rapid won 2:1. During the 2011/12 season he would go on to make a further 25 appearances with an impressive return of 8 goals.

In 2012/13 Starkl made the jump from the reserves to first team squad. Then Trainer Peter Schöttel gave him his first taste of Bundesliga action when he introduced him as a second-half substitute in a game against SK Sturm Graz in November 2012. Starkl made an immediate impact, setting up Guido Burgstaller for Rapid's goal in a 1:2 loss.

First goals and European debut

2013/14 has seen Starkl continue his rise. He scored his first Bundesliga goal for the Green & Whites in the home match against FC Wacker Innsbruck as Rapid ran out clear 3:0 winners. He followed it up a few weeks later when he scored an important goal to get Rapid back into a game away to SV Grödig. Starkl scored a superb solo effort with Rapid trailing the home side 0:2 in a game that finished 2:2. 2013/14 also saw Starkl make his European debut when he came on as an 81st-minute substitute during Rapid's UEFA Europa League tie in Belgium against KRC Genk. The game ended 1:1.

Loan to Admira

On 15 June 2015, Starkl left Rapid Wien to join fellow Bundesliga club Admira Wacker on a season-long loan deal with Admira having the option to make the move permanent.