Daniel Royer

Royer began his career as a youth player at FC Schladming in Upper Styria, where he was active from 1996 to 2004. In 2004, he moved to Sturm Graz. He quickly moved up the club's youth system and played for the club's reserve team during the 2008–09 season making twelve appearances and scoring two goals. Royer joined Regionalliga team FC Pasching during the 2009–10 season. In his one season at the club, he appeared in 25 league matches scoring six goals. After impressing with Pasching, Royer began to receive interest from Austrian Bundesliga clubs.

Ried

Royer signed with Ried in 2010. On 10 October 2010 he scored his first goal for Ried in a 3–0 victory over LASK. The following match day, on 6 November, Royer scored the winning goal for Ried in a 2–1 victory over Austria Wien. He ended his first season at the club capturing the Austrian Cup. Royer began his second season with Ried before transferring to German club Hannover 96 on 31 August, the last day of the transfer window.

Hannover 96

Royer made his debut in the German Bundesliga on 24 September 2011 against FC Augsburg. He came on in the 88th minute for Sérgio Pinto in the match that ended in a goalless draw. During the 2011–12 season Royer also played for Hannover 96 II.

Köln

For the 2012–13 season Royer was sent on loan to 1. FC Köln. On 26 August 2012, Royer he scored his first goal for Köln in a 3–3 draw with Kaiserslautern. In his one year at the club Royer was a regular for Köln as he appeared in 26 league matches and scored three goals.

Austria Wien

On 24 June 2013, Royer returned to Austria, signing with Austria Wien. He scored his first goal for Austria Wien on 25 August 2013 opening the scoring for his club in a 4–1 victory over Wolfsberger AC. Royer was an important player for Wien, in his two seasons at the club he made 76 appearances, scoring fourteen goals.

Midtjylland

On 22 May 2015, Danish champions Midtjylland announced the signing of Royer. Royer scored his first goal with Midtjylland on 10 August…

Royer has represented Austria serving as captain of the under-21 team appearing in 9 matches and scoring three goals. On 19 May 2011, he was called up to the full national team by Dietmar Constantini. He made his first appearance for the national team on 3 June 2011 coming on as a second-half substitute for Martin Harnik in a European Championship qualifier against Germany.

As of match played 19 November 2021