Gernot Trauner

Early years

Trauner started playing football for SV Kematen am Innbach in the Hausruckviertel of Upper Austria in 1997. Described by his youth coach Karl Karazi as "agile and technically gifted" from early on, he was particularly praised for his ambition to succeed. He progressed through the different youth teams of the club until 2006, where he moved to regional football academy of Linz. He played there from under-15 to the under-19 level, winning the national under-17 championship with the team in the 2008–09 season.

LASK

After having impressed with the under-19s of the Linz academy, Trauner was signed by regional powerhouse LASK in February 2010. He initially played for the second team competing in the Upper Austrian Landesliga. He made his debut for this team in a 6–1 victory against SV Gmunden on 21 March 2010, scoring a goal. Teammates on his debut included Lukas Kragl, Thomas Höltschl and Ali Hamdemir. In his first season he made another ten appearances and scored three more goals. The reserve team won promotion to the Austrian Regionalliga Central at the end of the season with a second place. Ahead of the 2010–11 season, Trauner was promoted to the LASK first team, making his Austrian Bundesliga debut under head coach Helmut Kraft as a substitute for René Aufhauser in a 1–0 regional derby loss to SV Ried on 31 July 2010. He made 10 more league appearances that season as his team suffered relegation to the First League, but would miss the entirety of…

Trauner has represented Austria at under-18, under-19 and under-21 level and was a member of the Austrian squad at the 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, where he played in all three of Austria's games and scored against England. He made his debut for the Austrian national team on 16 October 2018 in a friendly against Denmark. On 11 November 2020, he scored his first international goal in a 3–0 away friendly win against Luxembourg. On 7 June 2024, he was named in the 26-man squad for the UEFA Euro 2024. On 21 June, he scored his country's first goal from a header in a 3–1 victory over Poland.

Club

As of match played 17 May 2026

International

As of match played 23 March 2025

Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Trauner goal.

Trauner is married and has three children.