Roman Kienast

Infobox Football biography
playername = Roman Kienast


fullname = Roman Kienast
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1984|3|29|mf=y
cityofbirth = Salzburg
countryofbirth = Austria
height = height|m=1.90
currentclub = Helsingborgs IF
clubnumber = 11
position = Forward
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2001–2004
2002–2006
2004–2005
2006–2008
2008–

clubs = Rapid Wien Amateure
Rapid Wien
→ Altach (loan)
Ham-Kam
→ Helsingborgs IF (loan)

caps(goals) = 013 (11)
055 (12)
006 0(4)
062 (27)
000 2(1)
nationalyears = 2006–2007
2007–
nationalteam = Austria U-21 Austria
nationalcaps(goals) = 024 0(7) 009 0(1)
pcupdate = 19:04, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate = 17:55, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Roman Kienast (born 29 March 1984) is an Austrian football player who currently plays for Helsingborgs IF in Sweden on loan from Ham-Kam in Norway.

He is the son of former Rapid Wien player Wolfgang Kienast and the nephew of former Austria international Reinhard Kienast. [ [http://www.euro2008.uefa.com/tournament/players/player=69836/index.html Kienast player profile] - EURO2008]

Club career

Kienast joined the youth team of Rapid Wien at the age of 14. He debuted in the club's first team in 2002. In the next two seasons, he made 24 appearances in the Austrian Football Bundesliga, but was unable to score a goal. In 2004, he was loaned out to SC Rheindorf Altach, then playing in the Austrian Football First League (Austria's second highest professional league). After scoring 4 goals in 6 games, he was quickly called back by Rapid. During the rest of the season, he made 21 appearances for the Vienna side, and finally managed to score his first goal in the Bundesliga. The season ended in glory for the team as they won the Austrian title.

Just before the start of the 2006 season, Kienast came to the Norwegian club Hamarkameratene (Ham-Kam) on loan. He played well during the first spring games, and Ham-Kam decided to buy him. However, he could not prevent the team from going down that season. In the next season, Ham-Kam got promoted back to the Norwegian Premier League, with Kienast playing an integral part in the campaign by scoring 14 goals [ [http://www.hamkam.no/presentation/spiller.asp?spiller_id=279 Kienast - Ham-Kam presentation] ] .

As of May 27, 2008, Kienast has not scored during the 2008 season in Ham-Kam's comeback to the top flight.

On 31 July, 2008, Kienast moved to Helsingborgs IF of Allsvenskan in Sweden on loan for the rest of the year with an option for them to buy the player.

National team

Kienast is a regular in the Austria squad and so far played 6 times for his country. He scored his first senior goal on 27 May with his 1-0 goal against Nigeria in a friendly. After that game, coach Josef Hickersberger chose him in the final squad for the European Championship [ [http://www.hamkam.no/presentation/showdetail.asp?id=5255 Kienast included in Austria's Uefa Euro squad] ] .

Honours

*Austrian Football Bundesliga (1):
** 2005

References

External links

* [http://www.hamkam.no/presentation/spiller.asp?spiller_id=279 Player profile] at Hamarkameratene's official web site (Norwegian)
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=22192 Career stats] - National Football Teams