Alexander Prass

Alexander Prass

Prass with Liefering in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth	(2001-05-26) 26 May 2001
Place of birth	Hellmonsödt, Austria
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Central midfielder, left wing-back
Team information
Current team	TSG Hoffenheim
Number	22
Youth career
2008–2009	LASK
2009–2010	FC Pasching
2010–2012	LASK
2012–2019	Red Bull Salzburg
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2021	Liefering	59	(12)
2021–2024	Sturm Graz	90	(10)
2024–	TSG Hoffenheim	9	(0)
International career‡
2018–2019	Austria U18	5	(1)
2019–2020	Austria U19	5	(1)
2021–2022	Austria U21	11	(1)
2022–	Austria	13	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 November 2024

Alexander Prass (born 26 May 2001) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder or left wing-back for Bundesliga club TSG Hoffenheim and the Austria national team.

Club career

Born in Hellmonsödt, Upper Austria, Prass began his career as a youth player at LASK. Between 2009 and 2010 he played at FC Pasching before returning to LASK. For the 2012–13 season he moved to the youth team of Red Bull Salzburg, where he would later also play in the academy.

In March 2019 he was named for the first time in the matchday squad of Salzburg feeder team FC Liefering for a game against SK Vorwärts Steyr, but did not come on. He made his debut for Liefering in the second flight in the same month when he came on as an 87th minute substitute for Karim Adeyemi against Austria Wien II. In two and a half years with Liefering, he made a total of 59 second division appearances, in which he scored twelve goals.

For the 2021–22 season he moved to Ö Bundesliga club Sturm Graz, where he received a contract until June 2024, extending this for a year in July 2022 to keep him at the club until the end of the 2024–25 season.

On 5 August 2024, Prass signed for Bundesliga club TSG Hoffenheim on a long-term contract.

International career

Prass made his Austrian U-18 debut on 9 October 2018 against Switzerland's U-18 squad. Just two days later, he scored his first goal for an Austrian squad, this time against Switzerland. In October 2019, he made his debut for the Austrian U-19 squad in a match against Wales U-19. By March 2021, he had made his debut for the Austrian U-21 squad against Saudi Arabia.

In November 2022, the winger received his first call-up to the senior Austrian national team. He made his senior debut later that month in a match against the Andorra national team. In May 2024, he was named in Austria's preliminary squad for the 2024 European Championship and was eventually included in the final squad. Austria was eliminated in the round of 16, losing 1-2 to the Turkey national team, but Prass appeared in all four of Austria's matches during the tournament.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 7 November 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FC Liefering	2018–19	2. Liga	4	0	0	0	–		–		–		4	0
	2019–20	2. Liga	27	6	0	0	–		–		–		27	6
	2020–21	2. Liga	28	6	0	0	–		–		–		28	6
	Total		59	12	0	0	–		0	0	–		59	12
Sturm Graz	2021–22	Austrian Bundesliga	28	0	2	0	–		7	0	–		37	0
	2022–23	Austrian Bundesliga	32	3	6	0	–		8	0	–		46	3
	2023–24	Austrian Bundesliga	30	7	6	1	–		11	1	–		47	9
	Total		90	10	14	1	–		25	1	–		129	12
1899 Hoffenheim	2024–25	Bundesliga	9	0	1	0	—		4	0	—		14	0
Career total			158	22	15	3	0	0	29	1	0	0	202	24

International

As of match played 14 November 2024

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Austria	2022	1	0
	2023	2	0
	2024	10	0
Total		13	0

Honours

Sturm Graz

• Austrian Cup: 2023

External links

• Alexander Prass at WorldFootball.net