Daniel Royer

Club

_Free Agent Soccer

Position

Winger

Nationality

Austria

Date of birth

1990-05-22

Birthplace

Schladming, Austria

Height

1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)

Daniel Royer (born 22 May 1990) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a winger.

Early career
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 clubs youth system and played for the clubs reserve team during the 2008–09 season making 12 appearances and scoring two goals. Royer joined Regionalliga team 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.

Club career
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 Linz. The following match day, 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. Royer 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 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 3 goals.

Austria Wien
On 24 June 2013 Royer returned to Austria, signing with Austria Wien. Royer scored his first goal for Austria Wein 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 14 goals.


Royer playing for Austria Wien in 2013
Midtjylland
On 22 May 2015, Danish champions FC Midtjylland announced the signing of Royer. Royer scored his first goal with Midtjylland on 10 August 2015 in a 2-0 league victory over AaB. During the 2015–16 season Royer appeared in 36 matches scoring two goals across the Superliga, Champions League qualifying, and Europa League.

New York Red Bulls
On 3 August 2016, Royer signed with New York Red Bulls. On 21 August 2016, Royer made his New York Red Bulls debut at