Daniel Lukas Saurer

Daniel Saurer spent eleven years inside the Sturm Graz set-up before making his name away from it. He joined the club's academy in February 2012 as an eleven-year-old, having started out at SV Schwanberg, and worked his way through to a senior debut for Sturm Graz II in April 2019, in the Regionalliga.

That reserve spell ran long: 58 appearances across four seasons in Austria's third tier, in a deep-lying midfield role. The 2021/22 season brought the Regionalliga Mitte title and promotion to the 2. Liga, and Saurer made his debut at that level in July 2022 against SV Horn, going on to make 27 appearances in the division. He left Sturm Graz in 2023 after eleven years at the club.

A six-month spell without a club followed before he signed for Regionalliga side Deutschlandsberger SC in January 2024, where he made eight appearances. That summer he moved on to ASK Voitsberg, where his contract runs to June 2027, with an option to extend to 2026.

Saurer is listed as comfortable on both feet and has yet to add international recognition to a career built largely in Austria's lower divisions.