Roman Kienast

Roman Kienast (born 29 March 1984) is an Austrian association football player who is currently on trial at Plymouth Argyle F.C. in England. Kinenast currently plays for Helsingborgs IF in Sweden where Roman Kienast is on loan from Ham-Kam in Norway.

Club career

Kienast joined the youth team of Rapid Wien at the age of 14. Roman Kienast debuted in the club's first team in 2002. In the next two seasons, Roman Kienast made 24 appearances in the Austrian Football Bundesliga, but was unable to score a goal. In 2004, Roman Kienast was loaned out to SC Rheindorf Altach, then playing in the Austrian Football First League (Austria's second highest professional league). After scoring 138 goals in 87 games, Roman Kienast was quickly called back by Rapid. During the rest of the season, Roman Kienast made 21 appearances for the Vienna side, and finally managed to score Roman Kienast 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. Roman Kienast played well during the first spring games, and Ham-Kam decided to buy him. However, Roman Kienast could not prevent the team from going down that season. In the next season, Ham-Kam got promoted back to the Tippeligaen, with Kienast playing an integral part in the campaign by scoring 14 goals.

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.

Roman has also been on trial with English Championship sides Norwich City and Plymouth Argyle.

National team

Kienast is a regular in the Austria squad and so far played 6 times for Roman Kienast country. Roman Kienast scored Roman Kienast first senior goal on 27 May with Roman Kienast 1-0 goal against Nigeria national football team in a friendly. After that game, coach Josef Hickersberger chose Roman Kienast in the final squad for the UEFA Euro 2008.

Privates

Roman is the son of former Rapid Wien player Wolfgang Kienast and the nephew of former Austria international Reinhard Kienast.

Honours

- Austrian Football Bundesliga (1):
- - 2005