Stephan Palla


Stephan Maceda Palla is a Filipino footballer who plays as a left-back or centre-back.

Club career

Rapid Vienna

Palla began his career with SC Mauerbach and joined in the year 1998 to the Academy from SK Rapid Wien. In the season 2007/2008 trained with the first team from Rapid Vienna and gave his debut on 29 March 2008 against Wacker Innsbruck. In summer 2008 was announced he will play on loan by FC Lustenau, he was not contract with the cooperations club and joined to the reserve team from Rapid Wien in January 2009. On 15 January 2010 left SK Rapid Wien and signed for Slovakian club DAC Dunajská Streda.

Wolfsberger

In mid-May 2014, Palla moved to Wolfsberger, signing a two-year contract.

St. Pölten

In July 2018, Palla joined St. Pölten, signing a one-year contract with an option to extend.

Buriram United

In July 2019, Palla moved to Buriram United.

International career

Palla was born in Austria to a Hungarian father and a Filipino mother, making him eligible to represent Austria, Hungary or the Philippines at international level. He initially chose Austria, as he was a U-19 national team member and played over 20 games for the U-17, U-18 national teams. In June 2013, German coach Michael Weiß has referred to Palla as an "interesting option" for the Philippines national team's defense. On 25 May 2015, Palla has received his first senior call for Philippines to compete at the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
He made his debut for the Philippines in a 2-1 victory against Bahrain.

Honours

Buriram United