Stephan Palla

Stephan Maceda Palla (born 15 May 1989) is a Filipino-Austrian footballer who plays as a left back for Wolfsberger AC and the Philippines.

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 FC 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 FK Dunajská Streda.

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

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.