Jannik Schuster
_13.jpg) Schuster in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 May 2006 | ||
| Place of birth | Hall in Tirol, Austria | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Red Bull Salzburg | ||
| Number | 44 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013–2020 | SV Mieming | ||
| 2020–2024 | Red Bull Salzburg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023– | FC Liefering | 37 | (2) |
| 2024– | Red Bull Salzburg | 2 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022 | Austria U16 | 3 | (1) |
| 2023 | Austria U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | Austria U19 | 9 | (1) |
| 2025– | Austria U21 | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13 August 2025 | |||
Jannik Schuster (born 16 May 2006) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg.
Club career
Born in Hall in Tirol, Schuster is a youth product of SV Mieming and Red Bull Salzburg, he started his professional career in the 2. Liga with satellite club FC Liefering during the 2023–24 season.[1][2][3]
Schuster made his debut with Red Bull Salzburg in a 4–2 Austrian Bundesliga win over Rapid Wien on 24 May 2025,[4] during a 2024–25 season where he had kept impressing with FC Liefering and Salzburg's youth team, regularly wearing the captain's armband has he helped his team to a Youth League semi-final.[5]
After being selected for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup,[6] whilst staying on the bench for the 3 games, he played his first UEFA Champions League game on 12 August 2025, coming on in the last few minutes of the qualifying match against Club Brugge, that the latter won 3–2, relegating the Austrian club to the UEFA Europa League.[7][8][9]
International career
Schuster is a youth international for Austria, having played for his country from the under-16 to the under-21.[10][11]
References
- ^ "Red Bull Salzburg zieht ÖFB-Talent Schuster aus Liefering hoch". laola1.at (in German). Retrieved 13 August 2025.
- ^ "Schuster-Familie feiert nächsten Tournee-Springer". weltfussball.at (in German). 3 January 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
- ^ "FC Red Bull Salzburg: Skispringer-Sohn macht nächsten Sprung". ligaportal (in German). 20 June 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
- ^ "4:2 - Salzburg und Rapid mit Traumtor-Festival zum Abschluss". kicker (in Austrian German). 24 May 2025. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
- ^ ""Jungbullen"-Kapitän Schuster: Abtrünniger einer Skispringer-Fami". 90 Minuten (in German). Retrieved 13 August 2025.
- ^ Eliasch, Christoph (11 June 2025). "Salzburg gibt Kader für die Klub-WM bekannt". Sky Sport Austria (in German). Retrieved 13 August 2025.
- ^ "Ligue des champions : le Club de Bruges arrache sa place en barrages et y affrontera les Rangers". Le Soir (in French). 12 August 2025. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
- ^ Belga (13 August 2025). "Le Club Bruges renverse Salzbourg et accède au dernier tour des qualifications de la Ligue des champions (3-2)". DHnet (in French). Retrieved 13 August 2025.
- ^ "Abstieg in die Europa League: FC Salzburg hat sein Niveau gefunden". 90 Minuten (in German). Retrieved 13 August 2025.
- ^ "Jannik Schuster". oefb.at (in German). Retrieved 13 August 2025.
- ^ "U21-Aufgebot für Quali-Generalprobe steht". oefb.at (in German). Retrieved 13 August 2025.