Jannik Schuster

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Jannik Schuster
FC Red Bull Salzburg gegen Grazer AK (2025-08-09 Bundesliga Zweite Runde) 13.jpg
Schuster in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (2006-05-16) 16 May 2006 (age 19)
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*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2023–2025 FC Liefering 37 (2)
2024– Red Bull Salzburg 3 (0)
International career
2022 Austria U16 3 (1)
2023 Austria U18 3 (0)
2024–2025 Austria U19 9 (1)
2025– Austria U21 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 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.

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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]

Career statistics

As of match played 27 August 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Liefering 2023–24 2. Liga 121121
2024–25 2. Liga251251
Total372372
Red Bull Salzburg 2024–25 Austrian Bundesliga 10000010
2025–26 Austrian Bundesliga20201 [a] 050
Total3020100060
Career total402201000432
  1. One appearance in UEFA Champions League

References

  1. "Red Bull Salzburg zieht ÖFB-Talent Schuster aus Liefering hoch". laola1.at (in German). Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  2. "Schuster-Familie feiert nächsten Tournee-Springer". weltfussball.at (in German). 3 January 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  3. "FC Red Bull Salzburg: Skispringer-Sohn macht nächsten Sprung". ligaportal (in German). 20 June 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  4. "4:2 - Salzburg und Rapid mit Traumtor-Festival zum Abschluss". kicker (in Austrian German). 24 May 2025. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  5. ""Jungbullen"-Kapitän Schuster: Abtrünniger einer Skispringer-Fami". 90 Minuten (in German). Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  6. Eliasch, Christoph (11 June 2025). "Salzburg gibt Kader für die Klub-WM bekannt". Sky Sport Austria (in German). Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  7. "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.
  8. 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.
  9. "Abstieg in die Europa League: FC Salzburg hat sein Niveau gefunden". 90 Minuten (in German). Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  10. "Jannik Schuster". oefb.at (in German). Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  11. "U21-Aufgebot für Quali-Generalprobe steht". oefb.at (in German). Retrieved 13 August 2025.