Jannik Schuster

Jannik Schuster

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*
Years	Team	Apps	(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.

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

Club	Season	League			National cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FC Liefering	2023–24	2. Liga	12	1	—		—		—		12	1
	2024–25	2. Liga	25	1	—		—		—		25	1
	Total		37	2	—		—		—		37	2
Red Bull Salzburg	2024–25	Austrian Bundesliga	1	0	0	0	—		0	0	1	0
	2025–26	Austrian Bundesliga	2	0	2	0	1 [a]	0	—		5	0
	Total		3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
Career total			40	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	43	2

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.

External links

• Jannik Schuster at Soccerway