![]() Sulzbacher in 2025 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 11 March 2005 | ||
Place of birth | Austria | ||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Red Bull Salzburg | ||
Number | 38 | ||
Youth career | |||
ASKÖ Ohlsdorf | |||
2015–2023 | Red Bull Salzburg | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021– | FC Liefering | 27 | (2) |
2024– | Red Bull Salzburg | 6 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2023 | Austria U19 | 2 | (0) |
2025– | Austria U21 | 1 | (0) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 June 2025 |
Valentin Sulzbacher (born 11 March 2005) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg.
Sulzbacher is a youth product of Red Bull Salzburg, where he signed his first professional contract in July 2024, after having started his professional career with FC Liefering in the 2. Liga in April 2022. [1] [2]
By the 2024–25 season, he had established himself as a starter with FC Liefering, but also with Red Bull Salzburg's youth team in the UEFA Youth League, captaining [3] the side that reached the semi-final of the competition. [4] He however missed this last game of the competition, having already been added to Red Bull Salzburg's senior team. [5] [6]
Sulzbacher made his debut with RB Salzburg in a 2–1 Austrian Bundesliga win over Blau Weiss Linz on 6 April 2025. [7] [8] [9]
Sulzbacher is a youth international for Austria, having played with teams from the under-19 to the under-21. [10]