Xaver Schlager

Xaver Schlager
Schlager with Austria in 2018
Personal information
Full name Xaver Schlager
Date of birth (1997-09-28) 28 September 1997
Place of birth Linz, Austria
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Red Bull Salzburg
Number 42
Youth career
2003-2009 SC St. Valentin
2009-2012 Red Bull Salzburg
2012 SC St. Valentin
2012-2015 Red Bull Salzburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 FC Liefering 46 (7)
2016– Red Bull Salzburg 32 (2)
National team‡
2013 Austria U17 4 (2)
2015-2016 Austria U19 11 (2)
2017 Austria U21 3 (0)
2018- Austria 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 March 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 May 2018

Xaver Schlager (born 28 September 1997) is an Austrian footballer who currently plays as Midfielder for FC Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Bundesliga.[1]

Professional career

After playing for the youth team of SC St. Valentin he joined the FC Red Bull Salzburg Academy in 2011, where he played in all teams. In 2015, he was transferred to FC Liefering, the farm team of FC Red Bull Salzburg.

During the 2017-18 season Salzburg had their best ever European campaign. They finished top of their Europa League group, for a record fourth time, before beating Real Sociedad and Borussia Dortmund thus making their first ever appearance in the UEFA Europa League semi-final.[2] On 3 May 2018, he played in the Europa League semi-finals as Olympique de Marseille played out a 1–2 away loss but a 3–2 aggregate win to secure a place in the 2018 UEFA Europa League Final[3]

International career

He played for the Austrian U16, U17 and U19 national team. With Austria U19 he played the UEFA U19 European Championship 2015. Schlager made his debut for the senior Austria national football team in a friendly 3-0 win over Slovenia national football team on 23 March 2018.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Player Homepage FC Liefering". redbullsalzburg.at. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
  2. ↑ https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2018/matches/round=2000894/match=2022216/prematch/background/index.html
  3. ↑ "FC Red Bull Salzburg 2–1 Marseille". BBC Sport. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  4. ↑ uefa.com. "Friendlies 2014-16 - Austria-Slovenia – UEFA.com". Uefa.com.
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