Xaver Schlager

Xaver Schlager (German pronunciation: [ˈksaːvɐ ˈʃlaːɡɐ];[1][2] born 28 September 1997) is an Austrian footballer who currently plays as midfielder for VfL Wolfsburg.

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, Upper Austria, Austria
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 VfL Wolfsburg
Number 24
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)
2016–2019 Red Bull Salzburg 67 (7)
2019– VfL Wolfsburg 23 (1)
National team‡
2013 Austria U17 4 (2)
2015–2016 Austria U19 11 (2)
2017–2019 Austria U21 9 (2)
2018– Austria 11 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:44, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 June 2019

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.[3] 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[4]

VfL Wolfsburg

On the 26 June 2019, he signed for VfL Wolfsburg.[5]

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.[6]

International goals
Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first.[7]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.18 November 2018Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland Northern Ireland1–02–12018–19 UEFA Nations League B

References
  1. Dudenredaktion; Kleiner, Stefan; Knöbl, Ralf (2015) [First published 1962]. Das Aussprachewörterbuch [The Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German) (7th ed.). Berlin: Dudenverlag. pp. 764, 911. ISBN 978-3-411-04067-4.
  2. Krech, Eva-Maria; Stock, Eberhard; Hirschfeld, Ursula; Anders, Lutz Christian (2009). Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch [German Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. pp. 905, 1062. ISBN 978-3-11-018202-6.
  3. https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2018/matches/round=2000894/match=2022216/prematch/background/index.html
  4. "FC Red Bull Salzburg 2–1 Marseille". BBC Sport. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  5. "Verstärkung für das Mittelfeld" (in German). VfL Wolfsburg. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  6. uefa.com. "Friendlies 2014-16 - Austria-Slovenia – UEFA.com". Uefa.com.
  7. "Schlager, Xaver". National Football Teams. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
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