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)
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 42 (2)
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 02:24, 7 February 2021 (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 beat RB Salzburg 3-2 on aggregate 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]

Career statistics
As of match played on 16 December 2020.[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Liefering2014–15Austrian Football First League 110——110
2015–16Austrian Football First League 223——223
2016–17Austrian Football First League 114——114
2017–18Austrian Football First League 20——20
Total467——467
Red Bull Salzburg2015–16Austrian Bundesliga 20000020
2016–17Austrian Bundesliga 131202[lower-alpha 1]1171
2017–18Austrian Bundesliga 2614014[lower-alpha 1]0441
2018–19Austrian Bundesliga 2656212[lower-alpha 2]1448
Total67712228210711
VfL Wolfsburg II2019–20Regionalliga Nord 10——10
VfL Wolfsburg2019–20Bundesliga 231005[lower-alpha 1]0281
2020–21Bundesliga 121103[lower-alpha 1]0161
Total3521080442
Career total1491613236219820
  1. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearances in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League

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.[7]

International goals
Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first.[8]
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. "Xaver Schlager » Club matches". worldfootball.net. World Football. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  7. uefa.com. "Friendlies 2014-16 - Austria-Slovenia – UEFA.com". Uefa.com.
  8. "Schlager, Xaver". National Football Teams. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
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