Jannik Schuster
Austrian footballer (born 2006 )
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Jannik Schuster (born 16 May 2006) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Brentford.
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Schuster in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 May 2006 | ||
| Place of birth | Hall in Tirol, Austria | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Brentford | ||
| Number | 44 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013–2020 | SV Mieming | ||
| 2020–2023 | Red Bull Salzburg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023–2025 | FC Liefering | 39 | (2) |
| 2025–2026 | Red Bull Salzburg | 20 | (1) |
| 2026– | Brentford | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022 | Austria U16 | 3 | (1) |
| 2023 | Austria U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | Austria U19 | 9 | (1) |
| 2025– | Austria U21 | 5 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 31 March 2026 | |||
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]
On 15 May 2026, Schuster moved to England for Premier League club Brentford.[10]
International career
Career statistics
- As of match played 3 May 2026
| 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 | ||||
| 2025–26 | 2. Liga | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 39 | 2 | — | — | — | 39 | 2 | |||||
| Red Bull Salzburg | 2024–25 | Austrian Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2025–26 | Austrian Bundesliga | 19 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | — | 28 | 1 | ||
| Total | 20 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 59 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 3 | ||
- One appearance in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Europa League
