Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alexander Schlager | ||
Date of birth | 1 February 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Salzburg, Austria | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Red Bull Salzburg | ||
Number | 24 | ||
Youth career | |||
2002–2005 | ASK Salzburg | ||
2005–2007 | Red Bull Salzburg | ||
2007 | ASK Maxglan | ||
2007–2009 | Austria Salzburg | ||
2009–2015 | Red Bull Salzburg | ||
2014–2015 | → RB Leipzig (loan) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2015 | Red Bull Salzburg | 0 | (0) |
2012–2017 | FC Liefering | 0 | (0) |
2014–2015 | → RB Leipzig (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2015–2016 | → SV Grödig (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2016–2017 | → Floridsdorfer AC (loan) | 23 | (0) |
2017–2023 | LASK | 152 | (0) |
2023– | Red Bull Salzburg | 32 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2015–2019 | Austria U21 | 15 | (0) |
2019– | Austria | 17 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 November 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 November 2024 |
Alexander Schlager (born 1 February 1996) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg and the Austria national team.[1]
Schlager started his career at Red Bull Salzburg, before joining LASK in 2017.[2] In May 2023, he returned to Red Bull Salzburg by signing a contract until 2027.[3]
Schlager was the captain for Austria U-21 in 2019 Euro U-21.[4]
On 16 November 2019, he played his first match for Austria's national team in the deciding Euro 2020 qualifier against North Macedonia, which ended in a 2–1 victory in Vienna.[5] In May 2021, he was named in the 26-man squad for the postponed Euro 2020.[6] In May 2024, he sustained a knee injury which would force him to miss the upcoming Euro 2024.[7]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
SV Grödig (loan) | 2015–16 | Austrian Bundesliga | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
Floridsdorfer AC (loan) | 2016–17 | 2. Liga | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 0 | ||
LASK | 2017–18 | Austrian Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
2018–19 | Austrian Bundesliga | 31 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | — | 40 | 0 | ||
2019–20 | Austrian Bundesliga | 32 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14[b] | 0 | — | 50 | 0 | ||
2020–21 | Austrian Bundesliga | 30 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8[a] | 0 | — | 44 | 0 | ||
2021–22 | Austrian Bundesliga | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11[c] | 0 | — | 47 | 0 | ||
2022–23 | Austrian Bundesliga | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 30 | 0 | ||
Total | 152 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 212 | 0 | ||
Red Bull Salzburg | 2023–24 | Austrian Bundesliga | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6[d] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
2024–25 | Austrian Bundesliga | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
Total | 32 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | ||
Career total | 217 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 290 | 0 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Austria | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
2020 | 2 | 0 | |
2021 | 3 | 0 | |
2022 | 1 | 0 | |
2023 | 7 | 0 | |
2024 | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 17 | 0 |