Alessandro Schöpf


Alessandro Schöpf is an Austrian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Schalke 04.

Club career

Bayern Munich

Schöpf joined Bayern Munich in 2009 and spent three years in the junior team before being promoted to the reserve squad in 2012. He made his debut on the opening day of the 2012–13 season in a 1–1 draw with FC Augsburg II, and would go on to make another 28 appearances as Bayern II finished in second place in the Regionalliga Bayern. His eleven goals that season made him the team's top scorer, behind Marius Duhnke with fourteen. The following season, Schöpf made 34 appearances, again scoring 11 goals, as Bayern II won the Regionalliga Bayern title, but missed out on promotion after losing on away goals in a playoff against Fortuna Köln. In November 2013, Schöpf along with teammate Julian Green was given a first-team contract, although he made no appearances during the 2013–14 season as Bayern went on to win the Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal.

1. FC Nürnberg

In July 2014, Schöpf signed for 2. Bundesliga club 1. FC Nürnberg, and was one of six new players to make their debut for the club on the opening day of the 2014–15 season, a 1–0 win over Erzgebirge Aue.

FC Schalke 04

On 7 January 2016, it was announced that Schöpf moved to Schalke 04 and signed a contract until 2019. Despite suffering a cruciate knee injury he impressed Schalke manager Domenico Tedesco enough to earn a contract extension to 2021, being praised by Tedesco as "almost a complete player. He is very diligent and runs many, many kilometres in each game. He is versatile and always wants to play, no matter which position it is. In addition, he is technically savvy, is brave and a great person. We're delighted to be able to continue working with him."

International career

Schöpf has represented Austria at under-16, under-18, under-19 and under-21 level.
On 27 March 2016, Schöpf made his senior debut for Austria, coming on as 87th-minute substitute in a friendly match against Albania. He was selected for Euro 2016, scoring his first goal in a pre-tournament friendly against Malta on 31 May. He scored Austria's only goal of the tournament, equalizing against Iceland, as they finished bottom of the group with only one point.

Career statistics

Club

International

National team statistics

International goals

No.CapDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1331 May 2016Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt, Austria2–02–1Friendly
2722 June 2016Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France1–11–2UEFA Euro 2016
31630 May 2018Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck, Austria1–01–0Friendly
4172 June 2018Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt, Austria2–12–1Friendly

Honours

;Bayern Munich II