Xaver Schlager


Xaver Schlager is an Austrian footballer who currently plays as midfielder for VfL Wolfsburg.

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. 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

VfL Wolfsburg

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

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.

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.18 November 2018Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland1–02–12018–19 UEFA Nations League B