Alexander Schmidt

Alexander Schmidt
Schmidt with Liefering in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-01-19) 19 January 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Vienna, Austria
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 FC Blau-Weiß Linz
Number 13
Youth career
2005–2012 First Vienna FC
2012–2016 Red Bull Salzburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 FC Liefering 36 (8)
2019–2020 → Wolfsberger AC (loan) 19 (0)
2020–2022 LASK 22 (2)
2020–2021 → SKN St. Pölten (loan) 28 (13)
2022–2023 Vizela 10 (0)
2023–2024 Austria Wien 18 (3)
2024- FC Blau-Weiß Linz 9 (0)
National team‡
2015 Austria U17 3 (0)
2019–2020 Austria U21 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 October 2020

Alexander Schmidt (born January 19, 1998 in Vienna) is an Austrian football player. He plays as forward for the Austrian Football Bundesliga club FC Blau-Weiß Linz.

Career

Schmidt began his career at First Vienna FC. In 2012 he moved to the FC Red Bull Salzburg academy. In the summer of 2016 he became part of the FC Liefering squad in the 2nd league. [1] He made his debut in the second division in November 2016. He came on as a substitute for Robert Mudražija versus SC Austria Lustenau. [2]

For FC Red Bull Salzburg he was in the U-19 team for the UEFA Youth League. In the final game he scored the winning goal against Benfica. [3]

In December 2017, his contract was extended until May 2021. For the 2019/20 season he was loaned to the Bundesliga club Wolfsberger AC. [4] For the 2020/21 season he moved to LASK. However, Schmidt was loaned directly to league rivals SKN St. Pölten. With the SKN he was relegated from the Bundesliga at the end of the season. He returned to LASK for the 2021/22 season.[source?]

In September 2022, Schmidt moved to Portugal to FC Vizela. He then returned to Austria and moved to FK Austria Wien. [5] He made 18 Bundesliga appearances for Austria. For the 2024/25 season he then moved on within the league to FC Blau-Weiß Linz. [6]

International

Schmidt played for the Austrian U-17 team for the first time in February 2015 against Italy. In November 2019 he made his debut for the U-21 team against Kosovo.[source?]

References

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  1. ↑ FC Liefering Homepage[permanent dead link]
  2. ↑ FC Salzburg Wiki
  3. ↑ FC Salzburg Wiki
  4. ↑ WAC Homepage
  5. ↑ FK Austria Wien Homepage
  6. ↑ Blau-Weiß Linz Homepage