Polster in 2018 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (2002-12-23) 23 December 2002 (age 21) | ||
Place of birth | Vienna, Austria | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Lausanne-Sport | ||
Number | 43 | ||
Youth career | |||
2008–2015 | SV Langenzersdorf | ||
2015–2019 | AKA St. Pölten | ||
2019–2021 | Wolfsburg | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021–2022 | Stuttgart II | 34 | (6) |
2022–2024 | Austria Wien II | 5 | (1) |
2022–2024 | Austria Wien | 42 | (1) |
2024– | Lausanne-Sport | 8 | (0) |
International career | |||
2017 | Austria U15 | 6 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Austria U16 | 5 | (3) |
2018–2019 | Austria U17 | 14 | (1) |
2019–2020 | Austria U18 | 6 | (0) |
2022–2024 | Austria U21 | 13 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024 |
Manuel Polster (born 23 December 2002) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Swiss club Lausanne-Sport.
Although they share the same birthplace he is of no relation to Toni Polster.
Career
Polster is a youth product of the Austrian clubs SV Langenzersdorf and AKA St. Pölten, before moving to the youth academy of the German club Wolfsburg in 2019. He moved to the Stuttgart reserves in the Regionalliga on 11 July 2022 and scored 6 goals in 34 matches.
On 27 June 2022, Polster transferred to Austria Wien, signing a 3-year contract. He made his professional and Austrian Football Bundesliga with Austria Wien as a late substitute in a 3–0 win over Ried on 18 September 2021.
On 3 July 2024, Polster signed a three-season contract with Lausanne-Sport in Switzerland.
International career
Polster is a youth international for Austria, having played with them up to the Austria U18 level.
References
- "Youngster Manuel Trifft auf Legende-Zwei Polster-Generationen im Interview". Sky Sports Austria. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
- "Neuer Außenbahnspieler für die U21". VfB Stuttgart.
- "Austria schnappt sich Offensivtalent Manuel Polster". kicker (in German). 27 June 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- "Liveticker | Austria Wien - SV Ried | 9. Spieltag 2022/2023 | DER SPIEGEL". sportdaten.spiegel.de.
- "Manuel Polster est Lausannois" [Manuel Polster is at Lausanne] (in French). Lausanne-Sport. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- "LAOLA1.at - FAK: Manuel Polster kommt von Stuttgart, unterschreibt bis 2025". www.laola1.at.
External links
- Manuel Polster at Soccerway
- OEFB Profile
- DFB profile
FC Lausanne-Sport – current squad | |
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- 2002 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Vienna
- Austrian men's footballers
- Austria men's youth international footballers
- Austria men's under-21 international footballers
- FK Austria Wien players
- VfB Stuttgart II players
- FC Lausanne-Sport players
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players
- 2. Liga (Austria) players
- Regionalliga players
- Swiss Super League players
- Men's association football wingers
- Austrian expatriate men's footballers
- Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
- 21st-century Austrian sportsmen