Lea Schüller (born 12 November 1997) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for Frauen-Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Germany national team.
 Schüller with Germany in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lea Schüller[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 12 November 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Tönisvorst, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bayern Munich | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2012 | Hülser SV | ||
| 2012–2014 | SGS Essen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2020 | SGS Essen | 125 | (62) |
| 2020– | Bayern Munich | 95 | (62) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013–2014 | Germany U17 | 4 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Germany U19 | 15 | (6) |
| 2013–2015 | Germany U20 | 4 | (2) |
| 2017– | Germany | 69 | (47) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:00, 17 November 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:02, 4 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
Club career
editSGS Essen
editSchüller started playing football at Hülser SV before joining the youth department of SGS Essen in 2012. She made her Frauen-Bundesliga debut aged 16 on 1 December 2013, in a 2–0 home defeat against VfL Wolfsburg.[2] She scored her first two Bundesliga goals on 26 February 2014, in a 3–1 away win against BV Cloppenburg. In July 2017, Schüller extended her contract with SGS Essen for two years until June 2020.[3]
Bayern Munich
editIn July 2020, Schüller signed a three-year contract with FC Bayern Munich. She made her debut for her new team in a preseason match, scoring the first two goals for a 3–1 win against SC Freiburg on 9 August.[4] At the next preseason friendly, against UWCL qualifiers SK Slavia Prague, Schüller contributed a goal in a 4–0 win.[5]
Schüller also made her first ever UEFA Women's Champions League appearance in a 2–1 loss against defending champions Olympique Lyonnais on 23 August. Bayern was subsequently knocked out on a 2–2 aggregate loss with Olympique Lyonnais moving to the semi-finals with an away-goal advantage.[6]
FC Bayern began the 2020–21 Frauen-Bundesliga against SC Sand on 4 September, with Schüller in the starting XI and scoring her first Bundesliga goal with the team, ending with a 6–0 victory. Bayern would go on to win their third league title. Schüller scored a total of 16 goals in her first season with Bayern Munich, finishing third place behind Nicole Billa of TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (23 goals) and Laura Freigang of Eintracht Frankfurt (17 goals) as top scorers of the season.[7]
She continued her impressive displays in the 2021–22 Frauen-Bundesliga season, finishing as the league's top goalscorer with 16 goals as well as the club's top goalscorer with 20 goals in all competitions.[8]
In the 2023–24 season, she scored the game winner in the 77th minute of the 2–1 away victory over Eintracht Frankfurt.[9]
International career
editSchüller appeared for Germany under-17 national team at the 2014 U-17 Women's World Cup in Costa Rica, playing in all three group matches. With the under-19 team, she participated in the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship in Israel, again playing in all three group matches and the defeat on penalties to Sweden in the semi-finals. She was then a member of the German under-20 squad at the U-20 Women's World Cup in Papua New Guinea in 2016, where they lost to France in the quarter-finals.[10]
Schüller was first called up by coach Steffi Jones to train with the full Germany national squad in June 2017,[11] but did not make the final squad for the 2017 UEFA Women's Championship.[12] She made her full international debut against Iceland in a 2019 World Cup qualifying match on 20 October 2017, coming on as a late substitute and scoring the final goal in a 3–2 defeat for Germany. Later in qualifying in April 2018, Schüller scored all 4 goals against the Czech Republic in a 4–0 win.[13]
Personal life
editSince 2019, Schüller was in a relationship with Austrian sport sailor Lara Vadlau,[14] but broke up in 2024.[15]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 24 November 2024[16]
| Club | Season | League | DFB Pokal | Continental[a] | Other[b] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| SGS Essen | 2013–14 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 2 | ||
| 2014–15 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 18 | 7 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 7 | |||
| 2015–16 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 22 | 8 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 24 | 9 | |||
| 2016–17 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 8 | |||
| 2017–18 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 21 | 7 | 4 | 4 | – | – | 25 | 11 | |||
| 2018–19 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 22 | 14 | 2 | 4 | – | – | 24 | 18 | |||
| 2019–20 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 22 | 16 | 5 | 6 | – | – | 27 | 22 | |||
| Total | 125 | 62 | 18 | 15 | – | – | 143 | 77 | ||||
| Bayern Munich | 2019–20 | Frauen-Bundesliga | – | – | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 20 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | – | 31 | 26 | ||
| 2021–22 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 22 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | – | 31 | 21 | ||
| 2022–23 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 22 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 4 | – | 36 | 19 | ||
| 2023–24 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 21 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | – | 30 | 14 | ||
| 2024–25 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 7 | |
| Total | 95 | 62 | 16 | 11 | 33 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 145 | 87 | ||
| Career total | 220 | 124 | 34 | 26 | 33 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 288 | 164 | ||
- ^ Includes UEFA Women's Champions League
- ^ Includes DFB-Supercup
International
edit- As of 2 December 2024[17]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2017 | 3 | 1 |
| 2018 | 8 | 6 | |
| 2019 | 8 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 11 | 11 | |
| 2022 | 10 | 7 | |
| 2023 | 10 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 15 | 12 | |
| Total | 69 | 47 | |
- Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Schüller goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 October 2017 | Wiesbaden, Germany |  Iceland |
2–3 | 2–3 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 7 April 2018 | Zwickau, Germany |  Czech Republic |
1–0 | 4–0 | |
| 3 | 2–0 | |||||
| 4 | 3–0 | |||||
| 5 | 4–0 | |||||
| 6 | 4 September 2018 | Tórshavn, Faroe Islands |  Faroe Islands |
1–0 | 8–0 | |
| 7 | 6 October 2018 | Essen, Germany |  Austria |
3–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 8 | 28 February 2019 | Laval, France |  France |
1–0 | 1–0 | |
| 9 | 22 June 2019 | Grenoble, France |  Nigeria |
3–0 | 3–0 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup |
| 10 | 31 August 2019 | Kassel, Germany |  Montenegro |
9–0 | 10–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying |
| 11 | 7 March 2020 | Lagos, Portugal |  Norway |
1–0 | 4–0 | 2020 Algarve Cup |
| 12 | 19 September 2020 | Essen, Germany |  Republic of Ireland |
3–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying |
| 13 | 21 February 2021 | Aachen, Germany |  Belgium |
2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 14 | 18 September 2021 | Cottbus, Germany |  Bulgaria |
1–0 | 7–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 15 | 5–0 | |||||
| 16 | 21 September 2021 | Chemnitz, Germany |  Serbia |
1–1 | 5-1 | |
| 17 | 2–1 | |||||
| 18 | 3–1 | |||||
| 19 | 4–1 | |||||
| 20 | 26 November 2021 | Braunschweig, Germany |  Turkey |
2–0 | 8–0 | |
| 21 | 3–0 | |||||
| 22 | 5–0 | |||||
| 23 | 30 November 2021 | Faro, Portugal |  Portugal |
1–0 | 3–1 | |
| 24 | 17 February 2022 | Middlesbrough, England |  Spain |
1–1 | 1–1 | 2022 Arnold Clark Cup |
| 25 | 12 April 2022 | Stara Pazova, Serbia | Serbia |
1–2 | 2–3 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 26 | 8 July 2022 | London, England |  Denmark |
2–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 |
| 27 | 3 September 2022 | Bursa, Turkey | Turkey |
3–0 | 3–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 28 | 6 September 2022 | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | Bulgaria |
1–0 | 8–0 | |
| 29 | 3–0 | |||||
| 30 | 4–0 | |||||
| 31 | 7 July 2023 | Fürth, Germany |  Zambia |
1–2 | 2–3 | Friendly |
| 32 | 24 July 2023 | Melbourne, Australia |  Morocco |
6–0 | 6–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup |
| 33 | 26 September 2023 | Bochum, Germany | Iceland |
3–0 | 4–0 | 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League |
| 34 | 27 October 2023 | Sinsheim, Germany |  Wales |
1–0 | 5–1 | |
| 35 | 2–1 | |||||
| 36 | 28 February 2024 | Heerenveen, Netherlands |  Netherlands |
2–0 | 2–0 | |
| 37 | 9 April 2024 | Aachen, Germany | Iceland |
1–0 | 3–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying |
| 38 | 2–1 | |||||
| 39 | 31 May 2024 | Rostock, Germany |  Poland |
2–1 | 4–1 | |
| 40 | 4 June 2024 | Gdynia, Poland | Poland |
1–1 | 3–1 | |
| 41 | 2–1 | |||||
| 42 | 16 July 2024 | Hanover, Germany | Austria |
3–0 | 4–0 | |
| 43 | 25 July 2024 | Marseille, France |  Australia |
2–0 | 3–0 | 2024 Summer Olympics |
| 44 | 31 July 2024 | Saint-Étienne, France | Zambia |
1–0 | 4–1 | |
| 45 | 3–1 | |||||
| 46 | 29 November 2024 | Zurich, Switzerland |  Switzerland |
3–0 | 6–0 | Friendly |
| 47 | 6–0 |
Honours
editBayern Munich
Germany
- Summer Olympics bronze medal: 2024[19]
- UEFA Women's Championship runner-up: 2022[20]
- UEFA Women's Nations League third place: 2023–24[21]
Individual
References
edit- ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 – List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 7 July 2019. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "Lea Schüller unterschreibt bis 2020 bei der SGS Essen" (in German). SGS Essen. 11 July 2017. Archived from the original on 5 March 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
- ^ "FC Bayern holt Islacker aus Frankfurt" (in German). DFB. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
- ^ "Schüller mit Doppelpack: Bayern-Frauen schlagen Freiburg mit 3:1" [Schüller with a brace: Bayern women beat Freiburg 3-1] (in German). FC Bayern München. 9 August 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ "UWCL-Generalprobe: Bayern-Frauen mit 4:0-Sieg gegen Slavia Prag" [UWCL dress rehearsal: Bayern women with a 4-0 win against Slavia Prague] (in German). FC Bayern München. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ "Bayern-Frauen scheitern nach großem Kampf im UWCL-Viertelfinale" [Bayern women fail after big fight in UWCL quarterfinals] (in German). FC Bayern München. 23 August 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ "Flyeralarm Frauen-Bundesliga Torjägerinnen 2020-21". www.kicker.de (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
- ^ "Unsere 𝖳𝖮𝖯 𝖲𝖢𝖮𝖱𝖤𝖱 der Saison 2021/2022!". Twitter. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ^ "Live Commentary - Eintracht Frankfurt Ladies vs FC Bayern Women | 9 March 2024". Sky Sports. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ "0:1 gegen Frankreich: U 20 unglücklich im Viertelfinale ausgeschieden" (in German). DFB. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
- ^ Burgner, Benedict (27 June 2017). "SGS Essen: Lea Schüller war bei der Nationalmannschaft". RevierSport (in German). Retrieved 9 March 2018.
- ^ "EM-Generalprobe gegen Brasilien: Testphase für DFB-Frauen vorbei". Eurosport Deutschland (in German). 3 July 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
- ^ "Germany 4–0 Czechia". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
- ^ "Fußball-EM 2022: Das sind die 59 lesbischen, bisexuellen und queeren Spielerinnen". L.MAG (in German). 6 July 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ Gottschalk, Melanie (10 August 2024). "Nach Olympia-Enttäuschung: DFB-Spielerin erlebt auch noch Trennungsschmerz". Frankfurster Rundschau (in German). Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "Germany - L. Schüller - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
- ^ a b "Lea Schüller - Player profile". dfb.de. 29 November 2024.
- ^ Mehta, Kalika; Ford, Matt (28 May 2023). "Women's Bundesliga: Bayern Munich's title reveals problems". Deutsche Welle (dw.com). Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ "Spain 0-1 Germany: Germany win women's football bronze at Paris 2024". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ Sanders, Emma (31 July 2022). "England beat Germany to win first major women's trophy". BBC. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ "Germany win Nations League play-off to reach Olympics". BBC Sport. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ "Fußballer, Fußballerin und Trainer des Jahres: kicker-Awards an Nkunku, Schüller und Streich". kicker.de (in German). 31 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ "Silbernes Lorbeerblatt für Bronze-Gewinnerinnen". dfb.de (in German). DFB. 4 November 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ "Verleihung des Silbernen Lorbeerblattes". bundespraesident.de (in German). Bundespräsidialamt. 4 November 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
- ^ "Schüller ist Nationalspielerin des Jahres". kicker (in German). Retrieved 16 December 2024.
External links
edit
- Profile at the FC Bayern Munich website
- Lea Schuller at DFB (also available in German)
- Lea Schueller – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Lea Schüller – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Lea Schüller at Soccerway
