Rasmus Schüller (born 18 June 1991) is a Finnish

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who plays as a central

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for

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and the Finland national team.

Club career

Early career

Schüller began his career at

FC Kasiysi FC Kasiysi is a Finnish football club established in 1989 (''Kasiysi'' means 89 in Finnish). The club is located in the city of Espoo and specialises in youth football at all levels. FC Kasiysi also serves as a youth developmental club for FC Espoo ...

, a club based in his hometown

Espoo Espoo (, ; sv, Esbo) is a city and municipality in the region of Uusimaa in the Republic of Finland. It is located on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland, bordering the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, Kirkkonummi, Vihti and Nurmijärvi ...

. Later he moved on to rivals

HooGee HooGee or Haukilahden Pallo – Gäddviks Boll HooGee is a Finnish football club established in 1980. The club is based in the district of Haukilahti in the city of Espoo and specialises in youth football. HooGee draws its membership base ...

FC Honka

Schüller made his debut in an

FC Honka FC Honka is a Finnish football club based in Espoo. It was founded in 1957 as Tapion Honka, and changed its name to FC Honka in 1975. The club currently play in the Finnish premier division (''Veikkausliiga''), having been promoted for the fir ...

jersey during the 2008

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. He played in his first Premier Division match in August 2008 against

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. In December 2008, Schüller signed a contract with Honka that would have kept him in Espoo until the end of the 2011 season. Schüller scored his first league goal for FC Honka in June 2009, less than a week after his 18th birthday, when his team came out victorious from a match against

Kuopion Palloseura Kuopion Palloseura (or KuPS) is a Finnish football club, based in the ninth most populated city of Finland, Kuopio. KuPS plays in Finland's Premier League, Veikkausliiga. KuPS has won the Finnish championship six times, the Finnish Cup 4 times ...

. Schüller scored on his debut in European club competitions, netting his team's second goal of the game when FC Honka beat

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side Bangor City FC in the

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on 16 July 2009. In August 2009, Schüller scored his second league goal for FC Honka and was named man of the match when he helped his team to a 3–1 victory over

Tampere United Tampere United is a Finnish football club from the city of Tampere. The club plays in Kakkonen, the third highest level of football in Finland. The club had a team in Veikkausliiga, the premier football league in Finland, until the end of the ...

. On 22 September 2009, it was announced that Schüller had put pen to paper for a new deal until the end of the 2012 season.

HJK

In February 2012, HJK announced the signing of Schüller from FC Honka, along with teammate

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, for an undisclosed fee. Qualified for the Europa League group stages 2014 with HJK with a 5-4 aggregate victory over

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BK Häcken

On 7 October 2015, Schüller agreed to transfer to Swedish

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side

BK Häcken Bollklubben Häcken, more commonly known as BK Häcken or simply Häcken (), is a Swedish professional association football, football club based in Gothenburg. It currently plays in Allsvenskan, the top tier of Swedish football. Formed on 2 Augu ...

for the 2016 season. Schüller was then joined at BK Häcken by HJK teammate Demba Savage on 28 October 2015.

Minnesota United

2017 season

On 24 January 2017, Schüller signed with

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. Schüller was released by Minnesota at the end of their 2019 season.

Return to HJK (loan)

On 9 August 2017, Schüller rejoined HJK until the end of the season.

International career

Schüller was a member of the Finnish U21 national team. Schüller was called up for the

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pre-tournament friendly match against

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on 29 May 2021.

Personal life

Schüller is a

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with German ancestry. Schüller has studied law at

University of Helsinki The University of Helsinki ( fi, Helsingin yliopisto, sv, Helsingfors universitet, abbreviated UH) is a public research university located in Helsinki, Finland since 1829, but founded in the city of Turku (in Swedish ''Åbo'') in 1640 as the ...

Career statistics

Honours

HJK *

Veikkausliiga Veikkausliiga (; sv, Tipsligan) is the premier division of Finnish football, the highest tier of the Finnish football league structure, comprising the top 12 clubs of the country. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agency Veikkau ...

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2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

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: 2014, 2017, 2020 *

: 2015 BK Häcken *

Svenska Cupen Svenska Cupen (, ''The Swedish Cup'') is a knockout cup competition in Swedish football and the main Swedish football cup. Svenska Cupen usually refers to the men's tournament, although a women's tournament is also held. Each year 96 teams compe ...

: 2015–16

References

External links

Schüller's profile on FC Honka's website

Schüller's profile on Veikkausliiga's website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schuller, Rasmus 1991 births Living people Finnish footballers Finnish expatriate footballers Finland international footballers Finland youth international footballers Finland under-21 international footballers FC Honka players Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players BK Häcken players Minnesota United FC players Veikkausliiga players Allsvenskan players Major League Soccer players UEFA Euro 2020 players Expatriate footballers in Sweden Expatriate soccer players in the United States Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Association football forwards Finnish people of German descent Swedish-speaking Finns Footballers from Espoo