Jakob Jantscher (born 8 January 1989) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a winger or striker for Austrian Bundesliga club

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and the Austria national team.

Club career

Born in Graz, Jantscher started his career at SC Unterpremstätten und LUV Graz in the Styrian league and 2003 at the age of 14 he moved on to

. On 20 October 2007, he gave his debut in the first team coming on for Thomas Krammer in a match against Red Bull Salzburg. He scored his first goal on 24 November 2007 in a match against

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. On 3 June 2010, Jantscher signed with FC Red Bull Salzburg for four years. On 6 September 2012, he joined

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on one-year loan deal, while Dynamo Moscow secured an option to sign him permanently, which they choose not to.Homepage FC Red Bull Salzburg (en)
/ref> On 1 September 2013, Jantscher signed for Dutch

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club NEC Nijmegen, where he stayed only one season as the club was relegated at the end of the season. On 24 June 2016, he made a transfer to Turkish side

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. On 9 May 2018, he played as

beat Red Bull Salzburg in extra time to win the 2017–18 Austrian Cup.

International career

Jantscher played five times for the

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, under-19 and under-20, and twice for Austria U21. His made his debut for

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on 6 June 2009 in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification against

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. His first goal was in a friendly match against

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, where he scored the only goal for Austria in a 5–1 defeat. He represented the national team at 2016 UEFA Euro.

Career statistics

International goals

:''Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jantscher goal.''

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg * Austrian Football Bundesliga: 2012 * Austrian Cup: 2012 Sturm Graz * Austrian Cup: 2010, 2018

Individual

* Austrian Bundesliga Player of the Year: 2021–22 * Austrian Bundesliga Top assist provider: 2021–22 * Austrian Bundesliga Team of the Year: 2021–22

References

External links

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Voetbal International profile
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