Rasmus Schüller (born 18 June 1991) is a Finnish footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Djurgårdens IF and the Finland national team.[1]
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rasmus Schüller | ||
Date of birth | (1991-06-18) 18 June 1991 (age 31) | ||
Place of birth | Espoo, Finland | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Djurgårdens IF | ||
Number | 6 | ||
Youth career | |||
FC Kasiysi | |||
HooGee | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008−2011 | FC Honka | 63 | (5) |
2012−2015 | HJK | 88 | (10) |
2016 | BK Häcken | 18 | (1) |
2017–2019 | Minnesota United | 53 | (1) |
2017 | → HJK (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2020 | HJK | 17 | (3) |
2021– | Djurgårdens IF | 50 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
Finland U19 | |||
2010−2012 | Finland U21 | 13 | (0) |
2013− | Finland | 54 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 November 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:27, 22 June 2021 (UTC) |
Schüller began his career at FC Kasiysi, a club based in his hometown Espoo. Later he moved on to rivals HooGee.
Schüller made his debut in an FC Honka jersey during the 2008 Finnish League Cup. He played in his first Premier Division match in August 2008 against RoPS.[2] In December 2008, Schüller signed a contract with Honka that would have kept him in Espoo until the end of the 2011 season.[3]
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.[4] Schüller scored on his debut in European club competitions, netting his team's second goal of the game when FC Honka beat Welsh side Bangor City FC in the Europa League on 16 July 2009.[5] 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.[6]
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.[7]
In February 2012, HJK announced the signing of Schüller from FC Honka, along with teammate Demba Savage, for an undisclosed fee.[8] Qualified for the Europa League group stages 2014 with HJK with a 5-4 aggregate victory over SK Rapid Wien.
On 7 October 2015, Schüller agreed to transfer to Swedish Allsvenskan side BK Häcken for the 2016 season.[9] Schüller was then joined at BK Häcken by HJK teammate Demba Savage on 28 October 2015.[10]
On 24 January 2017, Schüller signed with Minnesota United.[11]
Schüller was released by Minnesota at the end of their 2019 season.[12]
On 9 August 2017, Schüller rejoined HJK until the end of the season.[13]
Schüller was a member of the Finnish U21 national team.[14]
Schüller was called up for the UEFA Euro 2020 pre-tournament friendly match against Sweden on 29 May 2021.[15]
Schüller is a Swedish-speaking Finn with German ancestry.[16]
Schüller has studied law at University of Helsinki.[17]
Club | Season | League | Cup[lower-alpha 1] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Honka | 2008 | Veikkausliiga | 3 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
2009 | 19 | 2 | 3[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 22 | 3 | ||||||
2010 | 19 | 3 | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 21 | 3 | ||||||
2011 | 22 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||||||
Totals | 63 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 6 | ||||
HJK | 2012 | Veikkausliiga | 25 | 2 | 6[lower-alpha 4] | 3 | 31 | 5 | ||||
2013 | 23 | 7 | 2[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 25 | 7 | ||||||
2014 | 11 | 1 | 7[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 18 | 1 | ||||||
2015 | 29 | 0 | 6[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 88 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 110 | 13 | ||||
Häcken | 2016 | Allsvenskan | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 22 | 1 | |
Minnesota United | 2017 | MLS | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |||
2018 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||||||
Totals | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
HJK (loan) | 2017 | Veikkausliiga | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
Career totals | 208 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 247 | 19 |
HJK
BK Häcken
Djurgårdens IF – current squad | |
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Finland squad – UEFA Euro 2020 | ||
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