Manuel Polster

Manuel Polster (born 23 December 2002) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Swiss club Lausanne-Sport.

Manuel Polster

Polster in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth	(2002-12-23) 23 December 2002 (age 22)
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	13	(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 as of 29 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 March 2024

Although they share the same birthplace he is of no relation to Toni Polster.^[1]

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.^[2]

On 27 June 2022, Polster transferred to Austria Wien, signing a 3-year contract.^[3] 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.^[4]

On 3 July 2024, Polster signed a three-season contract with Lausanne-Sport in Switzerland.^[5]

International career

Polster is a youth international for Austria, having played with them up to the Austria U18 level.^[6]