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2/6/2025

LASK Responds to Lukas Jungwirth's Injury

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LASK will have to do without goalkeeper Lukas Jungwirth for the coming weeks. The 20-year-old homegrown talent sustained a hand injury during training and will be out indefinitely. In response to this setback, the club decided to strengthen the goalkeeper position by signing Tobias Schützenauer for the spring season.

The 27-year-old spent most of his career so far at SK Sturm Graz, where he made his professional debut in May 2015 and appeared a total of ten times for the first team. He also played 70 matches for Graz's second team, 57 of them under the tenure of current LASK head coach Markus Schopp, who, along with Christian Gratzei – LASK’s Head of Football Operations and a former teammate of Schützenauer – knows the multiple-time Austrian youth international goalkeeper very well.

In the 2023/24 season, the shot-stopper was part of SCR Altach’s Bundesliga squad, making seven appearances for the Vorarlberg-based club. His first experience abroad recently took him to Georgia, where he was under contract with Dinamo Tbilisi until the end of the 2024 full-year championship, playing his most recent competitive match in December. Now, LASK has secured the goalkeeper's services until the end of the season, allowing Lukas Jungwirth sufficient time for a full recovery from the hand injury he sustained in training.

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The absence of Lukas Jungwirth is, of course, very unfortunate. However, we are confident that he will handle the injury well, and we will provide him with all the support he needs during his rehabilitation process. At the same time, we are pleased to have signed Tobias Schützenauer for the coming months. I have known him for many years, and with his experience, he will play an important role in our goalkeeper team alongside Tobias Lawal and Clemens Steinbauer in the spring.

Markus Schopp, Head Coach & Sports Director

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The injury-related absence of Lukas Jungwirth has led us to take action in the goalkeeper position to ensure we are well-prepared for the spring season. With the signing of Tobias Schützenauer, we have successfully achieved that. We have great confidence in our goalkeeper team, while at the same time, we wish Lukas all the best for his recovery. We are fully convinced of his qualities and have long-term plans with him for the future.

Christian Gratzei, Head of Football Operations

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