Mirko Schuster (born 21 July 1994) is a German

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who plays as a defender for

Regionalliga Südwest The Regionalliga Südwest ('Regional League Southwest') is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. It is one of five leagues at this level, together with t ...

club

SV Eintracht Trier 05 SV Eintracht-Trier 05 e. V., commonly known as Eintracht Trier (), is a German association football club based in Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate. The club was established on 11 March 1948 through the merger of Westmark 05 Trier and Eintracht Trier ...

Career

Born in

Mannheim Mannheim (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (), is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, second-largest city in Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, the States of Ger ...

, Schuster started out playing in the youth ranks of local side

SV Waldhof Mannheim SV Waldhof Mannheim is a multi-sports club, located in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg. It is most known for its association football team; however, there are also professional handball and table-tennis sides. The club today has a membership of ov ...

before moving to

Karlsruher SC Karlsruher Sport-Club Mühlburg-Phönix e. V., better known as Karlsruher SC, is a Football in Germany, German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg that currently plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of Germa ...

in 2007, where he played with the U17 and U19 teams. He trained with the first team during a ten-day camp in the summer of 2012. In June 2013, Schuster was permanently promoted to the first team. Despite making several appearances on the bench, he never played a match for Karlsruher. Instead, Schuster made 21 appearances with the reserve team in the

Oberliga Baden-Württemberg The Oberliga Baden-Württemberg is the highest association football league in the States of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg and the Baden-Württemberg football league system. It is one of fourteen Oberliga (football), Oberligas in German footb ...

. In January 2014, he underwent multiple emergency surgeries after sustaining an injury to his right thigh during winter training camp in

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; he suffered from acute compartment syndrome and was forced to miss the remainder of the season. Schuster made the move to

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side

SG Sonnenhof Großaspach SG Sonnenhof Großaspach (), commonly known as Sonnenhof Großaspach, is a German professional Football team, football club based in Aspach, Baden-Württemberg, Aspach, Baden-Württemberg. The club is currently playing in the Regionalliga Südwes ...

in January 2015, signing an 18-month contract. He finally made his senior debut on 14 February 2015, playing the full 90 minutes of a 1-1 draw against

Hansa Rostock FC Hansa Rostock () is a German association football club based in the city of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The club is also called as "the cog" because of its club crest. They have emerged as one of the most successful clubs from ...

. Schuster made 17 appearances for Sonnenhof Großaspach. In July 2016, Schuster joined

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side

TSV Steinbach TSV Steinbach Haiger is a German Association football, association football club based in Steinbach, near Haiger, Hesse. The club's greatest success has been to earn promotion to the German football league system, tier four Regionalliga Südwest ...

. In 2019, Schuster suffered a

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in his left arm. In 2024, Schuster signed a two-year contract (with a player option for a third year) with Regionalliga side

, who needed a replacement midfielder following the retirement of club stalwart Maurice Roth. Schuster made his club debut against

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, scoring a

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in a 4–1 win.

References

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