Katja Wienerroither

Katja Wienerroither
Personal information
Full name Katja Wienerroither
Date of birth (2002-01-03) 3 January 2002 (age 24)
Place of birth Salzburg , Austria
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
FC Red Bull Salzburg
Number 12
Youth career
2012-2017 USC Eugendorf
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016-2017 USC Eugendorf 13 (42)
2017-2019 FC Bergheim 40 (18)
2017 FC Bergheim II 2 (4)
2020-2021 SK Sturm Graz (women) 17 (14)
2021-2023 Grasshopper Club Zürich 22 (14)
2023-2025 RB Leipzig (women) 0 (0)
2025- Red Bull Salzburg (women) 0 (0)
International career‡
2018-2019 Austria U17 13 (6)
2019 Austria U19 5 (3)
2020- Austria 16 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 December 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 December 2025

Katja Wienerroither (* 3 January 2002 in Salzburg ) is an Austrian football player. She plays as forward for FC Red Bull Salzburg in the ÖFB-Frauenliga. Since 2020 she also plays for the for Austria women's national football team.

Career

Katja Wienerroither began her club career in 2012 at USC Eugendorf. From 2017 she played for FC Bergheim. From summer 2019 she attended the ÖFB Women's Football Academy in St. Pölten. In January 2020, she moved to SK Sturm Graz.

In 2021, she signed a two-year contract with the Swiss club Grasshopper Club Zürich. The same year graduated from BORGL St. Pölten ( Federal Upper Secondary School for Elite Sports). In the opening round of the Women’s Super League, she scored three goals in Grasshoppers Women's 5-0 away win against FC Yverdon Féminin in August 2021. For the 2023/24 season, she was signed by RB Leipzig. In mid-2025, she moved to FC Red Bull Salzburg.

International

Wienerroither initially played for the U17 and U19 national teams. She made her debut for the senior national team on 6 March 2020, in a friendly against Switzerland. She was substituted for Verena Aschauer in the 83rd minute by head coach Dominik Thalhammer.

On September 17, 2021, she scored her first two senior international goals in Liepāja in an 8-1 victory over Latvia in the opening match of World Cup qualifying Group D.

References

  1. ↑ ÖFB players profile
  2. ↑ Salzburger Nachrichten
  3. ↑ Salzburger Nachrichten
  4. ↑ Sky Sport
  5. ↑ Krone.at
  6. ↑ ÖFB
  7. ↑ 90minuten.at