Lea Schüller is considered the most dangerous player in the DFB squad. Active in the Bundesliga for FC Bayern since 2020, after goals in league games, you often hear “es schüllert” (she’s scoring), in reference to the great goal scorer Gerd Müller.
But who is Lea Schüller in private?
Lea Schüller’s partner as world champion, her salary at FC Bayern, her background, and her parents.
Parents & origins: Where does she come from?
“I would never go to FC Bayern,” says a song by Die Toten Hosen, which became a hit among Munich’s rivals. For Lea Schüller, this sentence was written on a poster in her childhood bedroom when she took her first steps on the soccer field.
Understandable, as she was born in Tönisvorst near Düsseldorf. The west of Germany is known for having its own sporting identity, which is how she became a BVB fan as a child.
But as fate would have it, the player’s first big transfer after SGS Essen in 2020 was to – you guessed it – FC Bayern. Given her strong performances, she will have been forgiven by now.
When asked about the biggest support in her career so far, she names her parents: “My parents – and they still are. They come to every game and I’m always happy to see them on the sidelines.”
The German has particularly fond memories of the vacations she spent with her parents. Every year in the fall, they would travel to Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands. She still enjoys visiting the tourist hotspot today.
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Lea Schüller’s girlfriend: Who is her partner?
As the blonde has been a regular member of the German women’s national team for years, questions about her relationship status inevitably arise among soccer fans: Does Lea Schüller have a girlfriend or boyfriend?
Lea Schüller is more inclined towards the female gender, and she shows it. Lea Schüller’s current girlfriend is a colleague – Italian soccer player Martina Piemonte. They even play in the same position, center forward.
Not much else is known about Lea Schüller’s girlfriend, except that they vacationed together in Ibiza.
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Before that, Schüller was also in a relationship with an athlete, namely the sailor Lara Vadlau from Austria, who has won several World and European Championship medals in her sport.
Schüller and Vadlau sailed together for over four and a half years until November 2023. Lara even lived with Lea in Munich.
The relationship had become increasingly strained by the challenges of their everyday professional lives, Vadlau said in an interview in August 2024. “We saw each other maybe two or three days a month.” Lea was often away when she came home. And vice versa.”
How much does Lea Schüller earn at FC Bayern?
Lea Schüller has been playing for FC Bayern Munich since 2020 How much does Lea Schüller earn at FC Bayern?
There are no official salary details. However, previous analyses have shown that the average salary in the Women’s Bundesliga is around €50,000.
Lea Schüller’s salary at Bayern is said to be around €80,000 per year. However, this does not include any special bonuses, for example for winning the league title, the cup or the Champions League.
In addition to her income from FC Bayern, Lea Schüller’s salary also comes from private sponsors and advertising partnerships. This means that Lea Schüller’s annual salary will be significantly higher than her earnings from Bayern.
Unlike the men, this is of course not enough to build up a financial cushion for the future and be set for life.
Many players therefore either study or train during the season for the time after their active career. Lea Schüller is doing the same. She is studying industrial engineering at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences. In the future, she would like to work in the automotive industry.
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Schüller in private: ball sports, superstitions & nutrition
Lea shares her sporting and private life with women’s soccer fans in Germany and around the world on her Instagram channel.
Most of the pictures are work-related – for example, from training or business trips with FC Bayern. However, there is always plenty of room for fun off the pitch. Photos with her ex-girlfriend Lara Vadlau appear regularly, as do pictures with her teammates.
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Even when she’s not playing soccer, the DFB striker likes to play with balls – she can be seen playing beach volleyball and basketball, among other things. Nutrition is an important topic for her, and she has a soft spot for pizza (“every now and then”) and pasta (“I could eat it every day”).
She also has an interesting superstition: she always steps onto the field with her left foot first, but without touching the line.
