Michael Steinwender
Austrian defender Michael Steinwender joined the Jambos in January 2025.
The 24-year-old joined from Swedish top flight side IFK Värnamo on a deal until the summer of 2028 for an undisclosed fee, subject to international clearance and Scottish FA approval.
A former Austrian youth international, Michael spent time in Rapid Vienna’s youth system before beginning his senior career with SV Mattersburg. Regularly featuring for their second side, he made his Austrian Bundesliga debut in 2020.
He spent the 2020/21 campaign at then top flight side St Polten, and with a full season of first team experience under his belt in Lower Austria would go on to join fellow Bundesliga outfit TSV Hartburg.
Michael helped Hartburg to consolidate their top flight status two years in a row, as well as reaching the semi-finals of the Austrian Cup, and in his third and final season was part of the side that finished fifth, qualifying for the domestic European play-off where they would ultimately be edged out by Rapid Vienna.
In 2024 he made a mid-season move to Sweden’s Allsvenskan with Värnamo, where he would play his part in helping them to retain their top league status.
The 6’ 3” centre-half now swaps the south of Sweden for Scotland’s capital city.