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CAM
Attacking midfieldMain
2,327 min · 31 apps · 27 starts
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Right wing
2,042 min · 25 apps · 25 starts
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Central midfield
1,832 min · 21 apps · 21 starts
Squad importance
Current squad importance over the club’s last 40 recorded competitive games in this spell, including previous seasons. Starts and minutes contribute 70%; performance contributes 30%. Absences reduce the score gradually, with less weight when a player is outside the matchday squad.Current role at Frosinone · independent of the season filter
Star
Involvement91%
Performance50%
Through the match on 1 Nov 2026. Refreshed daily.
Profile
Career & playing style
Romano Schmid is an Austrian attacking midfielder whose close control and movement help him keep attacks going under pressure. His role also depends on the players around him: at Werder Bremen, Leonardo Bittencourt explained that cover from himself and Jens Stage allowed Schmid to push forward. That balance gave his mobility a purpose in the final third.
His route into senior football passed through Sturm Graz before a move to Red Bull Salzburg in August 2017. Salzburg planned to use him at Liefering to learn their playing system. In January 2019, he signed for Werder Bremen, then spent a season and a half on loan at Wolfsberger AC.
That loan expanded the job he could do. In a 2020 interview, Schmid described moving from the number-ten role of his youth into a deeper number-eight position. Pressing throughout matches under Gerhard Struber demanded more running and defensive work. Schmid credited that experience with improving his defending and endurance, while acknowledging that Germany’s speed and quality required further adaptation without the ball.
His German Bundesliga debut followed in December 2020. He then helped Werder win promotion back to the top division in 2022 and made his senior Austria debut later that year.
Austria’s 3–2 victory over the Netherlands at EURO 2024 supplied a defining attacking moment. Schmid headed in Florian Grillitsch’s cross to restore Austria’s lead in Berlin on 25 June. Marcel Sabitzer later scored the winner, and Austria finished top of their group.
He also scored at the 2026 World Cup, opening the scoring in Austria’s 3–1 group-stage victory over Jordan. Their tournament ended in the round of 32 with a 3–0 defeat by Spain on 2 July.
In August 2026, Schmid made a permanent move from Werder to Frosinone. The transfer opened an Italian chapter after a Bremen spell that had included relegation, promotion and his emergence as a senior international.
Latest stats & form
Romano Schmid currently plays for Frosinone as an attacking midfielder. He has represented Austria internationally.
Statistics cover recorded official matches.