While her team-mates travelled to Oslo on Monday morning, Schluter made the trip a day later because she had university lectures to attend.
It’s a delicate balance, and one that isn’t possible everywhere.
Schluter played for Bayern Munich between 2019 and 2021, but she explained that combining football with a medical degree was not feasible at the German club.
“After I finished school in Germany, I actually tried studying medicine but playing in the German Bundesliga and studying medicine was too much – no chance,” Schluter said.
“I came to Austria to combine my studies and play football because most of the biggest clubs, for example in Germany or England, it wouldn’t be possible to study medicine while playing football and Champions League.
“Here they support me, they are happy about it and that’s why I enjoy it so much.”
Schluter said she relies on friends at university to help her revise and catch up with any lectures she has missed because of football training.
“At university I have some good people and the club know I am studying and it just works out somehow,” she added.
The 28-year-old, who has one senior cap for Germany, is not the only player juggling a football career with a medical degree at St Polten, with midfielders Sarah Mattner and Magdalena Rukavina also studying to become doctors.
