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Ruben Vargas
Swiss footballer (born 1998)
Rubén Estephan Vargas Martínez (born 5 August 1998) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Bundesliga club FC Augsburg and the Switzerland national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rubén Estephan Vargas Martínez [1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1998-08-05) 5 August 1998 (age 25)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Adligenswil, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger, attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Augsburg | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2008 | FC Adligenswil | ||
| 2008–2014 | Luzern | ||
| 2014–2015 | Kriens | ||
| 2015–2017 | Luzern | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2017 | Luzern II | 25 | (17) |
| 2017–2019 | Luzern | 50 | (9) |
| 2019– | FC Augsburg | 141 | (18) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | Switzerland U20 | 4 | (2) |
| 2018–2019 | Switzerland U21 | 6 | (2) |
| 2019– | Switzerland | 41 | (7) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:57, 12 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:11, 23 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
Vargas made his professional debut for FC Luzern in a 1–1 tie with FC Zürich on 27 August 2017.[2]
He signed a 5 year contract with Augsburg in the summer of 2019,[3] becoming the first Bundesliga player of Dominican descent. He scored his first goal in his second match, against Union Berlin.[4]
Vargas made his Switzerland senior team debut on 8 September 2019, in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Gibraltar. He replaced Granit Xhaka in the 74th minute.[5]
Euro 2020
Vargas scored a crucial penalty for Switzerland during UEFA Euro 2020 in a shootout against France on 28 June in the Round of 16 knockout stage, helping Switzerland qualify for the quarter-final.[6] However, Vargas, later missed a penalty for Switzerland during the shootout against Spain on 2 July in the quarter-final.[7] Switzerland would later lose on penalties.
Vargas was born in Adligenswil, Switzerland, to a Dominican father and a Swiss mother, and holds citizenship of both nations.[3][8] Vargas shares a hometown with his former Augsburg teammate and ex Switzerland captain Stephan Lichtsteiner.[9]
Club
- As of match played 12 April 2024[10]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[lower-alpha 1] | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Luzern II | 2015–16 | Swiss 1. Liga | 6 | 3 | — | — | 6 | 3 | ||
| 2016–17 | Swiss 1. Liga | 10 | 9 | — | — | 10 | 9 | |||
| 2017–18 | Swiss 1. Liga | 9 | 5 | — | — | 9 | 5 | |||
| Total | 25 | 17 | — | — | 25 | 17 | ||||
| Luzern | 2017–18 | Swiss Super League | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 |
| 2018–19 | Swiss Super League | 31 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 37 | 9 | |
| Total | 50 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 11 | ||
| FC Augsburg | 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 33 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 33 | 6 | |
| 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 30 | 6 | 2 | 1 | — | 32 | 7 | ||
| 2021–22 | Bundesliga | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 30 | 2 | ||
| 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 24 | 3 | ||
| 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 27 | 2 | ||
| Total | 141 | 18 | 5 | 2 | — | 146 | 20 | |||
| Career total | 216 | 44 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 228 | 48 | ||
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
International
- Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first.[11]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 November 2019 | Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar |  Gibraltar | 2–0 | 6–1 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualification |
| 2 | 31 March 2021 | Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland |  Finland | 2–2 | 3–2 | Friendly |
| 3 | 1 September 2021 | St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland |  Greece | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| 4 | 15 November 2021 | Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland |  Bulgaria | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 5 | 28 March 2023 | Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland |  Israel | 1–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2024 qualification |
| 6 | 15 November 2023 | Pancho Arena, Felcsút, Hungary | Israel | 1–0 | 1–1 | UEFA Euro 2024 qualification |
| 7 | 18 November 2023 | St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland |  Kosovo | 1-0 | 1–1 | UEFA Euro 2024 qualification |
- "Rubén Vargas". Bundesliga. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- "Ruben Vargas joins FC Augsburg". FC Augsburg. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- "Ruben Vargas: Lichtsteiner's protege, the Bundesliga's top-scoring new player and Augsburg's answer to Shaqiri". bundesliga.com - the official Bundesliga website. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- "Switzerland v Gibraltar game report". UEFA. 8 September 2019.
- Murray, Scott (28 June 2021). "France 3-3 Switzerland (Aet; pens 4-5): Euro 2020 last 16 – as it happened". The Guardian.
- "Switzerland v Spain game report". UEFA. 2 July 2021.
- Luzern, Luzerner Zeitung AG 6006. "FCL-Talent Ruben Vargas: "Ich will einen Stammplatz"".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - "VARGAS: "I WANT TO TAKE IT STEP BY STEP HERE"". Augsburg. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
- Ruben Vargas at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
- "Ruben Vargas". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
- Ruben Vargas en Fútbol Dominicano. Net
- Ruben Vargas at Soccerway
- SFL Profile
- Ruben Vargas at WorldFootball.net
- Ruben Vargas – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Swiss U20 Profile
- Ruben Vargas at National-Football-Teams.com
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