Ruben Vargas

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Vargas and the second or maternal family name is Martinez.
Ruben Vargas
Personal information
Full name Ruben Estephan Vargas Martinez[1]
Date of birth (1998-08-05) 5 August 1998 (age 23)[1]
Place of birth Adligenswil, Switzerland
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Club 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)
2017–2019 Luzern 50 (9)
2019– FC Augsburg 84 (12)
National team‡
2018 Switzerland U21 5 (2)
2019– Switzerland 22 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 February 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2021

Ruben Estephan Vargas Martinez (born 5 August 1998) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a winger for Bundesliga club FC Augsburg and the Switzerland national team.

Club career[]

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]

International career[]

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 penalty shootout against France on 28 June in the Round of 16 knockout stage, qualifying Switzerland for the quarter-final.[6] Vargas, however, later missed a penalty for Switzerland, during the penalty shootout against Spain on 2 July in the quarter-final.[7] Switzerland would later lose on penalties.

Personal life[]

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]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 26 September 2021[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Luzern 2017–18 Swiss Super League 19 1 1 1 0 0 — 20 2
2018–19 Swiss Super League 31 8 4 1 2[a] 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 6 0 0 0 — — 6 0
Total 69 12 2 1 — — 71 13
Career total 119 21 7 3 2 0 0 0 128 24
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

International goals[]

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

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Ruben Vargas". Bundesliga. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  2. ^ http://www.sfl.ch/superleague/matchcenter/match/201718/luz-fcz-13019/
  3. ^ a b "Ruben Vargas joins FC Augsburg". FC Augsburg. 2019-06-18. Retrieved 2019-11-18.
  4. ^ "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 2019-11-18.
  5. ^ "Switzerland v Gibraltar game report". UEFA. 8 September 2019.
  6. ^ Murray, Scott (28 June 2021). "France 3-3 Switzerland (Aet; pens 4-5): Euro 2020 last 16 – as it happened". The Guardian.
  7. ^ "Switzerland v Spain game report". UEFA. 2 July 2021.
  8. ^ Luzern, Luzerner Zeitung AG 6006. "FCL-Talent Ruben Vargas: "Ich will einen Stammplatz"".
  9. ^ "VARGAS: "I WANT TO TAKE IT STEP BY STEP HERE"". Augsburg. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  10. ^ Ruben Vargas at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  11. ^ "Ruben Vargas". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 22 November 2019.

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