Ruben Vargas
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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ruben Estephan Vargas Martinez[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 5 August 1998[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) |
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* 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 | |||
Club career change
Vargas made his professional debut for FC Luzern in a 1–1 draw 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 change
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 change
Vargas scored a important 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 change
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 previous Augsburg teammate and previous Switzerland captain Stephan Lichtsteiner.[9]
Career statistics change
Club change
- As of match played 26 September 2021[10]
| 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 | ||
- ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
International goals change
- 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 change
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Ruben Vargas". Bundesliga. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ↑ "Home". Archived from the original on 2022-03-05. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Ruben Vargas joins FC Augsburg". FC Augsburg. 2019-06-18. Retrieved 2019-11-18.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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. Archived from the original on 13 June 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
- ↑ Ruben Vargas at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
- ↑ Ruben Vargas at National-Football-Teams.com
Other websites change
- Ruben Vargas en Fútbol Dominicano. Net
- Ruben Vargas at Soccerway
- SFL Profile Archived 2022-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Ruben Vargas at WorldFootball.net
- Ruben Vargas – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Swiss U20 Profile
- Ruben Vargas at National-Football-Teams.com