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 | 5 August 1998[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 | 151 | (20) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | Switzerland U20 | 4 | (2) |
| 2018–2019 | Switzerland U21 | 6 | (2) |
| 2019– | Switzerland | 50 | (8) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:09, 22 November 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:04, 8 September 2024 (UTC) | |||
Club career
editVargas 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
editVargas made his Switzerland senior team debut on 8 September 2019, in a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifier against Gibraltar. He replaced Granit Xhaka in the 74th minute.[5] On 18 November, he scored his first senior international goal against the same opposition in a 6–1 win.[6]
Vargas scored a crucial penalty for Switzerland during UEFA Euro 2020 in a shootout against France on 28 June in the round of 16, helping Switzerland qualify for the quarter-final.[7] However, Vargas, later missed a penalty for Switzerland during the shootout against Spain on 2 July in the quarter-final, which they would end up losing.[8]
Vargas started all four of Switzerland's matches at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, assisting Remo Freuler's winning goal in the Group G decider against Serbia on 2 December.[9]
On 7 June 2024, Vargas was named in Switzerland's squad for UEFA Euro 2024.[10] He started the team's opening match, playing 74 minutes of a 3–1 win over Hungary in Cologne.[11] He was awarded player of the match for Switzerland's round of 16 game against defending champions Italy, both scoring and assisting a goal in a 2–0 victory.[12]
Personal life
editVargas was born in Adligenswil, Switzerland, to a Dominican father called Victor Vargas alias "Filete", and a Swiss mother, and holds citizenship of both nations.[3][13] Vargas shares a hometown with his former Augsburg teammate and ex Switzerland captain Stephan Lichtsteiner.[14]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 22 November 2024[15]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | 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[b] | 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 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 32 | 4 | ||
| 2024–25 | Bundesliga | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| Total | 151 | 20 | 6 | 2 | — | 157 | 22 | |||
| Career total | 226 | 46 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 239 | 50 | ||
- ^ Includes Swiss Cup, DFB-Pokal
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
International
edit- As of match played 8 September 2024[16]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 2019 | 3 | 1 |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 14 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 9 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 10 | 1 | |
| Total | 50 | 8 | |
- Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first.[16]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 November 2019 | Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar |  Gibraltar |
2–0 | 6–1 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying |
| 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 qualifying |
| 6 | 15 November 2023 | Pancho Arena, Felcsút, Hungary | Israel |
1–0 | 1–1 | |
| 7 | 18 November 2023 | St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland |  Kosovo |
1–0 | 1–1 | |
| 8 | 29 June 2024 | Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany |  Italy |
2–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2024 |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Rubén Vargas". Bundesliga. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ "LUZ - FCZ | Super League 2017/2018 | Match".
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "Gr.D, Gibraltar - Suisse (1-6): La réaction de Vargas après la victoire". RTS (in French). 18 November 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "World Cup 2022: Serbia 2-3 Switzerland - Swiss through after exciting victory". BBC Sport. 1 December 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "Switzerland announce 26-man squad for Euro 2024". Reuters. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "Hungary 1-3 Switzerland LIVE: UEFA Euro 2024 - score, updates & reaction". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "Switzerland 2–0 Italy: Swiss club together in Berlin". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Rubén Vargas at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Rubén Vargas". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
External links
edit- Ruben Vargas en Fútbol Dominicano. Net
- Rubén Vargas at Soccerway
- SFL Profile
- Rubén Vargas at WorldFootball.net
- Rubén Vargas – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Swiss U20 Profile
- Rubén Vargas at National-Football-Teams.com
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