Ruben Vargas
Personal information
Full name Ruben Estephan Vargas Martinez[1]
Date of birth (1998-08-05) 5 August 1998 (age 25)[1]
Place of birth Adligenswil, Switzerland
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) winger, attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 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– Augsburg 123 (19)
International career‡
2018–2019 Switzerland U20 4 (2)
2018–2019 Switzerland U21 6 (2)
2019– Switzerland 34 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:52, 20 November 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:30, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

Ruben Estephan Vargas Martinez (born 5 August 1998) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Bundesliga club 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 16 November 2023[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 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[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 29 1 1 1 — — 30 2
2022–23 Bundesliga 23 3 1 0 — — 24 3
2023-24 Bundesliga 8 3 1 0 — — 9 3
Total 123 19 5 2 — — 128 21
Career total 198 45 10 4 2 0 0 0 210 49
  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
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

References

  1. ^ a b c "Ruben Vargas". Bundesliga. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  2. ^ "LUZ - FCZ | Super League 2017/2018 | Match".
  3. ^ a b "Ruben Vargas joins FC Augsburg". FC Augsburg. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  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 18 November 2019.
  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"".((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  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.

External links

FC Augsburg – current squad
Switzerland squads
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