Ruben Vargas

Ruben Estephan Vargas Martinez (born 5 August 1998) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a winger for Augsburg in the Bundesliga.

Ruben Vargas
Personal information
Full name Ruben Estephan Vargas Martinez
Date of birth (1998-08-05) 5 August 1998
Place of birth Adligenswil, Switzerland
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing 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 29 (4)
National team‡
2018– Switzerland U21 5 (2)
2019– Switzerland 3 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:43, 13 June 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 08 December 2019

Club career

Vargas made his professional debut for FC Luzern in a 1–1 tie with FC Zürich on 27 August 2017.[1]

He signed a 5 year contract with Augsburg in the summer of 2019,[2] becoming the first Bundesliga player of Dominican descent. He scored his first goal in his second match, against Union Berlin.[3]

International career

He made his Switzerland national football team debut on 8 September 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Gibraltar. He replaced Granit Xhaka in the 74th minute.[4]

Career statistics

Club statistics
As of match played 13 June 2020.[5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Augsburg 2019–20 Bundesliga 29400––––294
Career total 294000000294

    International goals
    Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first.[6]
    No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
    1.18 November 2019Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar Gibraltar2–06–1UEFA Euro 2020 qualification

    Personal life

    Vargas was born in Adligenswil, Switzerland, to a Dominican father and a Swiss mother, and holds citizenship of both nations.[2][7] Vargas shares a hometown with his Augsburg teammate and Switzerland captain Stephan Lichtsteiner.[8]

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    References
    1. http://www.sfl.ch/superleague/matchcenter/match/201718/luz-fcz-13019/
    2. "Ruben Vargas joins FC Augsburg". FC Augsburg. 2019-06-18. Retrieved 2019-11-18.
    3. "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.
    4. "Switzerland v Gibraltar game report". UEFA. 8 September 2019.
    5. "Ruben Vargas". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
    6. "Ruben Vargas". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
    7. Luzern, Luzerner Zeitung AG 6006. "FCL-Talent Ruben Vargas: "Ich will einen Stammplatz"".
    8. "VARGAS: "I WANT TO TAKE IT STEP BY STEP HERE"". Augsburg. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2020.


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