Ruben Vargas

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

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Vargas and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.
Rubén Vargas
Personal information
Full name Rubén Estephan Vargas Martínez
Date of birth (1998-08-05) 5 August 1998
Place of birth Adligenswil, Switzerland
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
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 51 (9)
National team‡
2018– Switzerland U21 5 (2)
2019– Switzerland 5 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 February 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 September 2020

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 28 November 2020[5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Luzern 2017–18 Swiss Super League 1911100—202
2018–19 Swiss Super League 318412[lower-alpha 1]0—379
Total 5095220005711
Augsburg 2019–20 Bundesliga 33600——336
2019–20 Bundesliga 8311——94
Total 4191100004210
Career total 91186320009921
  1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

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 former Augsburg teammate and ex Switzerland captain Stephan Lichtsteiner.[8]

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 at 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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