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| 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 | 152 | (20) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | Switzerland U20 | 4 | (2) |
| 2018–2019 | Switzerland U21 | 6 | (2) |
| 2019– | Switzerland | 50 | (8) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:09, 7 December 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:04, 8 September 2024 (UTC) | |||
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.
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]
Vargas 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]
Vargas 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]
| 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 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| Total | 152 | 20 | 7 | 2 | — | 159 | 22 | |||
| Career total | 227 | 46 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 241 | 50 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 |
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