Anthony Schmid (born 18 January 1999) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for

Austria Lustenau Sportclub Austria Lustenau is a professional association football club based in the town of Lustenau, Vorarlberg, Austria, that competes in the Austrian Football Bundesliga, the top tier of the Austrian football league system. Founded in 1914, ...

. Born in France, he is a youth international for Austria.

Club career

Schmid is a youth product of the academy of the French club

Strasbourg Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...

. He then moved to Germany with the youth academy of

Offenburger FV Offenburger FV is a German association football club based in the city of Offenburg, Baden-Württemberg. History Early years The club was formed on 20 July 1907 under the name of FC 1907 Offenburg in what was then the Grand duchy of Baden. In ...

, before moving to

SC Freiburg Sport-Club Freiburg e.V., commonly known as SC Freiburg () or just Freiburg, is a German football club, based in the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg. It plays in the Bundesliga, having been promoted as champions from the 2. Bund ...

's youth side in 2013. He began his senior career with the SC Freiburg reserves in 2018. On 25 August 2020, he moved to the Austrian club

Floridsdorfer AC The Floridsdorfer Athletics Sports Club or simply Floridsdorfer AC is a professional football club based in Floridsdorf, the 21st district of Vienna. The club was founded in August 1904. Floridsdorfer AC won the Austrian football championship in ...

. On 20 May 2021, he extended his contract with the club for one more year after 3 goals in 25 games in his debut season in the 2. Liga. He broke out his second season with Floridsdorfer with 11 goals in 28 appearances, and came in second in the 2. Liga narrowly avoiding promotion. He transferred to their newly promoted rivals

on 27 May 2022 for their campaign in the

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, signing a three-year contract.

International career

Born in France, Schmid elected to represent Austria internationally in 2016. He has played up to the Austria U21s.

Personal life

Schmid was born in

, France to an Austrian father and a French mother from

Alsace Alsace (, ; ; Low Alemannic German/ gsw-FR, Elsàss ; german: Elsass ; la, Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland. In 2020, it had ...

. His maternal grandfather is Algerian. He is the brother of the French professional footballer

Jonathan Schmid Jonathan Schmid (born 22 June 1990) is a French professional Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder or right back for Bundesliga club SC Freiburg. Early and personal life Schmid was born in 1990 in Strasbourg to an Austrian f ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Schmid, Anthony 1999 births Living people Austrian people of French descent Austrian people of Algerian descent French people of Austrian descent French sportspeople of Algerian descent Austrian men's footballers French men's footballers Footballers from Strasbourg Men's association football forwards Austria men's youth international footballers SC Freiburg II players Floridsdorfer AC players SK Austria Klagenfurt (2007) players Austrian Football Bundesliga players 2. Liga (Austria) players Regionalliga players Austrian expatriate men's footballers French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany French expatriate sportspeople in Germany