Jonathan Schmid (born 22 June 1990) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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 ...

Early and personal life

Schmid was born in 1990 in Strasbourg to an Austrian father who comes from

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in the District of Scheibbs in

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, and an Alsatian mother He is of Algerian descent through his maternal grandfather. He grew up in the troubled neighbourhood of Neuhof. His brother

Anthony Schmid Anthony Schmid (born 18 January 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Austria Lustenau. Born in France, he is a youth international for Austria. Club career Schmid is a youth product of the academy of the French club S ...

is also a professional footballer in Austria.

Career

Early career

In 1994, he started in the youth academy of

Racing Strasbourg Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace (commonly known as RC Strasbourg, Racing Straßburg, RCSA, RCS, or simply Strasbourg; Alsatian: ''Füeßbàllmànnschàft Vu Stroßburri'') is a French association football club founded in 1906, based in the c ...

. In 2006, he left the club and played for ''Sporting Schiltigheim'' and ''Mars Bischheim''. Strasbourg is situated on the border with Germany; on the recommendation of a friend, he went into the youth of the German amateur side

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. In a game in the A-youth-Bundesliga against SC Freiburg, he was the coach of the Freiburg side,

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, on and convinced him with his performance. Finally to the 2008–09 season, he joined the youth academy of SC Freiburg and won in his first season, the DFB-Pokal in the A-youth.

Hoffenheim

In June 2015, Schmid signed a four-year contract with 1899 Hoffenheim, as part of a deal that saw

Vincenzo Grifo Vincenzo Grifo (; born 7 April 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a left winger or attacking midfielder for Bundesliga club SC Freiburg. Born in Germany, he plays for the Italy national team. Club career Early career Grifo began h ...

join SC Freiburg.

Augsburg

In August 2016 Schmid joined

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on a four-year-contract.

Return to Freiburg

On 31 May 2019,

announced, that Schmid would return to

for the upcoming season.

Career statistics

References

1990 births Living people Footballers from Strasbourg French footballers French people of Austrian descent French sportspeople of Algerian descent Association football midfielders Offenburger FV players SC Freiburg players SC Freiburg II players TSG 1899 Hoffenheim players FC Augsburg players Bundesliga players Regionalliga players French expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Germany French expatriate sportspeople in Germany {{France-footy-midfielder-stub