Ruben Estephan Vargas Martinez (born 5 August 1998) is a Swiss professional
footballer
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who plays as a
winger for
Bundesliga
The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footba ...
club
FC Augsburg
Fußball-Club Augsburg 1907 e. V., commonly known as FC Augsburg () or Augsburg, is a German football club based in Augsburg, Bavaria. FC Augsburg play in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. The team was founded as ...
and the
Switzerland national team.
Club career
Vargas made his professional debut for
FC Luzern
Fussball-Club Luzern (), or simply abbreviated to FCL, is a Swiss sports club based in Lucerne (german: Luzern). It is best known for its professional football team, which plays in the Super League, the top tier of the Swiss football league s ...
in a 1–1 tie with
FC Zürich
Fussballclub Zürich, commonly abbreviated to FC Zürich or simply FCZ, is a Swiss football club based in Zürich. The club was founded in 1896 and has won the Swiss Super League 13 times and the Swiss Cup 10 times. The most recent titles a ...
on 27 August 2017.
He signed a 5 year contract with
Augsburg
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in the summer of 2019,
becoming the first Bundesliga player of Dominican descent. He scored his first goal in his second match, against
Union Berlin
1. Fußballclub Union Berlin e. V., commonly known as 1. FC Union Berlin () or Union Berlin, is a professional German football club in Köpenick, Berlin.
The club's origins can be traced to 1906, when its predecessor FC Olympia Oberschöneweid ...
.
International career
Vargas made his
Switzerland senior team debut on 8 September 2019, in a
Euro 2020 qualifier against
Gibraltar
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. He replaced
Granit Xhaka
Granit Xhaka (born 27 September 1992) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Arsenal and the Switzerland national team.
Xhaka began his career at hometown club FC Basel, winning the Swiss Super League in each of ...
in the 74th minute.
Euro 2020
Vargas scored a crucial penalty for Switzerland, during
UEFA Euro 2020
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, in a penalty shootout against
France
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on 28 June in the
Round of 16
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knockout stage, qualifying Switzerland for the quarter-final.
Vargas, however, later missed a penalty for Switzerland, during the penalty shootout against
Spain
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on 2 July in the quarter-final. Switzerland would later lose on penalties.
Personal life
Vargas was born in
Adligenswil
Adligenswil is a municipality in Lucerne District in Canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. It is east of the city of Lucerne and borders on canton Schwyz.
Geography
Adligenswil is a spread out community on the north side of the valley of the Würzen ...
, Switzerland, to a
Dominican father and a
Swiss mother, and holds citizenship of both nations.
Vargas shares a hometown with his former Augsburg teammate and ex
Switzerland captain
Stephan Lichtsteiner.
Career statistics
Club
International goals
:''Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first.''
References
External links
Ruben Vargas en Fútbol Dominicano. Net*
SFL Profile*
*
Swiss U20 Profile*
1998 births
Living people
People from Lucerne-Land District
Association football wingers
Swiss men's footballers
Switzerland youth international footballers
Switzerland under-21 international footballers
Switzerland international footballers
Swiss people of Dominican Republic descent
Sportspeople of Dominican Republic descent
FC Luzern players
FC Augsburg players
Swiss Super League players
Bundesliga players
UEFA Euro 2020 players
2022 FIFA World Cup players
Swiss expatriate footballers
Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Expatriate footballers in Germany
Sportspeople from the canton of Lucerne
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