Ruben Vargas

Footballer

Birthday August 5, 1998

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace Adligenswil, Switzerland

Age 25 years old

Nationality Switzerland

Height 1.77 m

Weight 69 kg

#35747 Most Popular

1974

He replaced Granit Xhaka in the 74th minute.

1998

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.

2017

Vargas made his professional debut for FC Luzern in a 1–1 tie with FC Zürich on 27 August 2017.

2019

He signed a 5 year contract with Augsburg 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.

Vargas made his Switzerland senior team debut on 8 September 2019, in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Gibraltar.

2020

Vargas scored a crucial penalty for Switzerland during UEFA Euro 2020 in a shootout against France on 28 June in the Round of 16 knockout stage, helping Switzerland qualify for the quarter-final.

However, Vargas, later missed a penalty for Switzerland during the shootout against Spain on 2 July in the quarter-final.

Switzerland would later lose on penalties.

Vargas was born in Adligenswil, 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.