Rubén Vargas
Swiss footballer (born 1998)
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Rubén Estephan Vargas Martínez (born 5 August 1998) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Spanish La Liga club Sevilla and the Switzerland national team.
| 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) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sevilla | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| 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) |
| 2019–2025 | FC Augsburg | 154 | (20) |
| 2025– | Sevilla | 25 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | Switzerland U20 | 4 | (2) |
| 2018–2019 | Switzerland U21 | 6 | (2) |
| 2019– | Switzerland | 58 | (11) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:39, 15 March 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:40, 18 November 2025 (UTC) | |||
Club career
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]
On 9 January 2025, Vargas signed a contract with Spanish club Sevilla until 2029.[5]
International career
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.[6] On 18 November, he scored his first senior international goal against the same opposition in a 6–1 win.[7]
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.[8] 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.[9]
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.[10]
On 7 June 2024, Vargas was named in Switzerland's squad for UEFA Euro 2024.[11] He started the team's opening match, playing 74 minutes of a 3–1 win over Hungary in Cologne.[12] 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.[13]
Personal life
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][14] Vargas shares a hometown with his former Augsburg teammate and ex Switzerland captain Stephan Lichtsteiner.[15]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 15 March 2026[16]
| 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 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| Total | 154 | 20 | 7 | 2 | — | 161 | 22 | |||
| Sevilla | 2024–25 | La Liga | 11 | 2 | — | — | 11 | 2 | ||
| 2025–26 | La Liga | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 15 | 3 | ||
| Total | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | 26 | 5 | |||
| Career total | 254 | 51 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 269 | 55 | ||
- Includes Swiss Cup, DFB-Pokal, Copa del Rey
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
International
- As of match played 18 November 2025[17]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 2019 | 3 | 1 |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 14 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 9 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 10 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 8 | 3 | |
| Total | 58 | 11 | |
- Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first.[17]
| 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 |
| 9 | 25 March 2025 | Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland |  Luxembourg | 1–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 10 | 3–0 | |||||
| 11 | 18 November 2025 | Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina, Kosovo | Kosovo | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |