| Rubén Vargas | |
| Fullname: | Rubén Estephan Vargas Martínez [1] |
| Birth Date: | 5 August 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Adligenswil, Switzerland |
| Height: | 1.77 m |
| Position: | Winger, attacking midfielder |
| Currentclub: | FC Augsburg |
| Clubnumber: | 16 |
| Youthyears1: | 2007–2008 |
| Youthclubs1: | FC Adligenswil |
| Youthyears2: | 2008–2014 |
| Youthclubs2: | Luzern |
| Youthyears3: | 2014–2015 |
| Youthclubs3: | Kriens |
| Youthyears4: | 2015–2017 |
| Youthclubs4: | Luzern |
| Years1: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs1: | Luzern II |
| Caps1: | 25 |
| Goals1: | 17 |
| Years2: | 2017–2019 |
| Clubs2: | Luzern |
| Caps2: | 50 |
| Goals2: | 9 |
| Years3: | 2019– |
| Clubs3: | FC Augsburg |
| Caps3: | 146 |
| Goals3: | 20 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2018–2019 |
| Nationalteam1: | Switzerland U20 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2018–2019 |
| Nationalteam2: | Switzerland U21 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 2 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2019– |
| Nationalteam3: | Switzerland |
| Nationalcaps3: | 47 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 8 |
| Pcupdate: | 23:24, 20 May 2024 (UTC) |
| Ntupdate: | 20:00, 29 June 2024 (UTC) |
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.
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]
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.[5] On 18 November, he scored his first senior international goal against the same opposition in a 6–1 win.[6]
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.[7] 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.[8]
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.[9]
On 7 June 2024, Vargas was named in Switzerland's squad for UEFA Euro 2024.[10] He started the team's opening match, playing 74 minutes of a 3–1 win over Hungary in Cologne.[11] 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.[12]
Vargas was born in Adligenswil, Switzerland, to a Dominican father and a Swiss mother, and holds citizenship of both nations.[13] Vargas shares a hometown with his former Augsburg teammate and ex Switzerland captain Stephan Lichtsteiner.[14]
| Season | League | National cup | 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 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 146 | 20 | 6 | 2 | — | 152 | 22 | ||||
| Career total | 221 | 46 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 234 | 50 | |||
| Switzerland | 2019 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 14 | 3 | ||
| 2022 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | 9 | 3 | ||
| 2024 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Total | 47 | 8 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first.
| align=center | 1 | 18 November 2019 | Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar | align=center | 2–0 | align=center | 6–1 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying | ||
| align=center | 2 | 31 March 2021 | Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland | align=center | 2–2 | align=center | 3–2 | Friendly | ||
| align=center | 3 | 1 September 2021 | St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland | align=center | 2–1 | align=center | 2–1 | |||
| align=center | 4 | 15 November 2021 | Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland | align=center | 2–0 | align=center | 4–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | ||
| align=center | 5 | 28 March 2023 | Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland | align=center | 1–0 | align=center | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying | ||
| align=center | 6 | 15 November 2023 | Pancho Arena, Felcsút, Hungary | align=center | 1–0 | align=center | 1–1 | |||
| align=center | 7 | 18 November 2023 | St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland | align=center | 1–0 | align=center | 1–1 | |||
| align=center | 8 | 29 June 2024 | Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany | align=center | 2–0 | align=center | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2024 |