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Fabian Rieder

Fabian Rieder
Personal information
Full name Fabian Rieder[1]
Date of birth (2002-02-16) 16 February 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Koppigen, Switzerland
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
VfB Stuttgart (on loan from Rennes)
Number 32
Youth career
2010–2011 Koppiger SV
2011–2017 Solothurn
2017–2020 Young Boys
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 Young Boys 89 (10)
2023– Rennes 15 (1)
2024–VfB Stuttgart (loan) 14 (1)
International career
2017 Switzerland U16 3 (0)
2018–2019 Switzerland U17 13 (4)
2020 Switzerland U19 1 (0)
2020 Switzerland U20 1 (0)
2021– Switzerland U21 11 (2)
2022– Switzerland 16 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:39, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:47, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

Fabian Rieder (born 16 February 2002) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfielder for Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart, on loan from Ligue 1 club Rennes, and the Switzerland national team.

Club career

Rieder was born in Koppigen, and is a youth product of the academy of Young Boys.[2] He made his professional debut with Young Boys in a 0–0 Swiss Super League tie with Servette on 17 October 2020.[3] He made his first Continental appearance with Young Boys in a 2–1 defeat to Roma in the Europa League on 22 October 2020.[4] He played in all six of Young Boys UEFA Champions League group stage matches in the 2021–22 season, scoring his first continental goal in a 1–1 draw with Manchester United at Old Trafford.[5]

On 31 August 2023, Rieder joined French side Rennes for a reported fee of €15 million (including add-ons),[6] signing a four-year contract with the club.[6][7] On 24 June 2024, he signed a one-year loan contract with Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart.[8]

International career

Rieder played for all Swiss youth national teams, before being called up for the senior national team for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[9] At the World Cup, he made his debut in a 1–0 win over Cameroon as a substitute in 81st minute,[10] before making his first start in the next match against Brazil.[11]

On 7 June 2024, Rieder was named in Switzerland's squad for UEFA Euro 2024.[12] He played the final four minutes of the team's opening match at the tournament, appearing as a substitute for Dan Ndoye in a 3–1 win over Hungary in Cologne.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 15 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Young Boys 2020–21 Swiss Super League 23 0 0 0 8[b] 0 31 0
2021–22 30 2 3 2 9[c] 1 42 5
2022–23 33 7 5 2 5[d] 0 43 9
2023–24 3 1 1 0 2[c] 0 6 1
Total 89 10 9 4 24 1 122 15
Rennes 2023–24 Ligue 1 15 1 2 0 4[b] 2 21 3
VfB Stuttgart (loan) 2024–25 Bundesliga 14 1 3 0 6[c] 0 23 1
Career total 118 11 14 4 34 3 166 19
  1. ^ Includes Swiss Cup, Coupe de France
  2. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 18 November 2024[14]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Switzerland 2022 2 0
2023 2 0
2024 12 0
Total 16 0

Honours

Young Boys

Individual

References

  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Switzerland (SUI)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 28. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Live Sport und News". sport.ch.
  3. ^ "Servette vs. Young Boys - 17 October 2020". Soccerway.
  4. ^ "YB Bern vs AS Roma". ESPN.
  5. ^ "Mason Greenwood scores beautiful acrobatic goal, but much-changed Manchester United are held to draw by Young Boys in final Champions League group". Talksport.
  6. ^ a b "Mercato. Le milieu de terrain suisse Fabian Rieder signe au Stade Rennais". Ouest-France (in French). 31 August 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Fabian Rieder 2027 !". Stade Rennais FC (in French). 31 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Rieder joins VfB on loan". VfB Stuttgart. 24 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Murat Yakin gibt Schweizer WM-Aufgebot bekannt" [Murat Yakin announces Swiss World Cup squad] (in German). Swiss Football Association. 9 November 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  10. ^ "Switzerland 1–0 Cameroon". as.com. 24 November 2022.
  11. ^ "Brasilien 1–0 Schweiz" (in German). football.ch. 28 November 2022.
  12. ^ "Switzerland announce 26-man squad for Euro 2024". Reuters. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  13. ^ "Hungary 1-3 Switzerland LIVE: UEFA Euro 2024 - score, updates & reaction". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  14. ^ Fabian Rieder at National-Football-Teams.com Edit this at Wikidata
  15. ^ "Winners". Swiss Super League. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  16. ^ "Das SFL-Team der Saison 2022/23" (in German). Swiss Football League. 29 June 2023. Archived from the original on 1 July 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.