Fabian Rieder
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fabian Rieder[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 16 February 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Koppigen, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Augsburg | ||
| 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) |
| 2023–2025 | Rennes | 18 | (1) |
| 2024–2025 | → VfB Stuttgart (loan) | 21 | (1) |
| 2025– | FC Augsburg | 36 | (7) |
| 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 | 34 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:30, 19 September 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12:55, 27 September 2026 (UTC) | |||
Fabian Rieder (born 16 February 2002) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Bundesliga club FC Augsburg and the Switzerland national team.
Club career
[edit]Born in Koppigen, Rieder is a youth product of the academy of Young Boys.[2] He made his professional debut with Young Boys in a goalless 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 against Roma in the Europa League on 22 October 2020.[4] Rieder 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 tie against 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]
On 1 September 2025, Rieder returned to Bundesliga and signed a five-year contract with FC Augsburg.[9]
International career
[edit]Rieder played for all Swiss youth national teams before receiving his first call-up for the senior national team for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[10] At said tournament on 25 November, he debuted in a 1–0 victory against Cameroon as a substitute in the 81st minute.[11] Rieder started in the next match against Brazil for the first time.[12]
On 7 June 2024, Rieder was named in Switzerland's squad for UEFA Euro 2024.[13] He played the final four minutes of the team's opening match at the tournament, replacing Dan Ndoye in a 3–1 victory against Hungary in Cologne.[14]
On 20 May 2026, Rieder was selected in the 26-man squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.[15]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 19 September 2026
| 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 |
| 2025–26 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 3 | ||
| VfB Stuttgart (loan) | 2024–25 | Bundesliga | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8[c] | 1 | 33 | 2 |
| FC Augsburg | 2025–26 | Bundesliga | 32 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | 33 | 6 | |
| 2026–27 | Bundesliga | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 1 | ||
| Total | 36 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | 38 | 7 | |||
| Career total | 164 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 217 | 27 | ||
- ↑ Includes Swiss Cup, Coupe de France, DFB-Pokal
- 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
International
[edit]- As of match played 26 September 2026[16]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 2022 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 9 | 0 | |
| Total | 34 | 1 | |
- Scores and results list Switzerland goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rieder goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 June 2025 | Rice–Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City, United States |  Mexico | 4–2 | 4–2 | Friendly |
Honours
[edit]Young Boys
VfB Stuttgart
Individual
- Swiss Super League Player of the Year: 2022[17]
- Swiss Super League Team of the Year: 2022–23[18]
References
[edit]- ↑ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Switzerland (SUI)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 28. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ↑ Wuillemin, Dominic (30 July 2022). "Wie YB eines der grössten Schweizer Talente in den Schoss fällt". Berner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 5 June 2025.
- ↑ "Servette vs. Young Boys". Soccerway. 17 October 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
- ↑ "Young Boys Bern vs. AS Roma". ESPN. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
- ↑ Benson, Michael (8 December 2021). "Mason Greenwood scores beautiful acrobatic goal, but much-changed Manchester United are held to draw by Young Boys in final Champions League group". Talksport. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
- 1 2 "Mercato. Le milieu de terrain suisse Fabian Rieder signe au Stade Rennais". Ouest-France (in French). 31 August 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ↑ "Fabian Rieder 2027 !". Stade Rennais F.C. (in French). 31 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ↑ "Rieder joins VfB on loan". VfB Stuttgart. 24 June 2024.
- ↑ "FC Augsburg sign Switzerland international Fabian Rieder". FC Augsburg. 1 September 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "WM-Debütant Rieder: Als ob er immer auf der Seite spielen würde" (in German). Swiss Broadcasting Corporation. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
- ↑ Urner, Dan (28 November 2022). "«Es tut weh»: Die Stimmen zur Schweizer Niederlage gegen Brasilien". Luzerner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 5 June 2025.
- ↑ "Switzerland announce 26-man squad for Euro 2024". Reuters. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ↑ "Hungary 1-3 Switzerland Live". BBC Sport. 16 July 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
- ↑ "Rodriguez and Xhaka feature in Yakin's Switzerland squad". 20 May 2026. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
- ↑ Fabian Rieder at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ "Winners". Swiss Super League (in German). Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ↑ "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.
External links
[edit]- Fabian Rieder at FC Augsburg (in German)
- Fabian Rieder at Kicker (in German)
- Fabian Rieder at Soccerway
- SFL Profile Archived 7 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine
- SFL U16
- SFL U17
- SFL U19
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- 2002 births
- Living people
- People from Emmental District
- Footballers from the canton of Bern
- Swiss men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- BSC Young Boys players
- Stade Rennais FC players
- VfB Stuttgart players
- FC Augsburg players
- Swiss Super League players
- Ligue 1 players
- Bundesliga players
- Switzerland men's youth international footballers
- Switzerland men's under-21 international footballers
- Switzerland men's international footballers
- 2022 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 2024 players
- 2026 FIFA World Cup players
- Swiss expatriate men's footballers
- Swiss expatriate sportspeople in France
- Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- 21st-century Swiss sportsmen
