Christian Fuchs

Christian Fuchs
Fuchs with Austria in 2016
Personal information
Full name Christian Fuchs[1]
Date of birth (1986-04-07) 7 April 1986 (age 38)[2]
Place of birth Neunkirchen, Austria
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[3]
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
Charlotte FC (assistant)
Youth career
1992–2001 SVg Pitten
2001–2002 Wiener Neustadt
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2003 Wiener Neustadt 12 (0)
2003–2008 SV Mattersburg 141 (11)
2008–2011 VfL Bochum 53 (6)
2010–2011Mainz 05 (loan) 31 (0)
2011–2015 Schalke 04 99 (4)
2015–2021 Leicester City 116 (2)
2021–2022 Charlotte FC 26 (3)
2021Charlotte Independence (loan) 15 (1)
2023 FSA Pro 0 (0)
Total 493 (27)
International career
2002–2003 Austria U17 24 (6)
2003–2005 Austria U19 7 (1)
2005–2006 Austria U21 10 (3)
2006–2016 Austria 78 (1)
Managerial career
2023– Charlotte FC (assistant)
Medal record
Representing  Austria
Men's football
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Third place 2003
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Christian Fuchs (German pronunciation: [ˈkrɪsti̯a(ː)n ˈfʊks]; born 7 April 1986) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a left back.

He began his senior career as a teenager at Wiener Neustadt before signing his first professional contract at 17 with SV Mattersburg, challenging for the Austrian Football Bundesliga title and taking part in European competitions. In 2008, he left for Germany, signing for VfL Bochum. After a season on loan at Mainz 05, he signed for Schalke 04 in 2011, where he contested the UEFA Champions League but suffered a serious knee injury. In 2015, he signed for Leicester, winning the Premier League in his first season at the club. After leaving Leicester in 2021 he spent one season with Major League Soccer club Charlotte FC.

A full international for a decade starting from his debut in 2006, Fuchs earned 78 caps for the Austria national team. He played for the nation at UEFA Euro 2008 and UEFA Euro 2016, captaining them for the first time in 2010 and on a permanent basis from 2012, before retiring from international duty in 2016.

  1. ^ "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Premier League Player Profile Christian Fuchs". Barclays Premier League. 2016. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Christian Fuchs". Leicester City F.C. Retrieved 22 December 2018.

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