Fabian Rieder

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Fabian Rieder
Personal information
Full name Fabian Rieder [1]
Date of birth (2002-02-16) 16 February 2002 (age 23)
Place of birth Koppigen, Switzerland
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) 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*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2023 Young Boys 89 (10)
2023–2025 Rennes 18 (1)
2024–2025 → VfB Stuttgart (loan) 21 (1)
2025– FC Augsburg 0 (0)
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 21 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:08, 31 August 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:28, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

Fabian Rieder (born 16 February 2002) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for German Bundesliga club FC Augsburg and the Switzerland national team.

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Club career

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

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]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 31 August 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Young Boys 2020–21 Swiss Super League 230008 [b] 0310
2021–22 302329 [c] 1425
2022–23 337525 [d] 0439
2023–24 31102 [c] 061
Total89109424112215
Rennes 2023–24 Ligue 1 151204 [b] 2213
2025–26 30——30
Total1812042243
VfB Stuttgart (loan) 2024–25 Bundesliga 211408 [c] 1332
Career total1281215436417920

International

As of match played 8 September 2025 [15]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Switzerland 202220
202320
2024120
202551
Total211
Scores and results list Switzerland goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rieder goal.
List of international goals scored by Fabian Rieder
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
17 June 2025 Rice–Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City, United StatesFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 4–24–2 Friendly

Honours

Young Boys

VfB Stuttgart

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Switzerland (SUI)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 28. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ↑ Wuillemin, Dominic (30 July 2022). "Wie YB eines der grössten Schweizer Talente in den Schoss fällt". Berner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  3. ↑ "Servette vs. Young Boys". Soccerway. 17 October 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  4. ↑ "Young Boys Bern vs. AS Roma". ESPN. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. 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.
  7. ↑ "Fabian Rieder 2027 !". Stade Rennais F.C. (in French). 31 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "Rieder joins VfB on loan". VfB Stuttgart. 24 June 2024.
  9. ↑ "FC Augsburg sign Switzerland international Fabian Rieder". FC Augsburg. 1 September 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ "WM-Debütant Rieder: Als ob er immer auf der Seite spielen würde" (in German). Swiss Broadcasting Corporation. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  12. ↑ Urner, Dan (28 November 2022). "«Es tut weh»: Die Stimmen zur Schweizer Niederlage gegen Brasilien". Luzerner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  13. ↑ "Switzerland announce 26-man squad for Euro 2024". Reuters. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  14. ↑ "Hungary 1-3 Switzerland Live". BBC Sport . 16 July 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  15. ↑ Fabian Rieder at National-Football-Teams.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  16. ↑ "Winners". Swiss Super League (in German). Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  17. ↑ "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.
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