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
VfB Stuttgart (on loan from Rennes)
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– Rennes 15 (1)
2024–VfB Stuttgart (loan) 18 (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 17:28, 15 February 2025 (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.

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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 February 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
VfB Stuttgart (loan) 2024–25 Bundesliga 181308 [c] 1292
Career total1221114436417220

International

As of match played 18 November 2024 [14]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Switzerland 202220
202320
2024120
Total160

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. 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 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 OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  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.