Personal information | |||
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Full name | Oliver Schmidhauser de la Cruz [1] | ||
Date of birth | 2 June 2004 | ||
Place of birth | St. Gallen, Switzerland | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Hertha BSC II | ||
Number | 17 | ||
Youth career | |||
2013–2015 | St. Gallen | ||
2015–2017 | Hertha Zehlendorf | ||
2017–2019 | SpVgg Unterhaching | ||
2019–2022 | Vaduz | ||
2022 | Greuther Fürth | ||
2022–2023 | RB Leipzig | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2023 | FK Austria Wien | 0 | (0) |
2024 | Winterthur | 3 | (0) |
2024– | Hertha BSC II | 9 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2022 | Switzerland U19 | 1 | (0) |
2023 | Dominican Republic U20 | 4 | (0) |
2024– | Dominican Republic U23 | 5 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 March 2024 |
Oliver Schmidhauser de la Cruz (born 2 June 2004) is a professional footballer who plays as a Striker for 2. Bundesliga club Hertha BSC.striker. Born in Switzerland, he represents Dominican Republic at youth international level.
Schmidhauser is a native of St. Gallen, Switzerland, and joined the youth academy of Liechtensteiner side Vaduz. [2]
In 2022, Schmidhauser joined the youth academy of German side RB Leipzig. Previously, he played for the youth academies of Liechtensteiner side Vaduz, SpVgg Unterhaching, and Hertha Zehlendorf. [3] In 2023, he received interest from the youth academy of Italian Serie A side Inter. [4]
Schmidhauser represented the Dominican Republic internationally at the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup. [5]
Schmidhauser is known for physicality and speed. [6]
Schmidhauser idolizes French international Karim Benzema. [7]
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