.jpg) Fuchs with Austria in 2016 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Christian Fuchs[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 7 April 1986[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) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | → Mainz 05 (loan) | 31 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2015 | Schalke 04 | 99 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2021 | Leicester City | 116 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Charlotte FC | 26 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | → Charlotte 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
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Christian Fuchs (Austrian 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.
- ^ "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ "Premier League Player Profile Christian Fuchs". Barclays Premier League. 2016. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ^ "Christian Fuchs". Leicester City F.C. Retrieved 22 December 2018.