Fabian Rieder
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Fabian Rieder[1] | ||
Date of birth | 16 February 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Koppigen, Switzerland | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Rennes | ||
Youth career | |||
2010–2011 | Koppiger SV | ||
2011–2017 | Solothurn | ||
2017–2020 | Young Boys | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020–2023 | Young Boys | 89 | (10) |
2023– | Rennes | 15 | (1) |
2024–2025 | → VfB Stuttgart (loan) | 21 | (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 | 19 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:32, 25 April 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:08, 7 June 2025 (UTC) |
Fabian Rieder (born 16 February 2002) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for French Ligue 1 club Rennes and the Switzerland national team.
Club career
[edit]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]
International career
[edit]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.[9] At said tournament on 25 November, he debuted in a 1–0 victory against Cameroon as a substitute in the 81st minute.[10] Rieder started in the next match against Brazil for the first time.[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, replacing Dan Ndoye in a 3–1 victory against Hungary in Cologne.[13]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 25 April 2025
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Young Boys | 2020–21 | Swiss Super League | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8[b] | 0 | 31 | 0 |
2021–22 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9[c] | 1 | 42 | 5 | ||
2022–23 | 33 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5[d] | 0 | 43 | 9 | ||
2023–24 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
Total | 89 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 122 | 15 | ||
Rennes | 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4[b] | 2 | 21 | 3 |
VfB Stuttgart (loan) | 2024–25 | Bundesliga | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8[c] | 1 | 33 | 2 |
Career total | 125 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 176 | 20 |
- ^ Includes Swiss Cup, Coupe de France
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
International
[edit]- As of match played 7 June 2025[14]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Switzerland | 2022 | 2 | 0 |
2023 | 2 | 0 | |
2024 | 12 | 0 | |
2025 | 3 | 1 | |
Total | 19 | 1 |
- Scores and results list Switzerland goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rieder goal
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 7 June 2025 | Rice–Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City, United States | ![]() |
4–2 | 4–2 | Friendly |
Honours
[edit]Young Boys
VfB Stuttgart
Individual
- Swiss Super League Player of the Year: 2022[15]
- Swiss Super League Team of the Year: 2022–23[16]
References
[edit]- ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Switzerland (SUI)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 28. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ Wuillemin, Dominic (30 July 2022). "Wie YB eines der grössten Schweizer Talente in den Schoss fällt". Berner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 5 June 2025.
- ^ "Servette vs. Young Boys". Soccerway. 17 October 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
- ^ "Young Boys Bern vs. AS Roma". ESPN. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Mercato. Le milieu de terrain suisse Fabian Rieder signe au Stade Rennais". Ouest-France (in French). 31 August 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "Fabian Rieder 2027 !". Stade Rennais F.C. (in French). 31 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ "Rieder joins VfB on loan". VfB Stuttgart. 24 June 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "WM-Debütant Rieder: Als ob er immer auf der Seite spielen würde" (in German). Swiss Broadcasting Corporation. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
- ^ Urner, Dan (28 November 2022). "«Es tut weh»: Die Stimmen zur Schweizer Niederlage gegen Brasilien". Luzerner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 5 June 2025.
- ^ "Switzerland announce 26-man squad for Euro 2024". Reuters. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "Hungary 1-3 Switzerland Live". BBC Sport. 16 July 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
- ^ Fabian Rieder at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Winners". Swiss Super League (in German). Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ^ "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.
External links
[edit]- 2002 births
- Living people
- People from Emmental District
- Footballers from the canton of Bern
- Swiss men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- BSC Young Boys players
- Stade Rennais FC players
- VfB Stuttgart players
- Swiss Super League players
- Ligue 1 players
- Bundesliga players
- Switzerland men's youth international footballers
- Switzerland men's under-21 international footballers
- Switzerland men's international footballers
- 2022 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 2024 players
- Swiss expatriate men's footballers
- Swiss expatriate sportspeople in France
- Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- 21st-century Swiss sportsmen