Christian Fuchs
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Fuchs in 2016
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Christian Fuchs | ||
| Date of birth | 7 April 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Neunkirchen, Austria | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Leicester City | ||
| Number | 28 | ||
| 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 | 140 | (11) |
| 2008–2011 | VfL Bochum | 53 | (6) |
| 2010–2011 | → 1. FSV Mainz 05 (loan) | 31 | (0) |
| 2011–2015 | Schalke 04 | 99 | (4) |
| 2015– | Leicester City | 58 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2002–2003 | Austria U17 | 24 | (6) |
| 2003–2005 | Austria U19 | 7 | (1) |
| 2005–2006 | Austria U21 | 10 | (3) |
| 2006–2016 | Austria | 78 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:47, 5 March 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:50, 22 June 2016 (UTC) |
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Christian Fuchs (German pronunciation: [ˈkʁis.ti̯an ˈfʊks]; born 7 April 1986) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a left back for English club Leicester City.
He began his senior career as a teenager at 1. Wiener Neustädter SC 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 1. FSV Mainz 05, he signed for FC 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.
A full international for a decade starting from his debut in 2006, Fuchs earned 78 caps for Austria, making him their eighth-most capped player of all time. 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.
Born in Neunkirchen, Lower Austria, and his father was an amateur goalkeeper. He began as a forward at local team SVg Pitten before moving to 1. Wiener Neustädter SC at the age of 11. At the age of 15, while still an amateur and at mainstream school, Fuchs played for their senior team. When he was 17, he signed his first professional deal at SV Mattersburg, a team who despite coming from a town of 6,000 drew league record average crowds of 17,000, came third in the Austrian Football Bundesliga and played in European competition.
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