Christian Fuchs
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Fuchs with Austria in 2016 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Christian Fuchs | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 7 April 1986 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Neunkirchen, Austria | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Left-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Newport County (manager) | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Newport County | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Christian Fuchs (Austrian German: [ˈkrɪsti̯a(ː)n ˈfʊks]; born 7 April 1986) is an Austrian professional football manager and former player who is currently the manager of EFL League Two club Newport County. A left back, Fuchs was part of the Leicester City 2015–16 Premier League winning squad and captained the Austria national team at UEFA Euro 2016.
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 June 2015, he signed for Leicester, winning the Premier League in his first season at the club. After leaving Leicester in June 2021, he spent one season with Charlotte FC, before retiring from professional football in January 2023.
A full international from 2006 to 2016, Fuchs earned 78 caps for Austria. He represented the nation at the UEFA Euro 2008, and the 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.