Jonathan Schmid

Jonathan Schmid (born 22 June 1990) is a French professional footballer who plays for SC Freiburg as a midfielder or right back.[2][3][4]

Jonathan Schmid
Schmid with SC Freiburg in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-06-22) 22 June 1990
Place of birth Strasbourg, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder, right back
Club information
Current team
 SC Freiburg
Number 7
Youth career
Strasbourg
Sporting Schiltigheim
2007 Mars Bischheim
2008 Offenburger FV
2008–2009 SC Freiburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2015 SC Freiburg II 61 (12)
2010–2015 SC Freiburg 118 (20)
2015–2016 1899 Hoffenheim 23 (4)
2016–2019 FC Augsburg 78 (4)
2019– SC Freiburg 50 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 February 2021

Early and personal life

Schmid was born in 1990 in Strasbourg to an Austrian father[5] who comes from Gresten in the District of Scheibbs in Lower Austria,[6] and an Alsatian mother[5] He is of Algerian descent through his maternal grandfather.[7] He grew up in the troubled quarter of Neuhof.[8]

Career

Early career

In 1994, he started in the youth academy of Racing Strasbourg. In 2006, he left the club and played for Sporting Schiltigheim and Mars Bischheim. Strasbourg is situated on the border with Germany; on the recommendation of a friend, he went into the youth of the German amateur side Offenburger FV.[9] In a game in the A-youth-Bundesliga against SC Freiburg, he was the coach of the Freiburg side, Christian Streich, on and convinced him with his performance.[9] Finally to the 2008–09 season, he joined the youth academy of SC Freiburg and won in his first season, the DFB-Pokal in the A-youth.[9]

Hoffenheim

In June 2015, Schmid signed a four-year contract with 1899 Hoffenheim, as part of a deal that saw Vincenzo Grifo join SC Freiburg.[10]

Augsburg

In August 2016 Schmid joined FC Augsburg on a four-year-contract.[11]

Return to Freiburg

On 31 May 2019, FC Augsburg announced, that Schmid would return to SC Freiburg for the upcoming season.[12]

Career statistics
As of match played 3 October 2020[13]
Appearances by club, season and competition
Club Season League DFB-Pokal Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Freiburg II 2009–10 Regionalliga Süd 180——180
2010–11 318——318
2011–12 124——124
Total 6112—006112
Freiburg 2010–11 Bundesliga 1000—10
2011–12 22100—221
2012–13 331151—3812
2013–14 294202[lower-alpha 1]0334
2014–15 33441—375
Total 118201122013122
1899 Hoffeheim 2015–16 Bundesliga 23410—244
Augsburg 2016–17 Bundesliga 25110—261
2017–18 25010—260
2018–19 28310—293
Total 7843000814
Freiburg 2019–20 Bundesliga 33520—355
2020–21 3011—41
Total 3653100396
Career total 316451832033648
  1. Appearances in the Europa League

References
  1. Freiburg profile
  2. Jonathan Schmid at WorldFootball.net
  3. Jonathan Schmid at fussballdaten.de (in German)
  4. "Schmid, Jonathan" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  5. Maierhofer, Hans; Summer, Sandra (17 August 2012). "Austro-Franzose Schmid: "Eher kein Arnautovic-Double"". krone.at (in German). Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  6. "Jede Menge Familie". NÖN.at (in German). 20 January 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  7. "Algérie : Jonathan Schmid (Fribourg) en contact avec Belmadi !". 5 June 2020.
  8. Hernandez, Floreal (26 April 2013). "Footballeur transfrontalier". 20minutes.fr (in French). Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  9. "Ein Ex-Offenburger sorgt für Furore". bo-online (in German). 13 October 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  10. "TSG sign Schmid – Grifo joins Freiburg". achtzehn99.de. 2 June 2015. Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  11. FC Augsburg 1907 GmbH & Co KGaA (publisher) (26 August 2016). "Schmid signs as Esswein departs". FC Augsburg. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  12. "JONATHAN SCHMID MOVES TO FREIBURG". FC Augsburg. 31 May 2019.
  13. Jonathan Schmid at Soccerway
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