Jonathan Schmid
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 June 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Strasbourg, France[1] | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | FC Augsburg | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| 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 | 15 | (4) |
| 2016– | FC Augsburg | 0 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 September 2016. | |||
Jonathan Schmid (born 22 June 1990) is a French professional footballer who plays for FC Augsburg as a midfielder.[2][3]
Biography
Early years
Jonathan Schmid was born in 1990, son of an Austrian father[4] – comes from Gresten in the District of Scheibbs in Lower Austria[5] – and an Alsatian mother[4] in Strasbourg and grew up in troubled districts Neuhof.[6] In 1994 he started in the youth academy of Racing Strasbourg with the football. In 2006 he left the youth academy of the flagship of the Alsatian football and went into the next generation of Sporting Schiltigheim and a year later to 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.[7] 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.[7] 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.[7]
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.[8]
Augsburg
In August 2016 Schmid joined FC Augsburg on a four-year-contract.[9]
References
- ↑ "Jonathan Schmid". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
- ↑ Jonathan Schmid profile at Fussballdaten
- ↑ "Schmid, Jonathan" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
- 1 2 Maierhofer, Hans; Summer, Sandra (17 August 2012). "Austro-Franzose Schmid: "Eher kein Arnautovic-Double"". krone.at (in German). Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ↑ "Jede Menge Familie". NÖN.at (in German). 20 January 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ↑ Hernandez, Floreal (26 April 2013). "Footballeur transfrontalier". 20minutes.fr (in French). Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- 1 2 3 "Ein Ex-Offenburger sorgt für Furore". bo-online (in German). 13 October 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ↑ "TSG sign Schmid – Grifo joins Freiburg". achtzehn99.de. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
- ↑ FC Augsburg 1907 GmbH & Co KGaA (publisher) (26 August 2016). "Schmid signs as Esswein departs". FC Augsburg. Retrieved 26 August 2016.