Anthony Schmid (born 18 January 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Austria Lustenau. Born in France, he is a youth international for Austria.
| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | (1999-01-18) 18 January 1999 (age 23) | ||
| Place of birth | Strasbourg, France | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Austria Lustenau | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Strasbourg | |||
| Offenburger | |||
| 2013–2018 | Freiburg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2020 | Freiburg II | 19 | (2) |
| 2020–2022 | Floridsdorfer | 33 | (15) |
| 2022– | Austria Lustenau | 7 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2016 | Austria U18 | 4 | (0) |
| 2018 | Austria U19 | 4 | (2) |
| 2018 | Austria U21 | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02:01, 9 September 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 02:01, 9 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
Schmid is a youth product of the academy of the French club Strasbourg. He then moved to Germany with the youth academy of Offenburger, before moving to Freiburg's youth side in 2013. He began his senior career with the Freiburg reserves in 2018. On 25 August 2020, he moved to the Austrian club Floridsdorfer.[1] On 20 May 2021, he extended his contract with the club for one more year after 3 goals in 25 games in his debut season in the 2. Liga.[2] He broke out his second season with Floridsdorfer with 11 goals in 28 appearances, and came in second in the 2. Liga narrowly avoiding promotion. He transferred to their newly promoted rivals Austria Lustenau on 27 May 2022 for their campaign in the 2022-23 Austrian Football Bundesliga, signing a 3-year contract.[3]
Born in France, Schmid elected to represent Austria internationally in 2016. He has played up to the Austria U21s.[4]
Schmid was born in Strasbourg, France to an Austrian father[5] and a French mother from Alsace.[6] His maternal grandfather is Algerian.[7] He is the brother of the French professional footballer Jonathan Schmid.[8]
SC Austria Lustenau – current squad | |
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