Christian Fuchs
Christian Fuchs was born in Neunkirchen, Lower Austria, Austria on April 7th, 1986 and is the Soccer Player. At the age of 38, Christian Fuchs biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Christian Fuchs (born 7 April 1986) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays left back for Major League Soccer team Charlotte FC and is the former captain of Austria's national team.
He started his senior career as a kid in Wiener Neustadt before joining SV Mattersburg in 2017, aiming for the Austrian Football Bundesliga crown and participating in European competitions. He left for Germany in 2008, signing for VfL Bochum. At 1, he was on loan for a season. FSV Mainz 05, he signed for FC Schalke 04 in 2011, where he competed in the UEFA Champions League, but he sustained a serious knee injury. He signed for Leicester in 2015, winning the Premier League for the first time at the club.
Fuchs, a full international, has earned 78 caps for Austria starting from his debut in 2006. He captained the country at UEFA Euro 2008 and UEFA Euro 2016, advising them for the first time in 2010 and on a permanent basis from 2012 before retiring from international service in 2016.
Personal life
Raluca Gold-Fuchs, married with whom he has a stepson, son, and daughter, is a businesswoman who worked with Goldman Sachs for many years. Fuchs and their children live in Manhattan, and she sees them every month. He owns a public relations firm and a football academy in the same city, and he wants to move to the city permanently after his football career.
Fuchs was described by the Leicester Mercury as "not your stereotypical footballer [he] has more strings to his bow than an orchestra." He is best known for his online video series "No Fuchs Given," a play on his surname and the English-language obscenity "fuck"; the film follows him and his teammates facing bizarre football-related challenges, such as him and Robert Huth's ability to shoot the ball as far as possible at each other's backsides. He has also aspired to be an NFL placekicker and has demonstrated his ability in NFL reporting for the BBC. "Fox" is his surname, while "Fuchs" is the German word for "fox."
Club career
Born in Neunkirchen, Lower Austria, 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 14. 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.
Prior to UEFA Euro 2008, he joined the German side VfL Bochum. He later described it as a useful move to play regularly while attracting attention from bigger teams. In 2010, he was signed on loan by 1. FSV Mainz 05, a newly promoted team who ended the season in the top five.
On 6 June 2011, Fuchs signed a contract until 30 June 2015 with Schalke 04. The transfer fee is reportedly undisclosed by Schalke's sport and communications manager Horst Heldt. Fuchs was assigned the number 23 shirt, previously worn by Danilo Fernando Avelar.
In his time at the team from Gelsenkirchen, he competed in the UEFA Champions League, but suffered a long-term knee injury.
On 3 June 2015, Leicester City announced the signing of Fuchs on a free transfer, signing a three-year deal with the Foxes effective from 1 July. Signed under previous manager Nigel Pearson, Fuchs didn't have a regular spot in new manager Claudio Ranieri's squad until October. Fuchs made an appearance in Leicester's third round League Cup tie against West Ham United, providing an assist for Andy King's extra time winner. Following a 2–5 loss to Arsenal on 26 September, Ranieri elected to shake up his defensive back four, inserting Fuchs and teammate Danny Simpson in place of Jeffrey Schlupp and Ritchie De Laet, respectively. Fuchs made his first Premier League start the next week against Norwich.
In his first season, Leicester finished as champions on odds of 5,000–1, making Fuchs the first Austrian to receive a Premier League winners' medal since Arsenal's Alex Manninger in 1998. Following the insertion of Fuchs into the lineup on Matchday 8, Leicester City led the Premier League in clean sheets along with Arsenal, with 15. Fuchs himself led the league during this period in successful tackles with 77, while finishing second in interceptions with 98.
Prior to signing for Leicester, Fuchs had an offer to play in the United States, where his family live, but he turned it down. He said in March 2016, "My intention is to play in the US. I have come [to Leicester] for three years. I decided that I would sign one last contract in Europe, when I left Schalke, then go to the US."
On 21 October 2016, Fuchs signed a new contract with Leicester, keeping him with the club until June 2019. The next day, Fuchs scored his first goal for Leicester against Crystal Palace, volleying home a corner-kick clearance by Christian Benteke for the team's final goal in a 3–1 victory.
In May 2019 he signed a new one-year contract with Leicester. On 18 June 2020, Leicester announced that Fuchs had signed one-year extension.
On 21 May 2021, it was announced that Fuchs would be leaving Leicester at the end of the 2020–21 season.
On 7 June 2021, it was announced that Fuchs would join Major League Soccer expansion side Charlotte FC, which entered the league in 2022. On 27 July 2021, Fuchs joined USL Championship side Charlotte Independence for the remainder of the season.
International career
Fuchs made his debut for Austria on 23 May 2006 in a friendly match against Croatia, replacing Stefan Lexa for the final six minutes of the 1–4 loss at the Ernst-Happel-Stadion in Vienna.
He was part of the Austrian international squad as they co-hosted UEFA Euro 2008 alongside Switzerland. He made only one appearance in the group stage elimination, playing the entirety of the 1–0 loss to Germany in their last match of the tournament.
On 11 August 2010, in the absence of regular skipper Marc Janko, Fuchs captained his nation for the first time in a 0–1 friendly loss to the Swiss in Klagenfurt. That 17 November, he scored his first international goal, equalising in a 1–2 home friendly loss to Greece.
Fuchs received the armband on a permanent basis at the behest of manager Marcel Koller on 13 August 2012. He played all 10 games as they qualified for UEFA Euro 2016, the first time they did so, and featured in every minute of the group stage elimination in France. Afterwards, he retired from international play with a total of 78 caps, declaring "I am very proud of the 10 years that I have spent with the national team. I did everything with passion and, as I said, I am very, very proud."