Jonathan Schmid

Jonathan Schmid
	Schmid with SC Freiburg in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth	22 June 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Strasbourg, France
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder, right back
Team information
Current team	Progrès Niederkorn
Number	11
Youth career
	Strasbourg
	Sporting Schiltigheim
2007	Mars Bischheim
2008	Offenburger FV
2008–2009	SC Freiburg
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009–2015	SC Freiburg II
2010–2015	SC Freiburg
2015–2016	1899 Hoffenheim
2016–2019	FC Augsburg
2019–2023	SC Freiburg
2021–2023	SC Freiburg II
2023–2024	Austria Lustenau
2024–	Progrès Niederkorn
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 October 2024

Jonathan Schmid (born 22 June 1990) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or right back for Luxembourgish club Progrès Niederkorn.^[2]^[3]^[4]

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 neighbourhood of Neuhof.^[8] His brother Anthony Schmid is also a professional footballer in Austria.^[9]

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.^[10] 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.^[10] 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.^[10]

1899 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.^[11]

Augsburg

In August 2016 Schmid joined FC Augsburg on a four-year-contract.^[12]

Return to Freiburg

On 31 May 2019, FC Augsburg announced, that Schmid would return to SC Freiburg for the upcoming season.^[13]

Later career

On 4 September 2023, Schmid joined his brother Anthony at Austria Lustenau on a one-season contract, with an option for a second year.^[14]

In January 2024 he signed for Luxembourgish club Progrès Niederkorn.^[15]

Career statistics

As of match played 1 July 2022^[16]

Appearances by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			DFB-Pokal		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
SC Freiburg II	2009–10	Regionalliga Süd	18	0	—		—		18	0
	2010–11		31	8	—		—		31	8
	2011–12		12	4	—		—		12	4
	Total		61	12	—		0	0	61	12
SC Freiburg	2010–11	Bundesliga	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
	2011–12		22	1	0	0	—		22	1
	2012–13		33	11	5	1	—		38	12
	2013–14		29	4	2	0	2^[a]	0	33	4
	2014–15		33	4	4	1	—		37	5
	Total		118	20	11	2	2	0	131	22
1899 Hoffeheim	2015–16	Bundesliga	23	4	1	0	—		24	4
FC Augsburg	2016–17	Bundesliga	25	1	1	0	—		26	1
	2017–18		25	0	1	0	—		26	0
	2018–19		28	3	1	0	—		29	3
	Total		78	4	3	0	0	0	81	4
SC Freiburg	2019–20	Bundesliga	33	5	2	0	—		35	5
	2020–21		31	2	2	1	—		33	3
	2021–22		13	0	3	1	—		16	1
	Total		77	7	7	2	0	0	84	9
SC Freiburg II	2021–22	3. Liga	1	0	—		—		1	0
Career total			358	47	22	4	2	0	382	51

^ Appearances in the UEFA Europa League

References

^ ^a ^b "Jonathan Schmid | Playerprofile | Bundesliga". bundesliga.com. DFL. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
^ Jonathan Schmid at WorldFootball.net
^ Jonathan Schmid at fussballdaten.de (in German)
^ Jonathan Schmid at kicker (in German)
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ "Algérie : Jonathan Schmid (Fribourg) en contact avec Belmadi !". 5 June 2020.
^ Hernandez, Floreal (26 April 2013). "Footballeur transfrontalier". 20minutes.fr (in French). Retrieved 30 August 2014.
^ "Footballeur transfrontalier". www.20minutes.fr. 26 April 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c "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. Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
^ FC Augsburg 1907 GmbH & Co KGaA (publisher) (26 August 2016). "Schmid signs as Esswein departs". FC Augsburg. Archived from the original on 17 February 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "JONATHAN SCHMID MOVES TO FREIBURG". FC Augsburg. 31 May 2019.
^ "SC AUSTRIA LUSTENAU VERPFLICHTET JONATHAN SCHMID" [SC AUSTRIA LUSTENAU SIGNS JONATHAN SCHMID] (in German). Austria Lustenau. 4 September 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
^ Kampfsportarten, Christelle DiederichNach drei Jahren Romanistik an der Uni Lëtzebuerg und der Sorbonne-Paris IV schloss die ehemalige Judoka ihr Masterstudium in grenzüberschreitender Kommunikation an der Université Paul Verlaine in Metz ab Seit Februar 2011 Teil der Sportredaktion des "Tageblatt" Schwerpunkte: nationaler Fußball und. "BGL Ligue / Ein großer Coup namens Schmid: Ehemaliger Bundesliga-Profi wechselt zum Progrès Niederkorn". www.tageblatt.lu.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Jonathan Schmid at Soccerway