# Christian Fuchs
**Christian Fuchs** (born 1986 in Neunkirchen, Austria) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a left-back, best known for winning the 2015/16 Premier League title with Leicester City and for captaining the Austria national team at [UEFA Euro 2016](https://www.edgepedia.org/uefa-euro-2016).[1](https://www.lequipe.fr/fiche/christian-fuchs/221627) • [2](https://www.axios.com/local/charlotte/2023/01/05/charlotte-fc-captain-christian-fuchs-retires-and-joins-coaching-staff-317325) He retired on 5 January 2023 after 19 professional seasons, with career totals of 577 club appearances, 37 goals and 83 assists, and moved into coaching.[2](https://www.axios.com/local/charlotte/2023/01/05/charlotte-fc-captain-christian-fuchs-retires-and-joins-coaching-staff-317325)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1986, Neunkirchen, Austria[1](https://www.lequipe.fr/fiche/christian-fuchs/221627) |
| Position | Defender, left-footed left-back[3](https://fbref.com/en/players/a67a09fb/Christian-Fuchs) |
| Clubs | SV Mattersburg, VfL Bochum, Mainz 05, Schalke 04, Leicester City, Charlotte FC[4](https://as.com/us/us/2021/06/06/futbol/1623003834_307193.html) |
| Leicester honors | Premier League 2015/16 (32 league appearances); FA Cup 2021[5](https://www.lcfc.com/media-article/Celebrating-Fuchs%27-Wonderful-Foxes-Career) |
| Austria | 78 caps, captain in 37, including UEFA Euro 2016[2](https://www.axios.com/local/charlotte/2023/01/05/charlotte-fc-captain-christian-fuchs-retires-and-joins-coaching-staff-317325) |
| Career totals | 577 club appearances, 37 goals, 83 assists; retired 5 January 2023 after 19 seasons[2](https://www.axios.com/local/charlotte/2023/01/05/charlotte-fc-captain-christian-fuchs-retires-and-joins-coaching-staff-317325) |
| Later career | Charlotte FC assistant coach; head coach of EFL League Two side Newport County[2](https://www.axios.com/local/charlotte/2023/01/05/charlotte-fc-captain-christian-fuchs-retires-and-joins-coaching-staff-317325) • [6](https://www.charlottefootballclub.com/clfc/news/crown-legacy-fc-names-kevin-sawchak-as-head-coach-kevin-martinez-as-assistant-coach) |
## Early career in Austria and Germany
Fuchs began his professional career with SV Mattersburg in the 2003/04 season, making 140 appearances and scoring 12 goals there through 2008, and twice reaching the final of the Austrian Cup (ÖFB-Cup).[7](https://www.footballtop.com/players/christian-fuchs) He then moved to German football, playing for [VfL Bochum](https://www.edgepedia.org/vfl-bochum) and Mainz 05 before joining Schalke 04 in June 2011.[4](https://as.com/us/us/2021/06/06/futbol/1623003834_307193.html) • [8](https://www.skysports.com/christian-fuchs) By the time he left for England he had made 393 appearances in Austrian and German football, including 31 outings in continental competitions, and he had scored in a Champions League last-16 match against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu a few months before leaving Schalke.[5](https://www.lcfc.com/media-article/Celebrating-Fuchs%27-Wonderful-Foxes-Career)
## Leicester City and the 2015/16 title
Leicester City signed Fuchs from Schalke on a free transfer on a three-year contract in the summer of 2015, on the eve of the title-winning season.[5](https://www.lcfc.com/media-article/Celebrating-Fuchs%27-Wonderful-Foxes-Career) Manager Claudio Ranieri later recalled that Fuchs was "truly ready only after our first defeat, at home to Arsenal in September", after which he established himself at left-back.[9](https://www.fourfourtwo.com/person/player/bookmakers-were-offering-5-000-1-on-us-winning-the-title-and-considered-it-more-likely-the-loch-ness-monster-would-appear-or-that-bono-would-be-elected-pope-claudio-ranieri-on-how-leicester-city-achieved-the-impossible) His full Premier League debut came in a win at Norwich City on 3 October 2015.[5](https://www.lcfc.com/media-article/Celebrating-Fuchs%27-Wonderful-Foxes-Career)
Fuchs appeared 32 times in the league as [Leicester](https://www.edgepedia.org/leicester) won the 2015/16 Premier League, a season for which bookmakers had offered odds of 5,000-1 on the club before the campaign.[5](https://www.lcfc.com/media-article/Celebrating-Fuchs%27-Wonderful-Foxes-Career) • [9](https://www.fourfourtwo.com/person/player/bookmakers-were-offering-5-000-1-on-us-winning-the-title-and-considered-it-more-likely-the-loch-ness-monster-would-appear-or-that-bono-would-be-elected-pope-claudio-ranieri-on-how-leicester-city-achieved-the-impossible) One of his contributions entered the record books directly: his pass sent [Jamie Vardy](https://www.edgepedia.org/jamie-vardy) through to score against Manchester United on 28 November 2015, the goal that broke Vardy's own Premier League record of scoring in 11 consecutive top-flight games.[5](https://www.lcfc.com/media-article/Celebrating-Fuchs%27-Wonderful-Foxes-Career)
**European nights.** As champions, Leicester qualified for the Champions League group stage for the first time in its history, and Fuchs started the opening three group fixtures, including a 3-0 win at Club Brugge on 14 September 2016, as Leicester kept clean sheets through the group stage and into the two-legged round-of-16 victory over Sevilla.[5](https://www.lcfc.com/media-article/Celebrating-Fuchs%27-Wonderful-Foxes-Career) UEFA's technical report credits him with 9 appearances and 810 minutes in the 2016/17 competition, which ended in a narrow aggregate defeat to [Atlético Madrid](https://www.edgepedia.org/atletico-madrid).[10](https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/uefaorg/General/02/49/98/04/2499804_DOWNLOAD.pdf) • [5](https://www.lcfc.com/media-article/Celebrating-Fuchs%27-Wonderful-Foxes-Career)
His first Leicester goal was a half-volley in a 3-1 win over Crystal Palace on 26 October 2016, and a volley from the edge of the area against Fleetwood Town in the Carabao Cup on 28 August 2018 won the club's Goal of the Season prize.[5](https://www.lcfc.com/media-article/Celebrating-Fuchs%27-Wonderful-Foxes-Career) In December 2019 he reached a century of Premier League appearances for the club in a 2-0 win over Watford.[5](https://www.lcfc.com/media-article/Celebrating-Fuchs%27-Wonderful-Foxes-Career) Across six seasons he made 152 appearances in all competitions, and his final campaign ended with the [FA Cup](https://www.edgepedia.org/fa-cup), Leicester's first, in 2021.[5](https://www.lcfc.com/media-article/Celebrating-Fuchs%27-Wonderful-Foxes-Career) In Premier League play alone he recorded 116 appearances, 2 goals, 9 assists and 32 clean sheets.[11](https://www.statmuse.com/fc/ask/christian-fuchs-stats-with-leicester)
## Austria
Fuchs earned 78 caps for Austria and captained the national team in 37 of those matches, including at UEFA Euro 2016 in France.[2](https://www.axios.com/local/charlotte/2023/01/05/charlotte-fc-captain-christian-fuchs-retires-and-joins-coaching-staff-317325) • [12](https://as.com/futbol/2016/05/12/eurocopa/1463048005_495274.html) UEFA's records list him with 24 overall European Championship appearances for Austria, comprising qualifying matches along with four final-tournament appearances: one at Euro 2008 and three at Euro 2016.[13](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0253-0d8222baca47-077953858a9a-1000--uefa-european-championship-records-austria/) His international career spanned 10 years and 30 days by the RSSSF compilation.[14](https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/cfuchs-intl.html)
## Charlotte FC and retirement
In June 2021, [Major League Soccer](https://www.edgepedia.org/major-league-soccer) expansion side [Charlotte FC](https://www.edgepedia.org/charlotte-fc) announced Fuchs as its fourth signing, on a one-year contract with an option for a further year, ahead of the club's inaugural 2022 season.[4](https://as.com/us/us/2021/06/06/futbol/1623003834_307193.html) He spent part of the 2021 season on loan at the Charlotte Independence, then played 27 games for Charlotte FC, scoring three goals, all penalty kicks, and served as club captain.[2](https://www.axios.com/local/charlotte/2023/01/05/charlotte-fc-captain-christian-fuchs-retires-and-joins-coaching-staff-317325) His move to the United States also brought him closer to his family, who lived in New York; he had said publicly in 2018 that he wanted to finish his career in MLS on the East Coast.[15](https://as.com/us/2018/06/08/futbol/1528479710_366688.html) • [2](https://www.axios.com/local/charlotte/2023/01/05/charlotte-fc-captain-christian-fuchs-retires-and-joins-coaching-staff-317325)
On 5 January 2023 he retired from professional soccer after 19 seasons and joined Charlotte FC's staff as a first-team assistant coach.[2](https://www.axios.com/local/charlotte/2023/01/05/charlotte-fc-captain-christian-fuchs-retires-and-joins-coaching-staff-317325) Off the field he built the No Fuchs Given brand, including an esports academy and a lager created with Resident Culture Brewing, and founded the Foxes Sports Foundation.[2](https://www.axios.com/local/charlotte/2023/01/05/charlotte-fc-captain-christian-fuchs-retires-and-joins-coaching-staff-317325)
## Coaching
Charlotte FC promoted Crown Legacy FC head coach Gary Dicker to replace Fuchs as first-team assistant after Fuchs was appointed head coach of [Newport County A.F.C.](https://www.edgepedia.org/newport-county-a-f-c) in [EFL League Two](https://www.edgepedia.org/efl-league-two).[6](https://www.charlottefootballclub.com/clfc/news/crown-legacy-fc-names-kevin-sawchak-as-head-coach-kevin-martinez-as-assistant-coach) FourFourTwo reported that he took the Newport job in November of the preceding year and was managing the club in a relegation fight in League Two.[16](https://www.fourfourtwo.com/team/where-are-they-now-leicester-citys-2016-premier-league-winning-squad-10-years-on)
## References
1. [Christian Fuchs, fiche joueur, L'Équipe](https://www.lequipe.fr/fiche/christian-fuchs/221627)
2. [Charlotte FC captain Christian Fuchs retires and joins coaching staff, Axios Charlotte](https://www.axios.com/local/charlotte/2023/01/05/charlotte-fc-captain-christian-fuchs-retires-and-joins-coaching-staff-317325)
3. [Christian Fuchs Stats, FBref.com](https://fbref.com/en/players/a67a09fb/Christian-Fuchs)
4. [Charlotte ficha a Christian Fuchs, campeón de la Premier con Leicester, AS](https://as.com/us/us/2021/06/06/futbol/1623003834_307193.html)
5. [Celebrating Fuchs' Wonderful Foxes Career, LCFC.com](https://www.lcfc.com/media-article/Celebrating-Fuchs%27-Wonderful-Foxes-Career)
6. [Crown Legacy FC Names Kevin Sawchak as Head Coach & Kevin Martínez as Assistant Coach, Charlotte FC](https://www.charlottefootballclub.com/clfc/news/crown-legacy-fc-names-kevin-sawchak-as-head-coach-kevin-martinez-as-assistant-coach)
7. [Christian Fuchs profile, Football Top](https://www.footballtop.com/players/christian-fuchs)
8. [Christian Fuchs profile, Sky Sports](https://www.skysports.com/christian-fuchs)
9. [Claudio Ranieri on how Leicester City achieved the impossible, FourFourTwo](https://www.fourfourtwo.com/person/player/bookmakers-were-offering-5-000-1-on-us-winning-the-title-and-considered-it-more-likely-the-loch-ness-monster-would-appear-or-that-bono-would-be-elected-pope-claudio-ranieri-on-how-leicester-city-achieved-the-impossible)
10. [2016/17 UEFA Champions League technical report, UEFA](https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/uefaorg/General/02/49/98/04/2499804_DOWNLOAD.pdf)
11. [Christian Fuchs Stats With Leicester, StatMuse](https://www.statmuse.com/fc/ask/christian-fuchs-stats-with-leicester)
12. [Austria da su convocatoria para la Eurocopa de Francia, AS](https://as.com/futbol/2016/05/12/eurocopa/1463048005_495274.html)
13. [UEFA European Championship records: Austria, UEFA.com](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0253-0d8222baca47-077953858a9a-1000--uefa-european-championship-records-austria/)
14. [Christian Fuchs - International Appearances, RSSSF](https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/cfuchs-intl.html)
15. [Christian Fuchs desea jugar en la MLS el próximo año, AS](https://as.com/us/2018/06/08/futbol/1528479710_366688.html)
16. [Where are they now? Leicester City's 2016 Premier League-winning squad 10 years on, FourFourTwo](https://www.fourfourtwo.com/team/where-are-they-now-leicester-citys-2016-premier-league-winning-squad-10-years-on)
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