Sevilla have announced their first signing of the winter

He Seville has officially announced the signing until 2029 of Ruben VargasSwiss international winger joins the team Garcia Pimienta from Augsburgwhose contract expired on June 30 and for which the Andalusian club will pay around 2 million euros, plus some other figures in variables.

The 26-year-old Swiss international, who knows his compatriot and teammate very well Djbril Sowbecame the first reinforcement in the winter market for the Nervionense team afterwards Victor Ortasports director, saw how the Brazilian Juninho He stood up to go to Flamengo after closing everything to travel.

Rubén Estephan Vargas Martínezwho landed this Thursday at San Pablo Airport, has signed a contract that binds him to the Nervión team until 2029. He will wear the number ‘5’. Born in Adligenswil, Switzerland, on August 5, 1998, he started playing football in his hometown, until reaching the youth team of FC Luzern, a team where he advanced in the organizational chart of its lower ranks. At the age of 16 he made his debut in his subsidiary and when he was only 19 he made his debut in the Swiss Super League, in a match against FC Zürich. Although he mixed his performances between the first and second team, he closed 2017/18 with 20 games and one goal in the elite. A year later, his reunion with Lucerne would come, completing 38 games, where he scored ten goals, contributed nine assists and made his debut in a Europa League tie against Olympiacos.

Such a performance earned him the jump to Bundesliga that same summer, just 21 years old. His fate is what until now his team, FC Augsburg, with whom he signed for six seasons, certainly until 2025. If for one thing he stands out at this stage in Germany This is due to its regularity, because if we look at the statistics of five complete seasons, in only one did it fall below 30 games played. In total, with the Swabian team he played 161 games, including 154 in the Bundesliga and seven in German Cupwhere he scored 23 goals and had 19 assists. In the current year he played ten games and scored his last goal in the round of 16 of the Cup against Karlsruhe, on December 4.

With a Dominican father and a Swiss mother, Vargas He debuted as a Swiss international at under-20 level before making his debut in Luzern’s first team. In just six months he took the alternative to the U-21 and that in September 2019, having just arrived at Augsburg, Vladimir Petkovic This gave him his first opportunity with the senior team in the Euro 2020 qualification match against Gibraltar. Two months later, against the same rivals but at home, he scored his first goal. Currently, he has fifty international caps, in which he has scored eight goals and eight assists. He played in the final stage of Euro 2020, where Switzerland was eliminated in the quarterfinals on penalties against Spain. He also participated in all of his team’s duels at the 2022 World Cup – eliminated in the round of 16 against Portugal-, as well as all the events at Euro 2024 last summer. As in the previous edition, they were eliminated in the quarterfinals and on penalties, although this time against runners-up England, becoming the MVP of the round of 16 against Italy with a goal and an assist.