Anthony Schmid

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.

Anthony Schmid
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-01-18) 18 January 1999
Place of birth Strasbourg, France
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Austria Lustenau
Number 18
Youth career
Strasbourg
Offenburger FV
2013–2018 SC Freiburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 SC Freiburg II 19 (2)
2020–2022 Floridsdorfer AC 33 (15)
2022– Austria Lustenau 27 (4)
International career
2016 Austria U18 4 (0)
2018 Austria U19 4 (2)
2018 Austria U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 02:01, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Schmid is a youth product of the academy of the French club Strasbourg. He then moved to Germany with the youth academy of Offenburger FV, before moving to SC Freiburg's youth side in 2013. He began his senior career with the SC Freiburg reserves in 2018. On 25 August 2020, he moved to the Austrian club Floridsdorfer AC.[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 three-year contract.[3]

International career

Born in France, Schmid elected to represent Austria internationally in 2016. He has played up to the Austria U21s.[4]

Personal life

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]

References

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