Fabian Schär

**Fabian Lukas Schär** (born 20 December 1991) is a Swiss football player. He plays as a centre-back for Newcastle United and the Switzerland national team.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|FC Wil|2009–10|Swiss Challenge League|2|0|0|0|—|—|2|0|||
|2010–11|Swiss Challenge League|24|4|1|0|—|—|25|4|||||
|2011–12|Swiss Challenge League|26|5|3|0|—|—|29|5|||||
|rowspan="4"|Basel|2012–13|Swiss Super League|21|4|3|0|—|14|4|38|8||
|2013–14|Swiss Super League|22|4|1|0|—|12|2|35|6||||
|2014–15|Swiss Super League|30|1|4|0|—|7|0|41|1||||
|rowspan="3"|TSG Hoffenheim|2015–16|Bundesliga|24|1|1|0|—|—|25|1|||
|2016–17|Bundesliga|6|0|1|0|—|—|7|0|||||
|Deportivo La Coruña|2017–18|La Liga|25|2|2|0|—|—|27|2||||
|rowspan="9"|Newcastle United|2018–19|Premier League|24|4|3|0|1|0|—|28|4||
|2019–20|Premier League|22|2|4|0|1|0|—|27|2||||
|2020–21|Premier League|18|1|0|0|1|0|—|19|1||||
|2021–22|Premier League|25|2|1|0|0|0|—|26|2||||
|2022–23|Premier League|36|1|0|0|5|0|—|41|1||||
|2023–24|Premier League|36|4|4|0|1|0|6|1|47|5|||
|2024–25|Premier League|34|4|3|0|5|2|—|42|6||||
|2025–26|Premier League|4|0|0|0|0|0|2|0|6|0|||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="12"|Switzerland|2013|5|3|
|2014|5|1|||
|2015|7|1|||
|2016|11|2|||
|2017|7|0|||
|2018|12|0|||
|2019|7|1|||
|2020|4|0|||
|2021|11|0|||
|2022|6|0|||
|2023|3|0|||
|2024|8|0|||

- _As of match played 6 July 2024. Switzerland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Schär goal._

|scope=col|No.|scope=col data-sort-type=date|Date|scope=col|Venue|scope=col|Cap|scope=col|Opponent|scope=col|Score|scope=col|Result|scope=col|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|6 September 2013|Stade de Suisse, Bern, Switzerland|2||2–1|4–4|2014 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||||
|10 September 2013|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway|3|rowspan=2|align=center|1–0|2–0|||||||||||
|align=center|2–0|||||||||||||||
|15 November 2014|AFG Arena, St. Gallen, Switzerland|9||2–0|4–0|UEFA Euro 2016 qualification||||||||||
|27 March 2015|Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland|11||1–0|3–0|||||||||||
|11 June 2016|Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens, France|21||1–0|1–0|UEFA Euro 2016||||||||||
|10 October 2016|Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella, Andorra|27||1–0|2–1|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||||
|5 September 2019|Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland|51||1–0|1–1|UEFA Euro 2020 qualification||||||||||

## Honours

**Basel**
- Swiss Super League: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15

**Newcastle United**
- EFL Cup: 2024–25; runner-up: 2022–23

**Individual**
- Swiss Super League Team of the Year: 2013–14, 2014–15
- Premier League Goal of the Month: February 2019
- North East FWA Player of the Year: 2019

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Fabian Schär
- **image**: Fabian Schär.jpg
- **caption**: Schär training with Switzerland national football team, Switzerland at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
- **full name**: Fabian Lukas Schär
- **birth place**: Wil, Switzerland
- **height**: 1.86 m
- **position**: Defender (association football)#Centre-back, Centre-back
- **currentclub**: Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle United
- **clubnumber**: 5
- **youthyears1**: 1999–2009
- **youthclubs1**: FC Wil 1900, FC Wil
- **years1**: 2009–2012
- **clubs1**: FC Wil 1900, FC Wil
- **caps1**: 52
- **goals1**: 9
- **years2**: 2012–2015
- **clubs2**: FC Basel, Basel
- **caps2**: 73
- **goals2**: 9
- **years3**: 2015–2017
- **clubs3**: TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, TSG Hoffenheim
- **caps3**: 30
- **goals3**: 1
- **years4**: 2017–2018
- **clubs4**: Deportivo de La Coruña, Deportivo La Coruña
- **caps4**: 25
- **goals4**: 2
- **years5**: 2018–
- **clubs5**: Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle United
- **caps5**: 199
- **goals5**: 18
- **nationalyears1**: 2010–2011
- **nationalteam1**: Switzerland national under-20 football team, Switzerland U20
- **nationalcaps1**: 3
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2012
- **nationalteam2**: Switzerland national under-21 football team, Switzerland U21
- **nationalcaps2**: 5
- **nationalgoals2**: 1
- **nationalyears3**: 2012
- **nationalteam3**: Switzerland national under-23 football team, Switzerland Olympic
- **nationalcaps3**: 2
- **nationalgoals3**: 0
- **nationalyears4**: 2013–2024
- **nationalteam4**: Switzerland national football team, Switzerland
- **nationalcaps4**: 86
- **nationalgoals4**: 8
- **club-update**: 23:58, 13 September 2025 (UTC)