Anthony Schmid (born 18 January 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Floridsdorfer AC. Born in France, he is a youth international for Austria.
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.
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.
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.
After a short stint in Luxembourg in the summer of 2024 with Swift Hesperange, he left Swift for personal reasons. On 4 September 2024, Schmid returned to Floridsdorfer AC.
International career
Born in France, Schmid elected to represent Austria internationally in 2016. He has played up to the Austria U21s.
Personal life
Schmid was born in
Strasbourg, France to an Austrian father
and a French mother from
Alsace.
His maternal grandfather is Algerian.
He is the brother of the French professional footballer
Jonathan Schmid.
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