Jonathan Schmid

Jonathan Schmid

File:Jonathan Schmid SC Freiburg 17 août 2013.jpg
Personal information
Full name	Jonathan Schmid
Date of birth	(1990-06-22) 22 June 1990
Place of birth	Strasbourg, France
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	1899 Hoffenheim
Number	10
Youth career
	Strasbourg
	Sporting Schiltigheim
0000–2007	Mars Bischheim
2008	Offenburger FV
2008–2009	SC Freiburg
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2015	SC Freiburg II	61	(12)
2010–2015	SC Freiburg	118	(20)
2015–	1899 Hoffenheim	15	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 December 2015

Jonathan Schmid (born 22 June 1990) is a French professional footballer who plays for 1899 Hoffenheim as a midfielder.

Biography

Early years

Jonathan Schmid was born in 1990, son of an Austrian father – comes from Gresten in the District of Scheibbs in Lower Austria – and an Alsatian mother in Strasbourg and grew up in troubled districts Neuhof. In 1994 he started in the youth academy of Racing Strasbourg with the football. In 2006 he left the youth academy of the flagship of the Alsatian football and went into the next generation of Sporting Schiltigheim and a year later to Mars Bischheim. Strasbourg is situated on the border with Germany; on the recommendation of a friend, he went into the youth of the German amateur side Offenburger FV. In a game in the A-youth-Bundesliga against SC Freiburg, he was the coach of the Freiburg side, Christian Streich, on and convinced him with his performance. Finally to the 2008–09 season, he joined the youth academy of SC Freiburg and won in his first season, the DFB-Pokal in the A-youth.

Hoffenheim

In June 2015, Schmid signed a four-year contract with 1899 Hoffenheim, as part of a deal that saw Vincenzo Grifo join SC Freiburg.