Christian Fuchs

Early career

Born in Neunkirchen, Lower Austria, his father was an amateur goalkeeper. He began as a forward at local team SVg Pitten before moving to 1. Wiener Neustädter SC at the age of 14. At the age of 15, while still an amateur and at mainstream school, Fuchs played for their senior team. When he was 17, he signed his first professional deal at SV Mattersburg, a team who despite coming from a town of 6,000 drew league record average crowds of 17,000, came third in the Austrian Football Bundesliga and played in European competition. Prior to UEFA Euro 2008, he joined German Bundesliga side VfL Bochum. He later described it as a useful move to play regularly while attracting attention from bigger teams. In 2010, he was signed on loan by 1. FSV Mainz 05, a newly promoted team who ended the season in the top five.

Schalke

On 6 June 2011, Fuchs signed with Schalke 04 on a deal until June 2015. The transfer fee was reportedly undisclosed by Schalke's sport and communications manager Horst Heldt. Fuchs was assigned the number 23 shirt, previously worn by Danilo Fernando Avelar. His first goal for the club was a free kick in the Bundesliga against Mainz. In his time at the team from Gelsenkirchen, he competed in the UEFA Champions League, but suffered a long-term knee injury.

Leicester City

On 3 June 2015, Premier League side Leicester City announced the signing of Fuchs on a free transfer, signing a three-year deal with the Foxes effective from 1…

Fuchs made his debut for the Austria national team on 23 May 2006 in a friendly match against Croatia, replacing Stefan Lexa for the final six minutes of the 4–1 loss at the Ernst-Happel-Stadion in Vienna. He was part of the Austrian international squad as they co-hosted UEFA Euro 2008 alongside Switzerland. He made only one appearance in the group stage elimination, playing the entirety of the 1–0 loss to Germany in their last match of the tournament. On 11 August 2010, in the absence of regular captain Marc Janko, Fuchs captained his nation for the first time in a 1–0 friendly loss to the Swiss in Klagenfurt. That 17 November, he scored his first international goal, equalising in a 2–1 home friendly loss to Greece. Fuchs received the armband on a permanent basis at the behest of manager Marcel Koller on 13 August 2012. He played all ten games as they qualified for the UEFA Euro 2016, the first time they did so, and featured in every minute of the group stage elimination in France. Afterwards, he retired from international football with a total of 78 caps, declaring "I am very proud of the 10 years that I have spent with the national team. I did everything with passion and, as I said, I am very, very proud."

After retiring from professional football, Fuchs stayed at Charlotte FC and was appointed as an assistant coach under Christian Lattanzio on 6 January 2023. On 20 November 2025, Fuchs secured his first management position on being appointed by EFL League Two side Newport County after the dismissal of previous manager David Hughes with Newport bottom of League Two on 11 points after 16 league games of the 2025-26 season. A 2-1 win at Barrow on the final day of the season ensured that Newport finished 20th in League Two and avoided relegation. On 27 June 2026, Fuchs resigned as Newport County manager.

Fuchs' wife, Raluca Gold-Fuchs, with whom he has a stepson, son, and daughter, is a businesswoman based in New York, formerly of Goldman Sachs. He runs a public relations company and a football academy in New York, and in 2016 he stated he planned to move there permanently after his football career. The Leicester Mercury described Fuchs as "not your stereotypical footballer...[he] has more strings to his bow than an orchestra". He is noted for his online video series "No Fuchs Given", which consists of himself and teammates doing unusual football-related challenges, such as him and Robert Huth shooting the ball as hard as possible at each other's backsides. This developed into a fashion brand of the same name. In 2016 he stated his desire to become an NFL placekicker and demonstrated his skills on the BBC's NFL coverage. In June 2026, Fuchs began playing local cricket in Derbyshire.