Fabio Gruber
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 September 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Augsburg, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Positions | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | 1. FC Nürnberg | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2021 | FC Augsburg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2023 | FC Augsburg II | 62 | (6) |
| 2023–2025 | SC Verl | 39 | (2) |
| 2025– | 1. FC Nürnberg | 21 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2025– | Peru | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 21:05, 18 November 2025 (UTC) | |||
Fabio Gruber (born 3 September 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back and defender for 1. FC Nürnberg. Born in Germany, he plays for the Peru national team.
Early life
[edit]Gruber was born on 3 September 2002. Born in Augsburg, Germany, he is a native of the city.[1]
Club career
[edit]As a youth player, Gruber joined the youth academy of German Bundesliga side FC Augsburg and was promoted to the club's reserve team ahead of the 2021–22 season, where he made sixty-two league appearances and scored six goals.
During the summer of 2023, he signed for German side SC Verl, where he made thirty-nine league appearances and scored two goals. Following his stint there, he signed for German side 1. FC Nürnberg in 2025.[2]
International career
[edit]Gruber was born in Germany to a German father and Peruvian mother. In November 2025, he was called up to the Peru national team for a set of friendlies.[3]
Style of play
[edit]Gruber plays as a defender and is right-footed. German journalist Uli Digmayer said in 2025 that he " is very talented and intelligent, very calm with the ball, relatively quick for a centre-back , has good passing skills and is especially strong in the air".[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Quién es Fabio Gruber, el flamante convocado de Perú para la próxima fecha FIFA" [Who is Fabio Gruber, Peru's newly called-up player for the upcoming FIFA dates] (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 6 November 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ^ Fabio Gruber at WorldFootball.net
- ^ Germany, nn de, Nürnberg (8 November 2025). "Kurztrip nach Peru: Club-Profi Fabio Gruber war für seinen Traum rund 30 Stunden unterwegs". www.nn.de.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ ""Fabio Gruber es muy valorado, se le ve como un futuro líder": el impacto en FC Nürnberg por beneficioso y exótico llamado surgido en Perú" ["Fabio Gruber is highly valued, he is seen as a future leader": the impact on FC Nürnberg of the beneficial and exotic call-up from Peru] (in Spanish). Infobae. 11 November 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
External links
[edit]- Fabio Gruber at WorldFootball.net
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Augsburg
- Peruvian men's footballers
- Peru men's international footballers
- German men's footballers
- Peruvian people of German descent
- German people of Peruvian descent
- Men's association football defenders
- 1. FC Nürnberg players
- FC Augsburg II players
- SC Verl players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- 3. Liga players
- Regionalliga players