It would be hypocritical to affirm that the Sevilla FC He doesn’t miss a player of the quality of Dodi Lukebakiosbut it is realistic to say that the results have not suffered from this departure, at least for the moment. In fact, … Last year at this point in the season, Sevilla had scored twelve goals in thirteen games – five of them, scored by the Belgian -, while this season the red and white have already scored 18 goals in twelve games.
The goals have been distributed more among the Sevilla team and, although those stellar appearances by Lukebakio are missing, The goal is now a matter for the entire group. However, there is one player who is the one who is in almost all of his team’s relevant plays in attack and that is Ruben Vargas. The Swiss goes into the break with his national team leaving the bar high in this first third of the season, as he is the Sevilla player who has produced the most goals in LaLiga.
What’s more, if the data is reviewed since Vargas debuted last January until now, there is a total of ten direct shares in goal plays: five goals and five assists. A very striking number, considering that the international missed the last third of last season due to injury. Despite this, the attacker managed to score two goals and assist one goal in eleven games.
Now, so far in the 2025-26 academic year, he has put three goals and four assists. With these three goals, the attacker has opened the scoring on all occasions, participating in two victories (Alavés and Osasuna). The only ‘blur’ is the goal with which he put his team ahead against the Mallorcabut Sevilla did not know how to maintain this advantage and those from Arrasate ended up coming back in the game.
His first penalty
Last Saturday, his combination with Suazo was one of the few notable things that can be highlighted from the horrendous first half of the match against Osasuna. Then came the penalty, which gave Sevilla the second home victory so far this year. Furthermore, it turns out that it was his first penalty goal in his entire career in Europe’s five major leagues, since he had not yet taken a shot from the penalty spot (154 games with Augsburg and 22 with Sevilla). It is possible that this justifies the determination with which he caught the ball when The VAR awarded the penalty on Juanlu last Saturday. The player was eager to make his debut from eleven meters.
And as a curiosity, the Sevilla entity has revealed that Vargas is the first swiss player who scores from a penalty in LaLiga history. Having also equaled Haris Seferovic as the Swiss top scorer in the Spanish championship (five goals each).
«It was important to score that goal. We started the second half like this, strong, and I’m very happy that it came in.”
Ruben Vargas
Sevilla player
Beyond the anecdotal, the Swiss international is the Sevilla player with more actions with high offensive impact in the plays for all his contribution in numbers and in his performance, with vertical drives in the counterattacks that are differential. In addition, he is also a player who is involved at a defensive level, he is one of the players who recovers the most balls and his versatility gives him an extra bonus.
40 million clause
His performance has made him become one of the essential players for Matias Almeyda. The Swiss only missed the duel against the Athletic Club and he has started in the rest, except against Villarreal, a match in which the Argentine coach decided to make rotations. With the departure of Lukebakio this summer, Vargas was aware that he would gain stripes within this Sevilla devoid of great talent. A favorable scenario for 2026 World Cupand reason enough why he did not want to leave for Villarreal this summer, although the stinginess of the groguet club also had something to do with it.
He Sevilla FC is aware of the value of the Swiss, in fact, last March it was decided to raise its clause to 40 million eurosas was also done with Lukebakio and Ejuke. A shield for the extremes, candidates to be a source of income for the club. In the case of the Belgian, it has already been, but the Sevilla entity needs to continue generating capital gains.
Vargas arrived at Sevilla after paying 2.5 million eurosa pringá considering how well it is amortizing it. Last summer, Cordón was not willing to sell him for less than 15 million euros and, if the footballer continues to bear fruit, his price will continue to rise. According to Transfermarkt, a portal specialized in the market value of footballers, the Swiss player was worth seven million last June. Now, the Sevilla player is valued at about eleven millionfour more in just five months.
A prize for the work that Vargas is signing, which is not as dazzling as some of his predecessors, but is important enough for Matías Almeyda never wants to do without him. He is the third player who has accumulated the most minutes with the Sevilla jersey this year in the league competition, only behind the full-backs José Ángel Carmona and Gabriel Suazo. A perfect breeding ground for this coming winter to once again be one of the names of the Sevilla market.
