Oliver Schmidhauser de la Cruz (born 2 June 2004) is a professional footballer who plays as a Striker for 2. Bundesliga club Hertha BSC.striker. Born in Switzerland, he represents Dominican Republic at youth international level.
Schmidhauser is a native of St. Gallen, Switzerland, and joined the youth academy of Liechtensteiner side Vaduz.
In 2022, Schmidhauser joined the youth academy of German side RB Leipzig. Previously, he played for the youth academies of Liechtensteiner side Vaduz, SpVgg Unterhaching, and Hertha Zehlendorf. In 2023, he received interest from the youth academy of Italian Serie A side Inter.
Schmidhauser represented the Dominican Republic internationally at the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Schmidhauser is known for physicality and speed.
Schmidhauser idolizes French international Karim Benzema.