Wynton Rufer
Wynton Rufer (born 29 December 1962) is a New Zealand former football player. He has played for New Zealand national team.[1]
 Rufer in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wynton Alan Whai Rufer | ||
| Date of birth | 29 December 1962 | ||
| Place of birth | Wellington, New Zealand | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980 | Stop Out | 5 | (2) |
| 1981 | Wellington Diamond | 19 | (7) |
| 1982 | Norwich City | 0 | (0) |
| 1982 | Miramar Rangers | 8 | (3) |
| 1982–1986 | FC Zürich | 100 | (43) |
| 1986–1988 | FC Aarau | 37 | (18) |
| 1988–1989 | Grasshoppers | 22 | (12) |
| 1989–1995 | Werder Bremen | 174 | (59) |
| 1995–1996 | JEF United | 54 | (38) |
| 1997 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 14 | (4) |
| 1997 | Central United | 30[source?] | (12) |
| 1998 | North Shore United | 11[source?] | (3) |
| 1999–2002 | Auckland Kingz | 48 | (12) |
| Total | 522 | (213) | |
| National team | |||
| 1980–1997 | New Zealand | 23 | (12) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1998–1999 | North Shore | ||
| 1999 | New Zealand U16 | ||
| 1999–2002 | Kingz | ||
| 2014–2015 | Papua New Guinea | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | Ref. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Stop Out | 1980 | National Soccer League | 5 | 2 | – | – | 5 | 2 | [2] | ||||
| Wellington Diamond United | 1981 | National Soccer League | 19 | 7 | – | – | 19 | 7 | [2] | ||||
| Miramar Rangers | 1982 | National Soccer League | 8 | 3 | – | – | 8 | 3 | [2] | ||||
| FC Zürich | 1982–83 | Nationalliga A | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | – | 34 | 12 | [3] | |
| 1983–84 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | 29 | 11 | [3] | |||
| 1984–85 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | – | 30 | 14 | [3] | |||
| 1985–86 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | – | 34 | 16 | [3] | |||
| 1986–87 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | – | 9 | 4 | [3] | |||
| Total | 100 | 43 | 12 | 8 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 57 | – | ||
| FC Aarau | 1986–87 | Nationalliga A | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 10 | [4] | ||
| 1987–88 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 36 | 20 | [4] | ||||
| Total | 37 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 55 | 30 | – | ||||
| Grasshoppers | 1988–89 | Nationalliga A | 22 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 38 | 18 | [4] | ||
| Werder Bremen | 1989–90 | Bundesliga | 34 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 19 | [4] |
| 1990–91 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 19 | [4] | ||
| 1991–92 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2[a] | 2 | 43 | 12 | [4] | ||
| 1992–93 | 32 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1[b] | 1 | 42 | 27 | [4] | ||
| 1993–94 | 33 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 1[c] | 1 | 50 | 24 | [4] | ||
| 1994–95 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[d] | 1 | 18 | 3 | [4] | ||
| Total | 174 | 59 | 29 | 20 | 33 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 241 | 104 | – | ||
| JEF United | 1995 | J.League | 26 | 17 | 26 | 17 | [2] | ||||||
| 1996 | 28 | 21 | 28 | 21 | [2] | ||||||||
| Total | 54 | 38 | 54 | 38 | – | ||||||||
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 1996–97 | 2. Bundesliga | 14 | 4 | 14 | 4 | [4] | ||||||
| Central United | 1996–97 | National Soccer League | |||||||||||
| North Shore United | 1997–98 | National Soccer League | |||||||||||
| Auckland Kingz | 1999–2000 | National Soccer League | 25 | 6 | 25 | 6 | [4] | ||||||
| 2000–01 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 6 | [4] | ||||||||
| 2001–02 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | [4] | ||||||||
| Total | 48 | 12 | 48 | 12 | – | ||||||||
| Career total | 481 | 198 | 41 | 28 | 59 | 26 | 37 | 23 | 618 | 275 | – | ||
- ↑ Two appearances, two goals in German Super Cup
- ↑ One appearance, one goal in UEFA Super Cup
- ↑ One appearance, one goal in German Super Cup
- ↑ One appearance, one goal in German Super Cup
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand[2] | 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1982 | 6 | 2 | |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1985 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1996 | 3 | 2 | |
| 1997 | 3 | 4 | |
| Total | 23 | 12 | |
 |
Indicates goal was scored from a penalty kick |
|---|
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 October 1981 | Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand |  Kuwait |
1–0 | 1–2 | 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 19 December 1981 | Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |  Saudi Arabia |
2–0 | 5–0 | |
| 3 | 5–0 | |||||
| 4 | 10 January 1982 | National Stadium, Singapore |  China PR |
2–0 | 2–1 | |
| 5 | 10 January 1982 | Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch, New Zealand |  Hungary |
1–1 | 1–2 | Friendly |
| 6 | 26 October 1985 | Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand |  Israel |
1–0 | 3–1 | 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 7 | 5 October 1996 | Doha, Qatar |  Qatar |
?–? | 2–3 | Friendly |
| 8 | ?–? | |||||
| 9 | 11 June 1997 | North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand |  Papua New Guinea |
3–0 | 7–0 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 10 | 4–0 | |||||
| 11 | 18 June 1997 | North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand |  Fiji |
1–0 | 5–0 | |
| 12 | 3–0 |
Honours
Grasshoppers[5]
- Swiss Cup: 1988–89
- Swiss Super Cup: 1989[6]
Werder Bremen[5]
- Bundesliga: 1992–93
- DFB-Pokal: 1990–91, 1993–94
- DFB-Supercup: 1993, 1994
- UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 1991–92
1. FC Kaiserslautern
Central United
Individual
- New Zealand Young Player of the Year: 1981 and 1982[7]
- Oceania Footballer of the Year: 1989, 1990, 1992[8][9]
- FIFA Oceania Footballer of the Century[5]
- UEFA Champions League Top-scorer: 1993–94[10]
- Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to soccer, in the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours[11]
- New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame: Inducted in 2005[5]
- Maori Sports Hall of Fame: Inducted in 2007[5]
- Rufer is a member of the FIFA Football Committee, with Franz Beckenbauer, Michel Platini and Bobby Charlton.[12] He is also involved with the FIFA Ambassadors Against Racism Committee.[13]
- IFFHS Legends[14]
- IFFHS Oceania Men's Team of All Time: 2021[15]
References
- ↑ NationalFootballTeams.com, Wynton Rufer; retrieved 2012-4-29.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Wynton Rufer at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Wynton Rufer". dbFCZ (in Deutsch). Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 "Wynton Rufer » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "Wynton Rufer". wynrs.co.nz. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ↑ Switzerland Super Cup Finals. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwitsupcuphist.html. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ↑ "Wynton Rufer". Ultimatenzsoccer. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
- ↑ "Rufer's a Wynr in New Zealand". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 24 May 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ↑ Pierrend, José Luis (26 February 2009). "Oceania Player of the Year". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ↑ Maddaford, Terry (15 December 2001). "Soccer: Rufer - simply the best we've had". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ↑ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2008". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 2 June 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ↑ "The greatest honour for any footballer". FIFA.com. 24 May 2002. Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ↑ "FIFA Ambassadors against Racism". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 2 March 2009.
- ↑ "IFFHS announce the 48 football legend players". IFFHS. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ↑ "IFFHS ALL TIME OCEANIA MEN'S DREAM TEAM". IFFHS. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.