Wynton Rufer

Wynton Rufer is a New Zealand footballer, born on 29 December 1962 in Wellington, New Zealand. Rufer played as a striker for Werder Bremen and FC Zürich. Rufer scored 306 goals in 696 games for club and country and won 10 trophies, including 2 league titles.

Rufer's career stats

GamesGoals
Clubs, all competitions673294
New Zealand2312
Total696306

Goals per game: 0.44.

Rufer's trophies and awards

  • Trophies with club and country: 10
  • League titles: 2
  • Domestic cups: 7
  • Other international club trophies: 1
  • Individual awards: 11

Grasshoppers

  • Swiss Cup: 1 (1988–89)
  • Swiss Super Cup: 1 (1989)

Werder Bremen

  • Bundesliga: 1 (1992–93)
  • DFB-Pokal: 2 (1990–91, 1993–94)
  • DFB-Supercup: 2 (1993, 1994)
  • UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 1 (1991–92)

1. FC Kaiserslautern

  • 2. Bundesliga: 1 (1996–97)

Central United

  • Chatham Cup: 1 (1997)

Individual

  • New Zealand Young Player of the Year: 2 (1981, 1982)
  • Oceania Footballer of the Year: 3 (1989, 1990, 1992)
  • FIFA Oceania Footballer of the Century: 1
  • UEFA Champions League Top-scorer: 1 (1993–94)
  • New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame: 1 (2005)
  • Maori Sports Hall of Fame: 1 (2007)
  • IFFHS Legends: 1
  • IFFHS Oceania Men's Team of All Time: 1 (2021)

Clubs

League games and goals at each club.

  1. 1980: Stop Out, 5 games, 2 goals
  2. 1981: Wellington Diamond, 19 games, 7 goals
  3. 1982: Norwich City, 0 games, 0 goals
  4. 1982: Miramar Rangers, 8 games, 3 goals
  5. 1982–1986: FC Zürich, 100 games, 43 goals
  6. 1986–1988: FC Aarau, 37 games, 18 goals
  7. 1988–1989: Grasshoppers, 22 games, 12 goals
  8. 1989–1995: Werder Bremen, 174 games, 59 goals
  9. 1995–1996: JEF United, 54 games, 38 goals
  10. 1997: 1. FC Kaiserslautern, 14 games, 4 goals
  11. 1997: Central United, 30 games, 12 goals
  12. 1998: North Shore United, 11 games, 3 goals
  13. 1999–2002: Auckland Kingz, 48 games, 12 goals

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