# 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

|   | Games | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| Clubs, all competitions | 673 | 294 |
| New Zealand | 23 | 12 |
| Total | 696 | 306 |

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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