Coordinates | 55°47′″N49°10′″N |
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Playername | Wynton Rufer |
Fullname | Wynton Alan Whai Rufer |
Dateofbirth | December 29, 1962 |
Cityofbirth | Wellington |
Countryofbirth | New Zealand |
Height | |
Position | Forward (retired) |
Years1 | 1980 |
Clubs1 | Stop Out |
Caps1 | 5 |
Goals1 | 2 |
Years2 | 1981 |
Clubs2 | Wellington Diamond |
Caps2 | 19 |
Goals2 | 7 |
Years3 | 1982 |
Clubs3 | Norwich City |
Caps3 | 0 |
Goals3 | 0 |
Years4 | 1982 |
Clubs4 | Miramar Rangers |
Caps4 | 8 |
Goals4 | 3 |
Years5 | 1982–1986 |
Clubs5 | Zürich |
Caps5 | 100 |
Goals5 | 43 |
Years6 | 1986–1988 |
Clubs6 | Aarau |
Caps6 | 55 |
Goals6 | 31 |
Years7 | 1988–1989 |
Clubs7 | Grasshopper Zürich |
Caps7 | 36 |
Goals7 | 18 |
Years8 | 1989–1995 |
Clubs8 | Werder Bremen |
Caps8 | 174 |
Goals8 | 59 |
Years9 | 1995–1996 |
Clubs9 | JEF United Ichihara |
Caps9 | 49 |
Goals9 | 25 |
Years10 | 1997 |
Clubs10 | Kaiserslautern |
Caps10 | 14 |
Goals10 | 4 |
Years11 | 1997 |
Clubs11 | Central United |
Caps11 | 15 |
Goals11 | 4 |
Years12 | 1998 |
Clubs12 | North Shore |
Caps12 | 11 |
Goals12 | 3 |
Years13 | 1999–2002 |
Clubs13 | Kingz |
Caps13 | 48 |
Goals13 | 12 |
Totalcaps | 539 |
Totalgoals | 224 |
Nationalyears1 | 1980–1997 |
Nationalteam1 | New Zealand |
Nationalcaps1 | 23 |
Nationalgoals1 | 12 |
Manageryears1 | 1998–1999 |
Managerclubs1 | North Shore |
Manageryears2 | 1999 |
Managerclubs2 | New Zealand U16 (women) |
Manageryears3 | 1999–2002 |
Managerclubs3 | Kingz }} |
Arguably the best footballer to ever come out of New Zealand, he spent most of his professional career in Germany with Werder Bremen, winning a total of six titles. He also appeared for the New Zealand national team in its first FIFA World Cup participation, in 1982.
After being voted New Zealand's Young Player of the Year in 1981 and 1982, Rufer attracted the attention of Norwich City manager Ken Brown, who invited the player and his older brother Shane Rufer to Norfolk for a trial. He impressed and signed a professional contract on 23 October 1981, becoming the first Kiwi to do so. However, he was denied a work permit to play in England, so he joined Fussballclub Zürich in May of the following year.
Rufer would play in Switzerland in the following seven years, also representing FC Aarau and Grasshopper Club Zürich: whilst at the former, he topped the scoring charts at 21 in the 1987–88 season, helping his club to the fourth place. With the Hoppers, he won the domestic cup, precisely against Aarau, and surpassed the 100-goal mark in his years in the country.
In the 1989 summer, Rufer signed with SV Werder Bremen, managed by Otto Rehhagel. His Bundesliga debut came on July 29, in a 0–0 draw at FC St. Pauli, and his impact was immediate, as he netted six times in his first 13 league matches. Overall, he would play an enormous part in the side's achievements, pairing with Klaus Allofs up front: on May 6, 1992, both scored in the final of the season's UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, in Lisbon (2–0 win against AS Monaco FC).
In the 1992–93 league season, as Werder won the third championship in the club's history, Rufer finished second in the scoring charts, at 17. On December 8, 1993, he scored two against R.S.C. Anderlecht in the UEFA Champions League, in a 5–3 home win (the Belgian led 3–0 with 25 minutes to go); he finished as that competition's topscorer, alongside FC Barcelona's Ronald Koeman, and added his second German Cup.
Rufer was voted Oceania's Player of the Year in 1989, 1990 and 1992. In 1994–95, the 31-year old left Bremen and moved to JEF United Ichihara of the J.League, finishing as the club's leading scorer in his second year. When Rehhagel took on the task of resurrecting 1. FC Kaiserslautern's fortunes in 1996 - the club would eventually return to the top division, as champions - he called upon Rufer in February 1997, and he contributed with four goals in 14 second division matches.
Rufer returned to his country and successively represented Central United, North Shore United and FC Kingz, retiring at the age of nearly 40. He then founded a football coaching school, WYNRS, which produced football stars such as women's international Annalie Longo.
With his brother Shane, Rufer took on player-coaching duties at North Shore United in 1998, before coaching the national Under-16 women's squad ahead of the 1999 Junior World Cup Finals. He was appointed player-coach of the country's first professional football team, FC Kingz (later Auckland Kingz), participating in the Australian Soccer League for two seasons before retiring in 2001, having been named Oceania's Player of the Century ahead of Frank Farina (Australia) and Christian Karembeu (France, of New Caledonia descent).
In the final stages in Spain, 19-year old Rufer was the youngest member of the squad, appearing in all three group losses, against Scotland, the Soviet Union and Brazil. In total, he gained 23 full caps, scoring 12 goals. From 1985–89, he only collected a total of five international appearances, namely due to the fact Zürich would not release him; from there until 1996, he did not appear for the national side at all.
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