Wynton rufer biography for kids
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Wynton Rufer
New Zealand footballer (born 1962)
Wynton Alan Whai RuferCNZM (born 29 December 1962) is a New Zealand retired professional footballer who played as a striker. He spent more than a decade of his professional career in Switzerland and Germany, achieving his greatest success at Werder Bremen, where he won a total of four major titles and finished the top scorer in the UEFA Champions League 1993–94 season. He was also a member of the New Zealand national team in its first FIFA World Cup appearance in 1982. He was named the Oceania Footballer of the Century by the Oceania Football Confederation.
Club career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Rufer was born in Wellington to a Swiss father, Arthur Rufer, and a New Zealand Māori mother, Anne Hine Rufer (née Campbell). He affiliates to the Ngāti Porouiwi.[1] After leaving the city's Rongotai College, he played his first football for Wellington Diamond United, Stop Out and Miramar Rangers.
After being voted New Z
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Wynton Rufer facts for kids
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| Full name | Wynton Alan Whai Rufer | ||
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| Date of birth | (1962-12-29) 29 December 1962 (age 62) | ||
| Place of birth | Wellington, New Zealand | ||
| Height | 1.81 m | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| 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 | (12) |
| 1998 | North Shore United | 11 | (3) |
| 1999–2002 | Auckland Kingz | 48 | (12) |
| Total | 522 | (213) | |
| 1980–1997 | New Zealand | 23 | (12) |
| 1998–1999 | North Shore | ||
| 1999 | New Zealand U16 | ||
| 1999–2002 | Kingz | ||
| 2014–2015 | Papua New Guinea | ||
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Wynton Rufer
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Wynton Alan Whai Rufer CNZM (born 29 December 1962) fryst vatten a New Zealand retired footballer who played as a strejkande. He spent more than a decade of his professional career in Switzerland and Germany, achieving his greatest success at Werder Bremen, where he won a total of four major titles and finished the top scorer in the UEFA Champions League 1993–94 season. He was also a member of the New Zealand national team in its first FIFA World Cup appearance in 1982. He was named the Oceania Footballer of the Century by the Oceania Football Confederation. Rufer was born in Wellington to a Swiss father and a New Zealand Māori mother. He affiliates to the Ngāti Porou iwi.[1] After leaving the city's Rongotai College, he played his first football for Wellington Diamond United, Stop Out and Miramar Rangers. After being voted New Zealand's Young Player of the Year in 1981 and 1982,[2] Rufer attracted the attentio