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{{Short description|Swiss footballer and manager (1930–2020)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name= Roger Vonlanthen
| fullname = 
| image = Roger Vonlanthen (1954).jpg
| caption = Roger Vonlanthen in 1956
| birth_date  = {{birth date|df=yes|1930|12|5}}
| birth_place = [[Lancy]], Switzerland
| death_date = July 2020 (aged 89)
| death_place = [[Onex, Switzerland|Onex]], Switzerland
| height =
| currentclub  =
| clubnumber =
| position = [[Striker (football)|Forward]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1951–1955 | years2 = 1955–1957 | years3 = 1957–1959 | years4 =1959–1966
| clubs1 = [[Grasshopper Club Zürich|Grasshoppers]] | clubs2 = [[F.C. Internazionale Milano|Inter Milan]] | clubs3 = [[U.S. Alessandria Calcio 1912|Alessandria]] | clubs4 =[[Lausanne Sports|Lausanne]]
| caps1= | goals1 = | caps2 = 42 | goals2 = 12 | caps3 = 45 | goals3 = 10 | caps4 = | goals4 = 
| nationalyears1 = 1951–1962 
| nationalteam1 = [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]]
| nationalcaps1 = 27
| nationalgoals1 = 9
| manageryears1 = 1966 
| manageryears2 = 1967–1972 
| manageryears3 = 1976–1977 
| manageryears4 = 1977–1979
| managerclubs1 = [[Servette FC|Servette]] 
| managerclubs2 = [[Lausanne Sports|Lausanne]] 
| managerclubs3 = [[CS Chênois]] 
| managerclubs4 = [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]]
}}

'''Roger Vonlanthen''' (5 December 1930 – July 2020) was a Swiss [[football (soccer)|football]] player and manager.

During his club career he played for [[Grasshopper Club Zürich|Grasshoppers]] (1951–55), [[F.C. Internazionale Milano|Inter Milan]] (1955–57), [[U.S. Alessandria Calcio 1912|Alessandria]] (1957–59) and [[Lausanne Sports|Lausanne]] (1959–66). He earned 27 caps and scored 8 goals for the [[Switzerland national football team]] from 1954 to 1966, and participated in two World Cups ([[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]] and [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]]). Later he became a manager with [[Servette FC|Servette]], [[Lausanne Sports|Lausanne]] and [[CS Chênois]]<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/players/trainers-zwit-clubs.html Switzerland – Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs]</ref> and had a stint as the manager of Switzerland from 1977 to 1979.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit-intres.html Switzerland – International Matches since 1905]</ref>

In March 2021, it was announced Vonlanthen died the previous year, in July at the age of 89 in [[Onex, Switzerland|Onex]].<ref>[https://www.bluewin.ch/de/sport/fussball/der-letzter-54er-roger-vonlanthen-ist-verstorben-618527.html ''Als letzter 54er: Roger Vonlanthen ist verstorben.''] In: Bluewin.ch, 10. März 2021.</ref><ref>[https://apnews.com/article/international-soccer-soccer-geneva-switzerland-serie-a-4f35073587cadc4f3ff04236f5fd3cb7 Roger Vonlanthen, Swiss player in World Cup epic, dies at 89]</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{WorldFootball.net|roger-vonlanthen}}
*{{NFT|40136}}

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