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{{short description|New Zealand footballer (born 1960)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name        = Shane Rufer
| image       = 
| full_name   = Shane Arthur Rufer
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1960|03|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Wellington]], New Zealand
| height      = 1.85 m
| position    = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1 =            
| youthclubs1 =            
| years1 = 1979 
| clubs1 = [[Stop Out]]<ref name="national-football-teams1">{{cite web|author=Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann |url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/37279/Shane_Rufer.html |title=Shane Rufer |publisher=National Football Teams |date= |accessdate=19 November 2013}}</ref> 
| caps1 =             
| goals1 =  
| years2 = 1982–1983 
| clubs2 = [[FC Zürich]] 
| caps2 = 6
| goals2 = 0 
| clubs3 = [[FC Lugano|Lugano]] 
| years3 = 1983–1984 
| caps3 =   
| goals3 =  
| clubs4 = [[SC Zug]] 
| years4 = 1984–1985 
| caps4 =   22
| goals4 =  0
| clubs5 = [[FC Zürich]] 
| years5 = 1985–1988 
| caps5 = 69
| goals5 =  1
| clubs6 = [[AC Bellinzona|Bellinzona]] 
| years6 = 1988–1989 
| caps6 =  28
| goals6 =  0
| clubs7 = [[Servette FC|Servette]]
| years7 = 1990–1991
| caps7 = 34
| goals7 =  1 
| years8 = 1997
| clubs8 = [[North Shore United]]
| nationalyears1 = 1979–1985
| nationalteam1 = [[New Zealand national football team|New Zealand]]
| nationalcaps1 = 19  
| nationalgoals1 = 2 
| manageryears1 = 1999–2002 
| managerclubs1 = [[Auckland Kingz|FC Kingz]] (assistant coach) 
| manageryears2 = 2002–2007
| managerclubs2 = [[YoungHeart Manawatu]]
| manageryears3 = 2011
| managerclubs3 = [[Cook Islands national football team|Cook Islands]]
| manageryears4 = 2017–2018
| managerclubs4 = [[Palmerston North Marist]]
| manageryears5 = 2019–
| managerclubs5 = [[Red Sox Manawatu]]
}}
'''Shane Arthur Rufer''' (born 23 March 1960) is a New Zealand footballer who played as a [[centre forward]], [[midfielder]] and [[Defender (association football)|defender]]. He represented [[New Zealand national football team|New Zealand]] on nineteen occasions between 1979 and 1985,<ref name=aapp>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/id1708.htm|title=A-International Appearances - Overall|author=|publisher=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website|date=1 June 2008|accessdate=25 July 2008}}</ref> making his debut on 29 June 1979 in a 6–0 win over [[Fiji national football team|Fiji]].<ref name=alup>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/id1559.htm|title=A-International Lineups|author=|publisher=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website|date=|accessdate=27 July 2009}}</ref>

The son of a Swiss father, Arthur Rufer, and a mother of [[Māori people|Māori]] descent, Anne Hine Rufer ([[née]] Campbell), Shane Rufer is the elder brother of Oceania Player of the Century [[Wynton Rufer]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://maorisportsawards.co.nz/profiles/wynton-rufer-cnzm/ |title=Wynton Rufer CNZM |website=Māori Sports Awards |access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref> The two brothers joined [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]] on trial for six months in 1981 and played in the reserves. City's hopes of signing the Kiwi duo were dashed when the Home Office refused to grant them a work permit.<ref name="abpp">{{cite web|url=http://www.ex-canaries.co.uk/players/rufer-shane.htm|title=Ex Canaries Profile|author=|publisher=Flown from the Nest|date=|accessdate=26 October 2009}}</ref>

In 1991, Rufer undertook a trial with [[Gillingham F.C.|Gillingham]], and appeared in the club's 1991–92 team photo, but did not make an appearance for the side.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Norley |first=Jim |title=Gillingham Legends: The Good, The Bad and the Quirky |year=2023 |pages=10}}</ref>

Rufer's son [[Alex Rufer|Alex]] is also a footballer.

==Career statistics==
===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|Cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
!rowspan="2"|{{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|[[Stop Out Sports Club|Stop Out]]
|[[1979 New Zealand National Soccer League|1979]]
|{{nowrap|[[New Zealand National Soccer League|National Soccer League]]}}
|||||||||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||||
|<ref name="national-football-teams1"/>
|-
|[[Miramar Rangers AFC|Miramar Rangers]]
|[[1982 New Zealand National Soccer League|1982]]
|National Soccer League
|||||||||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||||
|<ref name="national-football-teams1"/>
|-
|[[FC Zürich]]
|[[1982–83 Nationalliga A|1982–83]]
|[[Swiss Super League|Nationalliga A]]
|6||0||2||0||6||2||colspan="2"|–||14||2
|<ref name="dbFCZ">{{cite web |title=Shane Rufer |url=https://www.dbfcz.ch/spieler.php?spieler_id=3188 |website=dbFCZ |access-date=13 April 2025 |language=de}}</ref>
|-
|[[FC Lugano]]
|[[1983–84 Nationalliga A|1983–84]]
|[[Swiss Challenge League|Nationalliga B]]
|||||||||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||||
|<ref name="national-football-teams1"/>
|-
|[[Zug 94|SC Zug]]
|[[1984–85 Nationalliga A|1984–85]]
|Nationalliga A
|22||0||||||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||||
|<ref name="wfn">{{cite web |title=Shane Rufer » Club matches |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/shane-rufer/2/ |website=worldfootball |access-date=13 April 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=4|FC Zürich
|[[1985–86 Nationalliga A|1985–86]]
|rowspan=3|Nationalliga A
|18||0||1||0||3||0||colspan="2"|–||22||0
|<ref name="dbFCZ"/>
|-
|[[1986–87 Nationalliga A|1986–87]]
|18||0||0||0||3||0||colspan="2"|–||21||0
|<ref name="dbFCZ"/>
|-
|[[1987–88 Nationalliga A|1987–88]]
|33||1||4||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||37||1
|<ref name="dbFCZ"/>
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!69!!1!!5!!0!!6!!0!!0!!0!!80!!1
!–
|-
|[[AC Bellinzona|Bellinzona]]
|[[1988–89 Nationalliga A|1988–89]]
|Nationalliga A
|28||0||||||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||||
|<ref name="wfn"/> 
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Servette FC|Servette]]
|[[1989–90 Nationalliga A|1989–90]]
|rowspan=2|Nationalliga A
|16||1||||||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||||
|<ref name="wfn"/> 
|-
|[[1990–91 Nationalliga A|1990–91]]
|18||0||||||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||||
|<ref name="wfn"/> 
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!34!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!–
|-
|{{nowrap|[[North Shore United]]}}
|{{nowrap|[[1997–98 National Summer Soccer League|1997–98]]}}
|National Soccer League
|||||||||colspan=2|–||||||||
|<ref name="national-football-teams1"/>
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!–
|}

===International===

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{FIFA player|57198|Shane Rufer}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081014055106/http://youngheart.co.nz/assistantcoachshanerufer.html YHM Profile] {{in lang|en}}
*[http://www.ex-canaries.co.uk/players/rufer-shane.htm Ex Canaries Profile] {{in lang|en}}

{{Cook Islands national football team managers}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rufer, Shane}}
[[Category:1960 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:FC Zürich players]]
[[Category:New Zealand men's association footballers]]
[[Category:Servette FC players]]
[[Category:New Zealand men's international footballers]]
[[Category:AC Bellinzona players]]
[[Category:New Zealand people of Swiss descent]]
[[Category:Stop Out Sports Club players]]
[[Category:New Zealand Māori sportspeople]]
[[Category:Ngāti Porou people]]
[[Category:Expatriate football managers in the Cook Islands]]
[[Category:Cook Islands national football team managers]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:New Zealand association football managers]]
[[Category:20th-century New Zealand sportsmen]]


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