Wynton Rufer

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Wynton Alan Whai Rufer Template:Post-nominals (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 1993–94 UEFA Champions League. 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

Early career

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 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 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,[3] becoming the first Kiwi to do so. However, he was denied a work permit to play in England, so he joined FC Zürich in May of the following year.

Switzerland

Rufer would play in Switzerland in the following seven years, also representing FC Aarau and Grasshoppers: 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.

Werder Bremen

In the 1989 summer, Rufer signed with Werder Bremen, coached by Otto Rehhagel. His Bundesliga debut came on 29 July, 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 6 May 1992, both scored in the final of the season's UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, in Lisbon (2–0 win against Monaco).

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 8 December 1993, he scored two against Anderlecht in the UEFA Champions League, in a 5–3 home win (Anderlecht led 3–0 with 25 minutes to go); he finished as that competition's topscorer, alongside Barcelona's Ronald Koeman, and added his second German Cup.[4]

Rufer was voted Oceania's Player of the Year in 1989, 1990 and 1992.[3][5]

Later years

In 1994–95, the 31-year-old left Bremen and moved to JEF United Ichihara of the J1 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.[6]

Rufer returned to his country and successively represented Central United, North Shore United and Auckland 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.[3]

With his brother Shane, Rufer took on player-coaching duties at North Shore United in 1998, before coaching the national Under-16 men's squad ahead of the 1999 Junior World Cup Finals, notably achieving a draw against the Under-16 men's teams of Austria and win over Norway in an unofficial U-16 World Cup tournament in Nice, France in 1998. He was appointed player-coach of the country's first professional football team, 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).[4]

International career

Made his A-international debut for New Zealand against Kuwait on 16 October 1980 in the friendly international Merdeka Tournament in Malaysia aged 17 years and 291 days.[7] Added late to the squad for New Zealand in their World Cup qualification campaign in 1981 and played his first World Cup qualifier on 14 December 1981 against Kuwait, aged 18, scoring in a 2–2 draw for the 1982 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, Rufer quickly established himself in the All Whites side. Late in the following year, he netted the 2–1 winner in the decisive playoff against China, which propelled the nation to its first World Cup ever.[4]

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.[8] In total, he gained 23 full caps, scoring 12 goals.[9][10] From 1985 to 1989, he only collected a total of five international appearances, namely due to the fact Zürich would not release him;[4] from there until 1996, he did not appear for the national side at all.

Managerial career

In February 2014, Rufer was appointed manager of Papua New Guinea. He was also responsible for managing Papua New Guinea U19 at the 2014 OFC U-20 Championship.[11]

Personal life

During his time in Switzerland, Rufer converted to Christianity and married his wife, Lisa, in 1986. They have two sons, Caleb and Joshua, who are also footballers.[12] His brother Shane and his nephew Alex also played professional football and played for the New Zealand national team.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Stop Out 1980 National Soccer League 5 2 – – 5 2 [13]
Wellington Diamond United 1981 National Soccer League 19 7 – – 19 7 [13]
Miramar Rangers 1982 National Soccer League 8 3 – – 8 3 [13]
FC Zürich 1982–83 Nationalliga A 23 9 4 2 7 1 – 34 12 [14]
1983–84 22 8 4 2 3 1 – 29 11 [14]
1984–85 22 10 3 3 5 1 – 30 14 [14]
1985–86 28 14 1 1 5 1 – 34 16 [14]
1986–87 5 2 0 0 4 2 – 9 4 [14]
Total 100 43 12 8 24 6 0 0 136 57 –
FC Aarau 1986–87 Nationalliga A 15 7 0 0 4 3 19 10 [15]
1987–88 22 11 0 0 14 9 36 20 [15]
Total 37 18 0 0 18 12 55 30 –
Grasshoppers 1988–89 Nationalliga A 22 12 2 0 14 6 38 18 [15]
Werder Bremen 1989–90 Bundesliga 34 10 5 5 10 4 0 0 49 19 [15]
1990–91 33 15 6 4 0 0 0 0 39 19 [15]
1991–92 29 5 4 1 8 4 2Template:Efn 2 43 12 [15]
1992–93 32 17 5 5 4 4 1Template:Efn 1 42 27 [15]
1993–94 33 10 6 5 10 8 1Template:Efn 1 50 24 [15]
1994–95 13 2 3 0 1 0 1Template:Efn 1 18 3 [15]
Total 174 59 29 20 33 20 5 5 241 104 –
JEF United 1995[16][17] J.League 39 21 1 1 – – 40 22 [13]
1996[18] 10 4 – – 2Template:Efn 0 12 4 [13]
Total 49 25 1 1 0 0 2 0 52 26 –
1. FC Kaiserslautern 1996–97 2. Bundesliga 14 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 4 [15]
Central United 1996–97 National Soccer League 30 12 – 30 12
North Shore United 1997–98 National Soccer League 11 3 – 11 3
Auckland Kingz 1999–2000 National Soccer League 25 6 – – – 25 6 [15]
2000–01 18 6 – – – 18 6 [15]
2001–02 5 0 – – – 5 0 [15]
Total 103 31 103 31 –
Career total 536 217 41 28 59 26 37 23 673 294 –

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International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
New Zealand[13] 1980 4 0
1981 2 3
1982 6 2
1983 0 0
1984 0 0
1985 3 1
1986 0 0
1987 0 0
1988 1 0
1989 1 0
1990 0 0
1991 0 0
1992 0 0
1993 0 0
1994 0 0
1995 0 0
1996 3 2
1997 3 4
Total 23 12
Key
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List of international goals scored by Wynton Rufer
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 10 October 1981 Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand {{ Template:Yesno alias = Kuwait flag alias = Flag of Kuwait.svg flag alias-1844 = Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844–1922).svg flag alias-1914 = Flag of Kuwait (1914-1921).svg flag alias-1921 = Flag of Kuwait (1921-1940).svg flag alias-1940 = Flag of Kuwait (1940-1961).svg flag alias-naval-1956 = Maritime Ensign of Kuwait 1956-1961.svg flag alias-republic-1990 = Flag of Kuwait.svg size = name = altvar = football altlink = national football team variant =

}}||align="center"|1–0||align="center"|1–2||rowspan=4|1982 FIFA World Cup qualification

2 19 December 1981 Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia {{ Template:Yesno alias = Saudi Arabia flag alias = Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg flag alias-1744 = Flag of the First Saudi State.svg flag alias-1822 = Flag of the First Saudi State.svg flag alias-1902 = Flag of the Second Saudi State.svg flag alias-1921 = Flag of Nejd (1921).svg flag alias-1926 = Flag of Nejd (1926).svg flag alias-1932 = Flag of Saudi Arabia (1932–1934).svg flag alias-1934 = Flag of Saudi Arabia (1934–1938).svg flag alias-1938 = Flag of Saudi Arabia (1938–1973).svg flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Saudi Arabia.svg link alias-naval = Royal Saudi Navy flag alias-navy = Naval base flag of the Royal Saudi Navy.svg link alias-navy = Royal Saudi Navy flag alias-army = Flag of the Royal Saudi Land Forces.svg link alias-army = Saudi Arabian Army flag alias-military = Saudi Armed Forces Flag.svg link alias-military = Armed Forces of Saudi Arabia flag alias-air force = Ensign of the Royal Saudi Air Force.svg link alias-air force = Royal Saudi Air Force size = name = altlink = national football team variant =

}}||align="center"|2–0||align="center" rowspan=2|5–0

3 5–0
4 10 January 1982 National Stadium, Singapore {{ Template:Yesno alias = China flag alias = Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg flag alias-1862 = Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1862-1889).svg border-1862 = flag alias-1889 = Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1889-1912).svg flag alias-Qing = Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1889-1912).svg flag alias-1912 = Flag of China (1912–1928).svg flag alias-1928 = Flag of the Republic of China.svg flag alias-army-1949 = Flag of the People's Liberation Army.svg flag alias-marines-1949 = Flag of the People's Liberation Army.svg flag alias-navy-1949 = Flag of the People's Liberation Army.svg flag alias-naval-1949 = Flag of the People's Liberation Army.svg flag alias-air force-1949 = Flag of the People's Liberation Army.svg flag alias-military = People's Liberation Army Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg link alias-military = People's Liberation Army flag alias-coast guard=Flag of China.svg link alias-coast guard=China Coast Guard flag alias-army = Ground Force Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg link alias-army = People's Liberation Army Ground Force flag alias-marines=Naval ensign of China.svg link alias-marines=People's Liberation Army Navy Marine Corps flag alias-navy = Naval ensign of China.svg link alias-navy = People's Liberation Army Navy flag alias-naval = Naval ensign of China.svg link alias-naval = People's Liberation Army Navy flag alias-air force = Air Force Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg link alias-air force = People's Liberation Army Air Force size = name = altlink = national football team altvar = football variant =

}}||align="center"|2–0||align="center"|2–1

5 10 January 1982 Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch, New Zealand {{ Template:Yesno alias = Hungary flag alias = Flag of Hungary.svg flag alias-1848 = Flag of Hungary (1848-1849, 1867-1869).svg flag alias-1849 = Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg flag alias-1867 = Flag of Hungary (1848-1849, 1867-1869).svg flag alias-1869 = Flag of Hungary (1869-1874).svg flag alias-1874 = Flag of Hungary (1874-1896).svg flag alias-1896 = Flag of Hungary (1896-1915; angels).svg flag alias-1915 = Flag of Hungary (1915-1918; angels).svg flag alias-1918 = Flag of Hungary (1918-1919).svg flag alias-1919 = Flag of Hungary (1919).svg flag alias-1920 = Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg flag alias-1946 = Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg flag alias-1949 = Flag of Hungary (1949-1956; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg flag alias-1956 = Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg flag alias-1957 = Flag of Hungary.svg flag alias-state = Flag of Hungary with arms (state).svg flag alias-civil = Civil Ensign of Hungary.svg flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Hungary.svg Hungarian River Guard flag alias-military = Flag of the Hungarian Defence Forces.svg link alias-military = Hungarian Defence Forces flag alias-army = War Flag of Hungary.svg link alias-army = Hungarian Ground Forces link alias-air force = Hungarian Air Force flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Hungary.svg Hungarian River Guard size = name = altlink = national football team variant =

}}||align="center"|1–1||align="center"|1–2||Friendly

6 26 October 1985 Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand {{ Template:Yesno alias = Israel flag alias = Flag of Israel.svg flag alias-1948 = Flag of Israel (1948).svg flag alias-civil = Civil Ensign of Israel.svg flag alias-police = Flag of Israel Police V2.svg flag alias-HFC = Flag of IDF Home Front Command.svg flag alias-army = Flag of the Israeli Army (Land Arm) Gray.svg link alias-army = Israeli Ground Forces flag alias-tsahal = Flag of the Israel Defense Forces.svg flag alias-marines = Flag givati.svg link alias-marines = Givati Brigade flag alias-military = Flag of the Israel Defense Forces.svg link alias-military = Israel Defense Forces flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Israel.svg link alias-naval = Israeli Navy flag alias-air force = Israel Air Force Flag.svg link alias-air force = Israeli Air Force flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Israel.svg link alias-navy = Israeli Navy size = name = altlink = national football team variant =

}}||align="center"|1–0||align="center"|3–1||1986 FIFA World Cup qualification

7 5 October 1996 Doha, Qatar {{ Template:Yesno alias = Qatar flag alias = Flag of Qatar.svg flag alias-air force = Air Force Ensign of Qatar.svg link alias-air force = Qatar Emiri Air Force link alias-naval = Qatari Emiri Navy link alias-military = Qatar Armed Forces link alias-army = Qatari Emiri Land Force link alias-navy = Qatari Emiri Navy flag alias-1860 = Flag of Qatar (1860–1916, 1916–1932).svg flag alias-1916 = Flag of Qatar (1916).svg flag alias-1932 = Flag of Qatar (1932–1936).svg flag alias-1936 = Flag of Qatar (1936–1949).svg flag alias-1949 = Flag of Qatar (1949–1971).svg variant = size = name = altlink = national football team

}}||align="center"|?–?||align="center" rowspan=2|2–3||rowspan=2|Friendly

8 ?–?
9 11 June 1997 North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand {{ Template:Yesno alias = Papua New Guinea flag alias = Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg flag alias-1965 = Flag of Papua New Guinea (1965–1970).svg flag alias-1970 = Flag of Papua New Guinea 1970.svg flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea Maritime Element flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea Maritime Element link alias-football = Papua New Guinea national soccer team size = name = altlink = national football team altvar = football variant =

}}||align="center"|3–0||align="center" rowspan=2|7–0||rowspan=4|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification

10 4–0
11 18 June 1997 North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand {{ Template:Yesno alias = Fiji flag alias = Flag of Fiji.svg flag alias-1871 = Flag of the Kingdom of Fiji (1871-1874).svg flag alias-1877 = Flag of Fiji (1877–1883).svg flag alias-1883 = Flag of Fiji (1883–1908).svg flag alias-1908 = Flag of Fiji (1908-1924).svg flag alias-1924 = Flag of Fiji (1924-1970).svg flag alias-colonial = Flag of Fiji (1924-1970).svg flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Fiji.svg link alias-naval = Republic of Fiji Navy flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Fiji.svg link alias-navy = Republic of Fiji Navy link alias-military = Republic of Fiji Military Forces link alias-army = Fiji Infantry Regiment flag alias-civil = Civil Ensign of Fiji.svg flag alias-government = Government Ensign of Fiji.svg empty = Fiji Warriors size = name = altlink = national football team variant =

}}||align="center"|1–0||align="center" rowspan=2|5–0

12 3–0

Honours

Grasshoppers[19]

Werder Bremen[19]

1. FC Kaiserslautern

Central United

Individual

References

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