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WYNTON RUFER

International Honours

  • FIFA Oceania Player of the Century

  • FIFA World XI - Tokyo 1995 / Sydney 1999 / Capetown 2007

  • Top 20 all time leading goal scorers list in European Cup Competition (before the new Champions League format.)

  • FIFA 100 legends list from 2004

  • FIFA Ambassadors for Racism Comittee, since April 2005 (President: Thierry Henry)

  • New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame 2005

  • Maori Sports Hall of Fame 2007

  • Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) 2008

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

European Honours

  • Swiss Cup Winner - with Grasshoppers 1989

  • German Cup Winner - with Werder Bremen 1991 (1 goal), 1994 (1 goal)

  • European Cup Winners - Cup Winner with Werder Bremen v Monaco 1992 (1assist, 1 goal)

  • Bundesliga Champion - with Werder Bremen 1993 (2nd top scorer in the league)

  • German Super Cup Winner - 1994 /1995 with Werder Bremen

  • European Super Cup Finalist - 1993 v Barcelona (1 goal)

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

Professional Soccer Career

  • First contract as an 18 year old with Norwich City , England

  • 7 years in the Swiss Pro League with FC Zurich

  • FC Aarau and Grasshoppers Zurich

  • 6 years in the German Bundesliga with SV Werder Bremen and 1. FC Kaiserslautern

  • 2 years in the Japanese Pro League (J-League) with JEF United

  • 1999 - 2001 Player/Coach of New Zealand Football Kingz (New Zealand’s first professional team playing in the Australian National Soccer League)

     

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