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Wynton Rufer, New Zealand footballer: Profile, Career, News & Videos

Wynton Rufer
Wynton Rufer
New Zealand
29 December 1962
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Wynton Rufer 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.

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📋 Profile & Career

: Rufer in 2009
⚽ Personal information:
Full name: Wynton Alan Whai Rufer
Date of birth: (1962-12-29) 29 December 1962 (age 63)
Place of birth: Wellington, New Zealand
Position: Striker
⚽ Senior career*:
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)
⚽ International career:
1980–1997: New Zealand 23 (12)
⚽ Managerial career:
1998–1999: North Shore
1999: New Zealand U16
1999–2002: Kingz
2014–2015: Papua New Guinea
: * Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Channel Image Wynton Rufer, Kiwi [Best Goals]
5 years ago • 20.04K views
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Channel Image Wynton Rufer [Best Goals & Skills]
4 years ago • 3.85K views
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Channel Image Wynton Rufer Goles
8 years ago • 1.92K views
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Channel Image Best of Wynton Rufer - Skills and Goals
2 years ago • 1.13K views
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Channel Image Penalty shootout with football legend Wynton Rufer and portable goals
5 years ago • 297 views
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Channel Image Wynton Rufer ● Goal and Skills ● Werder Bremen 1-1 AC Milan ● Champions League 1993-94
4 years ago • 1.17K views
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Channel Image Wynton Rufer's Kingz Goals
9 years ago • 4.14K views
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Channel Image Wynton Rufer | The GOAT of Werder Bremen | Legends that you have never heard of before #2
4 years ago • 505 views
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Channel Image Wynton Rufer - Playing Soccer the Kiwi Way - produced by Ben Jakob, Switzerland
3 years ago • 963 views
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Channel Image 10,000 Dreams | 1437 | Wynton Rufer
5 years ago • 74 views
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Channel Image Classic Match | New Zealand v Saudi Arabia December 1981 | 5-0
4 years ago • 3.31K views
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Channel Image Rufer Goal 12 v Socceroos
12 years ago • 748 views
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📰 Google News (RSS)

Where are they now? Football great Wynton Rufer on his Werder Bremen glory days, Diego Maradona, and his finest goal - thepost.co.nz

Mark Viduka, Harry Kewell, Wynton Rufer and Scott Chipperfield: Who are Australia and New Zealand's top UEFA Champions League performers? - UEFA.com

  • ✐ UEFA.com
  • Fri, 03 Jul 2026 07:00:00 GMT

Wynton Rufer: the Kiwi who became a European goalscoring hero - These Football Times

All Whites talk Kiwi heroes of previous World Cups - 1news.co.nz

Alex Rufer weighs up Wellington Phoenix future as World Cup looms - Stuff

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  • Thu, 14 May 2026 07:00:00 GMT

Football legend Wynton Rufer expecting full recovery - NZ Herald

  • ✐ NZ Herald
  • Thu, 09 May 2024 16:50:14 GMT

Wynton Rufer Shield goes on the line at Papatoetoe’s Murdoch Park - Friends of Football

Wynton Rufer - Squad number history - Transfermarkt

Dream team: Picking the best combined All Whites World Cup side - thepost.co.nz

OFC trio on 2018 FIFA Best panels - oceaniafootball.com

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