Rudolf Elsener
![]() Elsener with Switzerland | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 February 1953 | ||
| Place of birth | Zürich, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1970 | FC Industrie Zürich | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1971–1978 | Grasshoppers | 129 | (40) |
| 1978–1979 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 33 | (9) |
| 1979–1984 | FC Zürich | 139 | (31) |
| 1984–1986 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 58 | (14) |
| 1986–1987 | Vevey Sports | 18 | (5) |
| 1987–1988 | Yverdon Sports | ||
| Total | 377 | (99) | |
| International career | |||
| 1974–1983 | Switzerland | 49 | (6) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Rudolf Elsener (born 18 February 1953) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a forward.[1]
National Team
Elsener played a total of 48 international matches for Switzerland between 1974 and 1983. During this time, he was called up to the squad by five different national coaches. Elsener's highlight with the team came in 1982, when he scored the most important of his six goals in a 1-0 win against reigning world champions Italy.
Honours
Grasshoppers
FC Zürich
Individual
References
- ↑ "Elsener, Rudolf" (in German). Kicker. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
External links
- Rudolf Elsener at WorldFootball.net
- Rudolf Elsener at eintracht-archiv.de (in German)
- Rudolf Elsener at EU-Football.info (archived)
Categories:
- 1953 births
- Living people
- Swiss men's footballers
- Footballers from Zurich
- Men's association football forwards
- Switzerland men's international footballers
- Swiss Super League players
- Bundesliga players
- Grasshopper Club Zurich players
- Eintracht Frankfurt players
- FC Zürich players
- Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players
- Vevey-Sports players
- Yverdon-Sport FC players
- Swiss expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in West Germany
- 20th-century Swiss sportsmen
- Swiss football forward stubs
