"FIFA PLAYER OF THE CENTURY WITH OCEANIA PLAYER OF THE CENTURY"


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Nelson Mandela’s 89th birthday celebration game. FIFA X1 v African All Stars - Cape Town, July 18- 2007. Pele kicked the first ball and Wynton got Samuel Eto'o’s shirt as well!


Wynton Rufer

  • Born: Wellington 29.12.1962
  • Married: to Lisa (Australian) 07.12.1986
  • Children: Caleb 11.10.1991, Joshua 12.10.1995
  • Parents: Arthur Rufer (immigrated to New Zealand in 1956 from Switzerland), Anne Iwi - Ngati Porou. (maiden name Campbell)
  • Education: Rongotai College - Wellington, School Certificate, University Entrance
  • UEFA and German A-Licence Coaching Certification

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From left: LISA, Wynton, JOSHUA, CALEB


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


All Whites (New Zealand National Team) Record

  • 10 Caps U-19´s and 39 Caps for the New Zealand All Whites
  • Spain 1982 World Cup member vs. Scotland, Russia and Brasil


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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Wynton Rufer today

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Wynton with Miya and Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger at the World Cup 2002, Brazil v. England in 
Sizuoka Japan.


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Ramon Calderon (Real Madrid President) and Wynton at the opening of the new Fifa house, Zurich- May 2007.


 
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Brazilian World Cup Captain Dunga visited Auckland in Sept. 2002. From left Shane Rufer, Dunga, Leigh Kenyon & Wynton.
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Gary Niebur, Sir Bobby Charlton, Stan Smith, Wynton and Don. Hours before the World Cup final in Berlin, July 2006.
 

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Formula One Superstar Michael Schumacher, Wynton and the Fifa Referee Collina together at the Fifa World 
Cup Draw 2006 in Frankfurt.

 
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Wynton with his old coach and friend from Werder Bremen, Otto Rehhagel.
 
 
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''Kiwi'' Wynton with "'The Kaiser'' Beckenbauer at the FIFA Centenary Celebration September 2004.


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Wynton and Pele along with 4 other world stars made up the jury to select 3 stamps from a worldwide selection displayed at the Fifa headquarters in Zurich. Part of the centenary celebrations (23/09/2004)
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