Wynton Rufer - Net Worth, Age, Height, Birthday, Bio, Wiki!

Explore Wynton Rufer net worth, age, height, bio, birthday, wiki, and salary! Wynton Alan Whai Rufer CNZM (born 29 December 1962) is a New Zealand retired footballer who was striker. He spent over 10 years of his football career playing within Switzerland and Germany and achieved his greatest success with Werder Bremen, where he was awarded four major titles. He also was as the top scoring player during the UEFA Champions League 1993-94 season. He was also a part of the New Zealand national team in the debut FIFA World Cup appearance in 1982. He was awarded as the Oceania Footballer of the Century by the Oceania Football Confederation. In this article, we will discover how old is Wynton Rufer? Who is Wynton Rufer dating now & how much money does Wynton Rufer have?

Name	Wynton Rufer
First Name	Wynton
Last Name	Rufer
Occupation	Association Football Player
Birthday	December 29
Birth Year	1962
Place of Birth	Wellington
Home Town	Wellington Region
Birth Country	New Zealand
Birth Sign	Sagittarius
Full/Birth Name
Father	Not Available
Mother	Not Available
Siblings	Shane Rufer
Spouse	Not Known
Children(s)	Not Available

Wynton Rufer Biography

Wynton Rufer is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on December 29, 1962 in Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand. While during his time in Switzerland, Rufer converted to Christianity and got married to his bride, Lisa, in 1986. Their sons are Caleb as well as Joshua, who are also football players. Their brother Shane and nephew Alex also were professional footballers and played with their country’s New Zealand national team.

Rufer was voted Oceania’s Player of the Year in 1989, 1990 and 1992.

In the 1989 summer, Rufer signed with SV 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 AS Monaco FC).

In the final stage of Spain the teenager Rufer was the youngest player of the team, playing for all the group defeats against Scotland and Brazil, Soviet Union and Brazil. He earned 23 full caps and scored 12 goals. From 1985 to 1989, he made five international appearances, which was because Zurich could not let him go in the year 1995. From that point till 1996, however, he was unable to make an appearance for the national side in any way.

After winning NZ’s young athlete of the year in both 1981 as well as 1982, the Rufer drew the interest from Norwich City manager Ken Brown who invited the player as well as his sister Shane Rufer to Norfolk for an opportunity to test. The player impressed and signed an official contract on October 23rd, 1981, making him only the second Kiwi to do this. But, he was not granted the right that allowed him to compete in England and he subsequently joined Fussballclub Zurich in May of the following year.

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

Wynton Rufer Net Worth

Wynton is one of the richest Association Football Player from New Zealand. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Wynton Rufer's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)

He made his debut in the A-international team of New Zealand against Kuwait on 16 October, 1980 in the international friendly Merdeka Tournament in Malaysia aged 17 years and 291 days. He was added late to the squad to represent New Zealand in their World Cup qualification in 1981. He took part in the first World Cup qualifier on 14 December 1981 in Kuwait aged 18. scoring in a draw of 2-2 during an 1982 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, Rufer quickly made himself a part of his place in the All Whites side. The following year, he scored a goal when he scored the winning goal of 2-1 in the crucial playoff match against China which led New Zealand to their very first World Cup ever.

Net Worth	$5 Million
Salary	Under Review
Source of Income	Association Football Player
Cars	Not Available
House	Living in own house.

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).

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.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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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.

Who is Wynton Rufer Dating?

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Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Wynton Rufer height 5 ft 11 in Wynton weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Height	5 ft 11 in
Weight	Not Known
Body Measurements	Under Review
Eye Color	Not Available
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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 R.S.C. 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 FC Barcelona’s Ronald Koeman, and added his second German Cup.

Top Facts about Wynton Rufer

Wynton Rufer is a retired New Zealand footballer.
He was born on December 29, 1962 in Wellington, New Zealand.
Rufer played as a striker for various clubs including Werder Bremen and Norwich City.
He scored the winning goal in the 1992 UEFA Cup Final with Werder Bremen.
Rufer won the Oceania Footballer of the Year award twice (1989, 1991).
He represented New Zealand in three World Cup campaigns (1982, 2010, 2014).
Rufer is considered one of the greatest footballers to come out of New Zealand.
He was awarded an MBE for services to football in 1993.
After retiring from playing, he became a coach and founded his own academy.
In total, Rufer scored over 100 goals during his professional career.

Facts & Trivia

Wynton Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in New Zealand. Wynton Rufer celebrates birthday on December 29 of every year.

How good was Wynton Rufer?

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 UEFA Champions League 1993–94 season.

Who is the best soccer player in New Zealand?

Wynton Rufer is acknowledged as New Zealand’s greatest footballer. His record of 224 goals in more than 500 club matches in New Zealand and overseas was seen as unlikely to be matched by any other New Zealander.

Where is Wynton Rufer from?

Wellington, New Zealand

How much does Chris Wood earn?

It’s understood Wood was one of Burnley’s highest paid players, reportedly on a $5.2 million annual salary, or $100,000 per week. Wood will wear the number 20 shirt at Newcastle – the number he wore when he debuted for New Zealand. The forward has scored 27 goals for the All Whites in 60 international appearances.

What is the New Zealand soccer team called?

The team is governed by the governing body for football in New Zealand, New Zealand Football (NZF), which is currently a member of FIFA and Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). The team’s official nickname is the All Whites (Māori: Ōmā).

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