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Wynton Rufer

1962 - Today

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Wynton Alan Whai Rufer (born 29 December 1962) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wynton Rufer is the 1,675th most popular soccer player (down from 1,211th in 2019), the 43rd most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 27th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular New Zealander Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Wynton Rufer ranks 1,675 out of 21,273. Before him are Santi Cazorla, Željko Matuš, Angelo Anquilletti, Peter Thompson, Jan Oblak, and Bernard Lacombe. After him are Michael Reiziger, Slobodan Santrač, Constantin Rădulescu, Theodoros Zagorakis, Marek Jankulovski, and Julio Libonatti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Wynton Rufer ranks 150. Before him are Melissa Sue Anderson, Ginger Lynn, Shinobu Ikeda, Nawal El Moutawakel, Liza Marklund, and Ron McGovney. After him are Ulisses Correia e Silva, Victor Pelevin, Nigmatilla Yuldashev, Maruschka Detmers, Karel Roden, and Tariq Ramadan.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Wynton Rufer ranks 43 out of 303. Before him are Chris Wood (1991), Richard Curtis (1956), Cindy Kiro (1958), Janet Frame (1924), George Forbes (1869), and Harry Kerr (1879). After him are Andrew Niccol (1964), Cliff Curtis (1968), Temuera Morrison (1960), John Key (1961), Meri Mangakāhia (1868), and Keith Urban (1967).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In New Zealand

Among soccer players born in New Zealand, Wynton Rufer ranks 2. Before him are Chris Wood (1991). After him are Winston Reid (1988), Ricki Herbert (1961), Ivan Vicelich (1976), Archie Thompson (1978), Andrew Barron (1980), Mark Paston (1976), Michael McGlinchey (1987), Simon Elliott (1974), Ryan Nelsen (1977), and Michael Fitzgerald (1988).

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