Peter Risi

Peter Risi (16 May 1950 – 11 December 2010) was a Swiss footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a striker.

Peter Risi
Personal information
Date of birth (1950-05-16)16 May 1950
Place of birth Buochs, Switzerland
Date of death 11 December 2010(2010-12-11) (aged 60)
Place of death Switzerland
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 12 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1968–1970 SC Buochs
1970–1972 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 48 (24)
1972–1974 FC Winterthur 75 (45)
1974–1979 FC Zürich 108 (76)
1979–1984 FC Luzern 128 (72)
1984–1987 SC Buochs
Total 359 (217)
National team
1974–1977 Switzerland 15 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Born in Buochs, Risi played club football for FC Winterthur, FC Zürich and FC Luzern, and was top scorer of the Nationalliga A in 1976, 1979, and 1981.[1]

Risi also earned fifteen caps for Switzerland between 1974 and 1977.[2]

Later life and death

Risi died on 11 December 2010 following an illness.[3]

References

  1. "Player profile". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
  2. "Peter Risi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  3. "Peter Risi (60) gestorben". Tages-Anzeiger (in German). 12 December 2010. Retrieved 12 December 2010.


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