Renato Steffen

Renato Steffen (born 3 November 1991) is a Swiss professional footballer who currently plays for VfL Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga. He is a left-footed winger.[1]

Renato Steffen
Steffen with Basel in 2017
Personal information
Full name Renato Steffen
Date of birth (1991-11-03) 3 November 1991
Place of birth Aarau, Switzerland
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 VfL Wolfsburg
Number 8
Youth career
1998–2004 FC Erlinsbach
2004–2007 Aarau
2007–2011 SC Schöftland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Solothurn 27 (8)
2012–2013 Thun 19 (4)
2013–2016 Young Boys 67 (16)
2016–2018 Basel 63 (15)
2018– VfL Wolfsburg 92 (14)
National team‡
2015– Switzerland 12 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:06, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 September 2020

Club career

Youth football

Steffen played his youth football with local club FC Erlinsbach. He played three years in the Aarau U-14 and U-16 youth teams. He then transferred to SC Schöftland and spent another four years with them.

Solothurn and Thun

Steffen played amateur football in the 1. Liga Classic for Solothurn. After one season he transferred to Thun in July 2012[2] and made his professional debut on 2 September 2012 in the game against Servette FC. He scored 4 goals in 19 games for Thun in the 2012–13 Swiss Super League that season.

Young Boys

At the end of that season Steffen was sold for €500.000 to Young Boys. Here he signed a four-year deal in Bern.

Basel

During the 2015–16 Super League winter break, on 12 January, Basel announced that Steffen had signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with them.[3] Steffen played his first team league debut for Basel on 7 February, coming in as a substitute in the 74 minute, in the home game against Luzern. He scored his first goal for his new club, the final goal of that match in the 85 minute and Basel won the game 3–0.[4] Under trainer Urs Fischer Steffen won the Swiss Super League championship at the end of the season[5] and at the end of the 2016–17 Super League season. For the club this was the eighth title in a row and their 20th championship title in total.[6] They also won the Swiss Cup for the twelfth time, which meant they had won the double for the sixth time in the club's history.[7]

Wolfsburg

On 10 January 2018, Steffen signed a three and a half year deal with Wolfsburg. The transfer fee was reported as being 1.75 million euro.[8] He scored the first Wolfsburg goal after the temporary cancellation of the Bundesliga because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, against Augsburg with a header from the edge of the box.

International career

Steffen has played for Switzerland twelve times.

In May 2019, he played in 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals, where his team finished 4th. [9]

Career statistics
As of match played 20 June 2020[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Thun 2012–13 Swiss Super League 19430——224
Young Boys 2013–14 21420——234
2014–15 34921114—4714
2015–16 1232000—143
Total 671661114—8421
Basel 2015–16 Swiss Super League 167—40—207
2016–17 3054151—397
2017–18 1734060—273
Total 631581151—8617
Wolfsburg 2017–18 Bundesliga 180———180
2018–19 31530——345
2019–20 2662090—376
Total 75115090008911
Career total 224462223550028153

    Honours

    FC Basel

    References
    1. "Renato Steffen - Wolfsburg - Stats". footballdatabase.eu. Football Database. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
    2. Wäfler, Alexander (2012). "Unerschrocken in einer neuen Welt". Bernerzeitung. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
    3. FC Basel 1893 (2016). "Renato Steffen wechselt zum FC Basel 1893". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
    4. Caspar Marti (2016). "Der FCB started mit einem 3:0-Sieg in die Rückrunde". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
    5. Marti, Casper (2016). "Es ist vollbracht ! Der FCB ist zum 19. Mal Meister". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
    6. Marti, Casper (2017). "Der Saisonabschluss im Zeitraffer". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
    7. "Swiss football: FC Basel wins 3-0 over Sion in Geneva; police extra vigilant after game". allaboutgeneva.com. 25 May 2017.
    8. "VfL bestätigt: Renato Steffen ist ein Wolf" [VfL confirms: Renato Steffen is a wolf]. kicker.de (in German). Kicker. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
    9. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/48191915
    10. "R. Steffen". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
    11. "Swiss football: FC Basel wins 3-0 over Sion in Geneva; police extra vigilant after game". allaboutgeneva.com. 25 May 2017.


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