Stéphane Chapuisat

Stéphane Chapuisat (born 28 June 1969) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Stéphane Chapuisat
Chapuisat in 2014
Personal information
Full name Stéphane Chapuisat
Date of birth (1969-06-28) 28 June 1969
Place of birth Lausanne, Switzerland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1978–1980 Red Star Zürich
1980–1985 Lausanne
1985–1986 Malley
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1987 Malley 32 (16)
1987–1990 Lausanne 104 (36)
1991 Bayer Uerdingen 10 (4)
1991–1999 Borussia Dortmund 218 (102)
1999–2002 Grasshoppers 61 (39)
2002–2005 Young Boys 100 (53)
2005–2006 Lausanne 32 (16)
Total 547 (262)
National team
1989–2004 Switzerland 103 (21)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

A prolific goalscorer for both club and country (for which he appeared more than 100 times), he spent most of his career with Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund. He represented Switzerland at the 1994 World Cup and two European Championships.

Chapuisat is currently the sporting director of BSC Young Boys.

Club career

Born in Lausanne, Chapuisat started his professional career with hometown club FC Lausanne-Sport, moving in January 1991 to Bundesliga's Bayer Uerdingen and switching to powerhouse Borussia Dortmund in that summer.

Chapuisat scored 20 league goals in his first season, two short of Torjäger Fritz Walter of eventual champions VfB Stuttgart.[1] He stayed with Borussia until 1999, conquering back-to-back titles – although he played sparingly in 1995–96 due to injuries – and adding the following campaign's UEFA Champions League, where he netted three in ten games during the victorious run.[2]

Chapuisat then transferred to Grasshopper Club Zürich, playing there for three years. In 2002, he moved to fellow Swiss Super League side BSC Young Boys, before rejoining Lausanne now in the second division, retiring at 37 with 106 goals in 228 Bundesliga matches to his credit; he was also voted Swiss Footballer of the Year four times (1992, 1993, 1994 and 2001).[3]

In November 2003, to celebrate UEFA's Jubilee, Chapuisat was selected as the Golden Player of Switzerland by the Swiss Football Association as their most outstanding player of the past 50 years.[4]

International career

Chapuisat scored 21 goals in 103 caps for Switzerland, and played in the 1994 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 1996 and Euro 2004.[5]

In the 1994 World Cup, appearing in four complete contests as the nation reached the round-of-16, he scored in a 4–1 win over Romania on 22 June.[6]

Personal life

Chapuisat's father, Pierre-Albert, was also a professional footballer. A defender, he too represented Lausanne and the national team, going on to have a lengthy career as a manager.[7]

International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.14 November 1990Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino San Marino0–20–4Euro 1992 qualifying
2.11 September 1991Wankdorf, Bern, Switzerland Scotland1–02–2
3.9 December 1991Allmend, Lucerne, Switzerland Sweden1–03–1Friendly
4.16 August 1992Kadrioru, Tallinn, Estonia Estonia0–10–61994 World Cup qualification
5.0–5
6.14 October 1992Sant'Elia, Cagliari, Italy Italy0–22–2
7.18 November 1992Wankdorf, Bern, Switzerland Malta3–03–0
8.31 March 1993Wankdorf, Bern, Switzerland Portugal1–01–1
9.17 November 1993Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland Estonia4–04–0
10.20 April 1994Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland Czech Republic1–03–0Friendly
11.3–0
12.22 June 1994Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, United States Romania1–21–41994 FIFA World Cup
13.20 August 1997Nepstadion, Budapest, Hungary Hungary1–11–11998 World Cup qualification
14.11 October 1997Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland Azerbaijan4–05–0
15.14 October 1998Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland Denmark1–01–1Euro 2000 qualifying
16.31 March 1999Letzigrund, Zürich, Switzerland Wales1–02–0
17.2–0
18.29 March 2000Cornaredo, Lugano, Switzerland Norway1–12–2Friendly
19.24 March 2001Stadion FK Partizan, Belgrade, Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia1–11–12002 World Cup qualification
20.28 March 2001Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland Luxembourg4–05–0
21.8 September 2002St. Jakob, Basel, Switzerland Georgia4–14–1Euro 2004 qualifying

Honours

Borussia Dortmund

Grasshoppers

References
  1. "Josip Drmic kann sich als erster Schweizer Torschützenkönig in der Bundesliga unsterblich machen" [Josip Drmic can immortalize himself as first Swiss top scorer in the Bundesliga] (in German). Watson. 27 March 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  2. "Stéphane Chapuisat: "BVB kann für viel Furore sorgen"" [Stéphane Chapuisat: "BVB can cause quite the upset"] (in German). Bundesliga. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  3. "Chapuisat: Mon père, ce héros" [Chapuisat: My father, that hero] (in French). FIFA. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  4. "Golden players take center stage". UEFA. 29 November 2003. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  5. "Stephane Chapuisat – Century of International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  6. "World Cup 1994". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  7. "Chapuisat, all in the family". FIFA. 5 May 2009. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
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