Full name Stephane Chapuisat Parents Pierre-Albert Chapuisat Height 1.80 m | 1978–1980 Red Star Zurich Role Footballer Name Stephane Chapuisat | |
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Date of birth (1969-06-28) 28 June 1969 (age 46) Siblings Cedric Chapuisat, Caroline Chapuisat Similar People Pierre‑Albert Chapuisat, Alain Sutter, Ciriaco Sforza, Lars Ricken, Heiko Herrlich | ||
Mon meilleur souvenir avec l quipe nationale st phane chapuisat
Stéphane Chapuisat (born 28 June 1969) is a Swiss retired footballer who played as a striker.
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- Mon meilleur souvenir avec l quipe nationale st phane chapuisat
- My Dream Team Stphane Chapuisats BVB Legends Line Up
- Club career
- International career
- Personal life
- Honours
- References
A prolific goalscorer for both club and country (for which he appeared more than 100 times), he played most of his career with Germany's Borussia Dortmund.
Chapuisat represented his country at the 1994 World Cup and two European Championships.
"My Dream Team" | Stéphane Chapuisat's BVB Legends Line-Up
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.
In his first season at Dortmund Chapuisat scored 20 league goals, two short of Torjäger Fritz Walter of eventual champions VfB Stuttgart. 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.
Chapuisat then transferred to Grasshopper Club Zürich, playing there for three years. In 2002 he moved to another Swiss first division side, BSC Young Boys, before rejoining Lausanne now in the second level, retiring at 37 with namely 106 goals in 228 Bundesliga games to his credit. He was also voted Swiss Footballer of the Year four times (1992, 1993, 1994 and 2001).
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.
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.
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.
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.