player · international archive · 1981–1997

Wynton Rufer

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b. 1962forward

New Zealand

Photo: Licht in Sicht · CC BY 2.0

Archive goals

for New Zealand

Matches scored in

every one opens its match page below

Tournaments

all in the FIFA World Cup qualification

Career span

1981–1997

first 1981-12-14 · last 1997-06-18

Counted from the international goal archive — every scorer-credited goal in the matches it covers, 1916 to today. A record of covered matches, not a complete career count; own goals never join a scorer's tally.

Wynton Alan Whai Rufer 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. — Wikipedia

identity matched to Wikidata · last verified 2026-09-06

In the line-ups

2 appearances in recorded line-ups · 1982

The archive holds 2 team sheets naming Wynton Rufer in New Zealand's starting line-up, from 1982-06-15 to 1982-06-23.

2 appearances in the starting line-ups the archive holds — not a career total. Our line-up coverage is partial, so a match he played that we hold no sheet for is simply not counted here.

International goals in our archive

9 goals across 6 scoring matches · 1 tournament · 1981–1997

Date	Opponent	Result	Minutes	Venue
1997-06-18	Fiji	W5–0(h)	17' 77'	Auckland
1997-06-11	Papua New Guinea	W7–0(h)	22' 31'	Auckland
1985-10-26	Israel	W3–1(h)	3'	Auckland
1982-01-10	China	W2–1(n)	47'	Kallang
1981-12-19	Saudi Arabia	W5–0(a)	16' 39'	Riyadh
1981-12-14	Kuwait	D2–2(a)	66'	Kuwait City

Honours

10 team trophies · Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updated

Marquee honours

Bundesliga

1992–93

2. Bundesliga

1996–97

Team honours10
	2. Bundesliga	×1	1996–97	1. FC Kaiserslautern
	Bundesliga	×1	1992–93	Werder Bremen
	DFB-Pokal	×2	1990–91, 1993–94	Werder Bremen
	DFB-Supercup	×2	1993, 1994	Werder Bremen
	Chatham Cup	×1	1997	Central United
	Swiss Cup	×1	1988–89	Grasshoppers
	Swiss Super Cup	×1	1989	Grasshoppers
	UEFA Cup Winners Cup	×1	1991–92	Werder Bremen
Individual honours12
Player of the year · 5
	Oceania Footballer of the Year	×3	1989, 1990, 1992
	New Zealand Young Player of the Year	×2	1981, 1982
More honours · 7
	Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to soccer, in the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours
	FIFA Oceania Footballer of the Century
	IFFHS Legends
	IFFHS Oceania Men's Team of All Time		2021
	Maori Sports Hall of Fame		2007
	New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame		2005
	UEFA Champions League Top-scorer		1993–94

Wynton Rufer

In the line-ups

International goals in our archive

Honours

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