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Wynton Rufer
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Person

Wynton Rufer

b. 1962

New Zealand association football player

Born
29 Dec 1962 · Wellington
Part ofSwitzerland218 BCE – todayNew Zealand1807 – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 74 years
  1. 29 Dec 1962BornBorn in Wellington
  2. 1980 – 1997TeamNew Zealand men's national football team
  3. 1981TeamNorwich City F.C.
  4. 1981TeamWellington United
  5. 1982Took part1982 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1982 – 1986TeamFC Zürich
  7. 1982TeamMiramar Rangers
  8. 1987 – 1988TeamFC Aarau
  9. 1988 – 1989TeamGrasshopper Club Zürich
  10. 1989 – 1995TeamSV Werder Bremen
  11. 1995 – 1996TeamJEF United Chiba
  12. 1996 – 1997Team1. FC Kaiserslautern
  13. 1997TeamCentral United F.C.
  14. 1999 – 2002TeamNew Zealand Knights FC

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1962 – today).

  1. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  2. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  3. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  4. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  5. 1968Prague Spring
  6. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  7. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  8. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  9. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  10. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  11. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  12. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  13. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  14. 1985Schengen Agreement
  15. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  16. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  17. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  18. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  19. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  20. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  21. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  22. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  23. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  24. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  25. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  26. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  27. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  28. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  29. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  30. 20112011 Norway attacks
  31. 2011Libyan civil war
  32. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  33. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  34. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  35. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  36. 2015Paris Agreement
  37. 20182018 FIFA World Cup
  38. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  39. 20212020 Summer Olympics
  40. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war

Biography

Wynton Alan Whai Rufer (born 29 December 1962) 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.

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