Roger Vonlanthen

Roger Vonlanthen
Roger Vonlanthen in 1956
Personal information
Date of birth (1930-12-05)5 December 1930
Place of birth Lancy, Switzerland
Date of death July 2020 (aged 89)
Place of death Onex, Switzerland
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1951–1955 Grasshoppers
1955–1957 Inter Milan 42 (12)
1957–1959 Alessandria 45 (10)
1959–1966 Lausanne
International career
1951–1962 Switzerland 27 (9)
Managerial career
1966 Servette
1967–1972 Lausanne
1976–1977 CS Chênois
1977–1979 Switzerland
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Roger Vonlanthen (5 December 1930 – July 2020) was a Swiss football player and manager.

During his club career he played for Grasshoppers (1951–55), Inter Milan (1955–57), Alessandria (1957–59) and Lausanne (1959–66). He earned 27 caps and scored 8 goals for the Switzerland national football team from 1954 to 1966, and participated in two World Cups (1954 and 1962). Later he became a manager with Servette, Lausanne and CS Chênois[1] and had a stint as the manager of Switzerland from 1977 to 1979.[2]

In March 2021, it was announced Vonlanthen died the previous year, in July at the age of 89 in Onex.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Switzerland – Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs
  2. ^ Switzerland – International Matches since 1905
  3. ^ Als letzter 54er: Roger Vonlanthen ist verstorben. In: Bluewin.ch, 10. März 2021.
  4. ^ Roger Vonlanthen, Swiss player in World Cup epic, dies at 89


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