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Alain Sutter (born 22 January 1968) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently the sporting director of FC St. Gallen.

Alain Sutter

Sutter in 2008
Personal information
Date of birth	(1968-01-22) 22 January 1968 (age 54)
Place of birth	Bern, Switzerland
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1973–1985	SC Bümpliz 78
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1985–1993	Grasshoppers	202	(36)
1987–1988	→ Young Boys (loan)	28	(5)
1993–1994	1. FC Nürnberg	29	(5)
1994–1995	Bayern Munich	22	(1)
1995–1997	SC Freiburg	45	(5)
1997–1998	Dallas Burn	25	(2)
Total		351	(54)
National team
1985–1996	Switzerland	68	(5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Born in Bern, Sutter played youth football for SC Bümpliz 78,[1] before beginning his professional career in 1985 with Grasshoppers,[2] one of Switzerland's most storied clubs. After spending the 1987–88 season on loan at BSC Young Boys, he was ready to take his place in the Grasshoppers first team, where he remained until the 1993–94 season, when he decided to move to Germany to play with 1. FC Nürnberg.[3]

After Sutter's impressive performances during the 1994 FIFA World Cup,[4] Germany's most successful club, Bayern Munich, quickly signed the midfielder where he played for one season,[3] before moving again this time to SC Freiburg.[5] In 1997, he transferred to Major League Soccer in the United States, where he signed for the Dallas Burn (now FC Dallas).[6] He played one season in Dallas but his tenure there was cut short when, during training in early 1998, he stepped awkwardly in a hole of the practice field (the Burn was using the facilities of a high school at that time) and the injury forced him to retire.[7] He ended his career with 68 caps and five goals for the Swiss national team.

Retirement

Sutter was a football expert and commentator for Swiss television from 1998 to 2017.[8]

He became the sporting director of FC St. Gallen on 3 January 2018.[9]

Controversies

Sutter was the main force behind a controversy in 1995. Before an important match for the Swiss team, he unfolded a banner to protest against France testing the atom bomb.[10]

Honours

Grasshoppers

• Swiss Championship: 1989–90, 1990–91
• Swiss Cup: 1988–89, 1989–90
• Swiss Super Cup: 1989[11]

Bayern Munich

• UEFA Cup: 1995–96[12]

Published works

• Sutter, Alain (2015). Stressfrei glücklich sein. Altendorf: Giger Verlag. ISBN 978-3-905958-69-0.
• Sutter, Alain (2016). Herzensangelegenheit. Altendorf: Giger Verlag. ISBN 978-3-906872-00-1.

References

External links

• Alain Sutter at National-Football-Teams.com
• Alain Sutter – FIFA competition record (archived)

На других языках

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[de] Alain Sutter

Alain Sutter (* 22. Januar 1968 in Bern) ist ein ehemaliger Schweizer Fussballspieler. Seit dem 3. Januar 2018 ist er als Sportchef beim Superligisten FC St. Gallen tätig.[1]

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- [en] Alain Sutter

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[es] Alain Sutter

Alain Sutter (Berna, Suiza, 22 de enero de 1968) es un exfutbolista internacional suizo.

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[fr] Alain Sutter

Alain Sutter est un joueur de football international suisse né le 22 janvier 1968 à Berne.

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[it] Alain Sutter

Alain Sutter (Berna, 22 gennaio 1968) è un ex calciatore svizzero, di ruolo centrocampista.

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[ru] Сюттер, Ален

Але́н Сютте́р (фр. Alain Sutter; 22 января 1968, Берн) — швейцарский футболист, атакующий полузащитник известный по выступлениям за «Грассхопперс» и сборную Швейцарии. Участник чемпионата мира 1994 года.

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