Frank Feltscher Martínez (born 17 May 1988) is a Swiss-Venezuelan professional footballer who plays for Atlético Venezuela as an attacking midfielder.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Frank Feltscher Martínez | ||
Date of birth | (1988-05-17) 17 May 1988 (age 34) | ||
Place of birth | Bülach, Switzerland | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Atlético Venezuela | ||
Youth career | |||
1997–2001 | FC Kloten | ||
2001–2005 | Grasshoppers | ||
2005 | Winterthur | ||
2005–2006 | Grasshoppers | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2008 | Grasshoppers | 21 | (2) |
2008–2009 | Lecce | 0 | (0) |
2009 | → Bellinzona (loan) | 15 | (0) |
2009–2011 | Bellinzona | 76 | (9) |
2011–2014 | Grasshoppers | 86 | (6) |
2014–2015 | Aarau | 21 | (1) |
2015–2016 | AEL Limassol | 23 | (2) |
2017 | Debreceni VSC | 12 | (1) |
2018–2019 | Zulia | 65 | (21) |
2020 | Rionegro Águilas | 6 | (0) |
2021– | Atlético Venezuela | 0 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2007–2010 | Switzerland U-21 | 18 | (5) |
2011– | Venezuela | 14 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:08, 11 January 2021 (UTC) |
Feltscher was born in Bülach, Switzerland. After emerging through the youth ranks at Grasshoppers, he joined U.S. Lecce in the summer of 2008. He was loaned out to AC Bellinzona until the end of the 2008–09.
Feltscher played for the Switzerland national under-21 team from 2007.
On 2 September 2011, he made the starting line-up for Venezuela national team in a friendly match against Argentina in India.
His brother, Rolf Feltscher, plays for MSV Duisburg as a defender and step-brother Mattia Desole, plays for FC Freienbach. Lived in Venezuela for several years as a kid playing football at Colegio Humboldt where he also studied with his brother.
Frank holds Venezuelan, Swiss and Italian passports.[citation needed]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 11 November 2011 | Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla | ![]() | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2014 World Cup qualifier |
2 | 14 November 2012 | Marlins Park, Miami, Florida | ![]() | 1–2 | 1–3 | Friendly |
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