Renato Steffen
 Steffen with BSC Young Boys in September 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Renato Steffen | ||
| Date of birth | 3 November 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Aarau, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Basel | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2004 | FC Erlinsbach | ||
| 2004–2007 | Aarau | ||
| 2007–2011 | SC Schöftland | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2012 | Solothurn | 27 | (8) |
| 2012–2013 | Thun | 19 | (4) |
| 2013–2016 | Young Boys | 67 | (16) |
| 2016– | Basel | 48 | (12) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015– | Switzerland | 5 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 June 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 November 2016 | |||
Renato Steffen (born 3 November 1991) is a Swiss footballer who currently plays for FC Basel in the Swiss Super League. He is a left-footed winger.[1]
Club career
Youth football
Steffen played his youth football with local club FC Erlinsbach. He played three years in the Aarau U-14 and U-16 youth teams. He then transferred to SC Schöftland and spent another four years with them.
Solothurn and Thun
Steffen played amateur football in the 1. Liga Classic for FC Solothurn. After one season he transferred to FC Thun in July 2012[2] and made his professional debut on 2 September 2012 in the game against Servette FC. He scored 4 goals in 19 games for Thun in the 2012–13 Swiss Super League that season.
Young Boys
At the end of that season Steffen was sold for €500.000 to BSC Young Boys. Here he signed a four-year deal in Bern.
Basel
During the 2015–16 Super League winter break, on 12 January, FC Basel announced that Steffen had signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with them.[3] Steffen played his first team league debut for Basel on 7 February, coming in as a substitute in the 74 minute, in the home game against Luzern. He scored his first goal for his new club, the final goal of that match in the 85 minute and Basel won the game 3–0.[4] Under trainer Urs Fischer Steffen won the Swiss Super League championship at the end of the season[5] and at the end of the 2016–17 Super League season. For the club this was the eighth title in a row and their 20th championship title in total.[6] They also won the Swiss Cup for the twelfth time, which meant they had won the double for the sixth time in the clubs history.[7]
International career
Steffen has played twice for Switzerland.
Honours
FC Basel
References
- ↑ http://www.footballdatabase.eu/football.joueurs.renato.steffen.173928.en.html
- ↑ Wäfler, Alexander (2012). "Unerschrocken in einer neuen Welt". Bernerzeitung. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
- ↑ FC Basel 1893 (2016). "Renato Steffen wechselt zum FC Basel 1893". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
- ↑ Caspar Marti (2016). "Der FCB started mit einem 3:0-Sieg in die Rückrunde". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
- ↑ Marti, Casper (2016). "Es ist vollbracht ! Der FCB ist zum 19. Mal Meister". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ↑ Marti, Casper (2017). "Der Saisonabschluss im Zeitraffer". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
- ↑ "Swiss football: FC Basel wins 3-0 over Sion in Geneva; police extra vigilant after game". allaboutgeneva.com. 25 May 2017.
- ↑ "Swiss football: FC Basel wins 3-0 over Sion in Geneva; police extra vigilant after game". allaboutgeneva.com. 25 May 2017.