Renato Steffen

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Renato Steffen
Renato Steffen 2017.jpg
Steffen with Basel in 2017
Personal information
Full name Renato Steffen
Date of birth (1991-11-03) 3 November 1991 (age 30)
Place of birth Aarau, Switzerland
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 VfL Wolfsburg
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)
2016–2018 Basel 63 (15)
2018– VfL Wolfsburg 111 (16)
National team‡
2015– Switzerland 20 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:01, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2021

Renato Steffen (born 3 November 1991) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays for Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg and the Switzerland national team. 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 Solothurn. After one season he transferred to 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 Young Boys. Here he signed a four-year deal in Bern.

Basel[]

During the 2015–16 Super League winter break, on 12 January, 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 club's history.[7]

Wolfsburg[]

On 10 January 2018, Steffen signed a three and a half year deal with VfL Wolfsburg. The transfer fee was reported as being €1.75 million.[8] He scored the first Wolfsburg goal after the temporary cancellation of the Bundesliga because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, against FC Augsburg with a header from the edge of the box.

International career[]

Steffen made his first appearance for Switzerland on 9 October 2015, in a Euro 2016 qualifier against San Marino. He was subbed on in the 78th minute of a 7–0 victory.

In May 2019, he Steffen played in the 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals, where his team finished fourth.[9] He then started for Switzerland against Germany in a 2020–21 UEFA Nations League match.

Steffen was forced to sit out of UEFA Euro 2020, due to injury.[10] Following the tournament, he returned to the national team and was frequently chosen in the starting lineup for 2022 World Cup qualifying matches. On 12 October 2021, Steffen scored his first international goal for Switzerland against Lithuania.[11]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 29 September 2021[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Thun 2012–13 Swiss Super League 19 4 3 0 — — 22 4
Young Boys 2013–14 Swiss Super League 21 4 2 0 — — 23 4
2014–15 34 9 2 1 11 4 — 47 14
2015–16 12 3 2 0 0 0 — 14 3
Total 67 16 6 1 11 4 — 84 21
Basel 2015–16 Swiss Super League 16 7 — 4 0 — 20 7
2016–17 30 5 4 1 5 1 — 39 7
2017–18 17 3 4 0 6 0 — 27 3
Total 63 15 8 1 15 1 — 86 17
VfL Wolfsburg 2017–18 Bundesliga 18 0 — — — 18 0
2018–19 31 5 3 0 — — 34 5
2019–20 27 6 2 0 9 0 — 38 6
2020–21 21 5 4 0 3 0 — 28 5
2021–22 5 0 1 0 2 1 — 8 1
Total 102 16 10 0 14 1 0 0 126 17
Career total 251 51 27 2 40 6 0 0 318 59

Honours[]

FC Basel

References[]

  1. ^ "Renato Steffen - Wolfsburg - Stats". footballdatabase.eu. Football Database. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  2. ^ Wäfler, Alexander (2012). "Unerschrocken in einer neuen Welt". Berner Zeitung. Bernerzeitung. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  3. ^ FC Basel 1893 (2016). "Renato Steffen wechselt zum FC Basel 1893". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  4. ^ Caspar Marti (2016). "Der FCB started mit einem 3:0-Sieg in die Rückrunde". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  5. ^ Marti, Casper (2016). "Es ist vollbracht ! Der FCB ist zum 19. Mal Meister". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  6. ^ Marti, Casper (2017). "Der Saisonabschluss im Zeitraffer". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Swiss football: FC Basel wins 3-0 over Sion in Geneva; police extra vigilant after game". allaboutgeneva.com. 25 May 2017.
  8. ^ "VfL bestätigt: Renato Steffen ist ein Wolf" [VfL confirms: Renato Steffen is a wolf]. kicker.de (in German). Kicker. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Pickford the hero in England shootout win". BBC Sport.
  10. ^ https://www.football.ch/sfv/nationalteams/a-team/news/renato-steffen-verpasst-uefa-euro.aspx[dead link]
  11. ^ "Renato Steffen | VFL Wolfsburg | 2021/22 | Spielerprofil".
  12. ^ "R. Steffen". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  13. ^ "Swiss football: FC Basel wins 3-0 over Sion in Geneva; police extra vigilant after game". allaboutgeneva.com. 25 May 2017.

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