Rodolfo Kappenberger

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Rodolfo Kappenberger
Personal information
Date of birth (1917-10-06)6 October 1917
Place of birth Lugano, Switzerland
Date of death 11 May 2012(2012-05-11) (aged 94)
Place of death Magliaso, Switzerland
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
FC Lugano
SC Zug
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
until 1939 SC Zug
1939–1941 FC Lugano
1941–1948 FC Basel
National team
1941–1942 Switzerland 6 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Rodolfo Kappenberger (6 October 1917 – 11 May 2012[1][2]) was a Swiss international footballer.

Kappenberger was born in Lugano.[2] He played for SC Zug, FC Lugano and seven years for FC Basel.[2] He also played six games for the Swiss national football team in which he scored five goals, two of them in the 2:1 away win on 1 February 1942 against Germany in the Praterstadion in Vienna.[3] He died in Magliaso.[2]

Honours and Titles[]

  • Swiss Cup winner: 1947
  • Promotion to Nationalliga A:

Sources and References[]

  1. ^ Ruedi Kappenberger, worldfootball.net
  2. ^ a b c d Zindel, Josef (2012). "Der frühere FCB-Spieler Rodolfo Kappenberger ist gestorben" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2012-05-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ eu-football. "match report germany switzerland". eu-football. Retrieved 2012-05-15.
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