Raimondo Ponte

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Raimondo Ponte
Personal information
Date of birth (1955-04-04) 4 April 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth Windisch, Switzerland
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
000–1970 Windisch
1970–1972 FC Aarau
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1972–1974 FC Aarau
1974–1980 Grasshoppers 127 (21)
1980–1981 Nottingham Forest 21 (3)
1981–1982 Bastia 29 (3)
1982–1988 Grasshoppers 156 (35)
International career
1978–1984 Switzerland [1] 34 (2)
Managerial career
1988–1991 FC Baden
1993–1995 FC Baden
1995–2000 FC Zürich
2001–2002 FC Luzern
2002–2003 Carrarese
2004 FC Wohlen
2005–2007 SC Young Fellows Juventus
2007–2012 Chiasso [2]
2012 Bellinzona
2012–2013 Lugano
2014 Sion
2015 FC Aarau
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Raimondo Ponte (born 4 April 1955) is a Swiss former professional footballer. At international level, he made 34 appearances for the Swiss national team scoring 2 goals.

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Career

Ponte joined Nottingham Forest from Grasshopper Club Zürich for the 1980–81 season and made 21 league appearances for Forest, before moving to play for French club SC Bastia. [3]

He is most known for his time at Grasshoppers, having played well over 400 games for club from Zürich. [4]

Personal Life

He still visits nearly every home game of Grasshoppers. [4]

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References

  1. Swiss players in France, RSSSF
  2. Switzerland - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs
  3. Football League career stats at Neil Brown
  4. 1 2 Werder, Lukas; Kreis, Stefan (10 August 2024). "GC bittet Klub-Legenden zur Kasse". Blick.