Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 4 April 1955 | ||
Place of birth | Windisch, Switzerland | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
–1970 | Windisch | ||
1970–1972 | FC Aarau | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (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 |
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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]
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