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Renato Steffen
Steffen with Basel in 2017
Personal information
Full name Renato Steffen
Date of birth (1991-11-03) 3 November 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Aarau, Switzerland
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 VfL Wolfsburg
Number 8
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 76 (11)
International career‡
2015– Switzerland 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:45, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2019

Renato Steffen (born 3 November 1991) is a Swiss footballer who currently plays for VfL Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga. 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 Wolfsburg. The transfer fee was reported as being 1.75 million euro.[8] He scored the first Wolfsburg goal after the temporary cancellation of the Bundesliga because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, against Augsburg with a header from the edge of the box.

International career

Steffen has played for Switzerland 5 times.

Career statistics

As of match played 20 June 2020[9]
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 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
Wolfsburg 2017–18 Bundesliga 18 0 — — — 18 0
2018–19 31 5 3 0 — — 34 5
2019–20 26 6 2 0 9 0 — 37 6
Total 75 11 5 0 9 0 0 0 89 11
Career total 224 46 22 2 35 5 0 0 281 53

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". Bernerzeitung. Retrieved 2012-10-20. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  3. ^ FC Basel 1893 (2016). "Renato Steffen wechselt zum FC Basel 1893". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2016-01-12. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Caspar Marti (2016). "Der FCB started mit einem 3:0-Sieg in die Rückrunde". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2016-02-07. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  5. ^ Marti, Casper (2016). "Es ist vollbracht ! Der FCB ist zum 19. Mal Meister". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2016-04-30. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  6. ^ Marti, Casper (2017). "Der Saisonabschluss im Zeitraffer". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2017-06-02. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  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. ^ "R. Steffen". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  10. ^ "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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