Roger Vonlanthen | |
Birth Date: | 1930 12, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Lancy, Switzerland |
Death Date: | July 2020 (aged 89) |
Death Place: | Onex, Switzerland |
Position: | Forward |
Years1: | 1951–1955 |
Years2: | 1955–1957 |
Years3: | 1957–1959 |
Years4: | 1959–1966 |
Clubs4: | Lausanne |
Caps2: | 42 |
Goals2: | 12 |
Caps3: | 45 |
Goals3: | 10 |
Nationalyears1: | 1951–1962 |
Nationalteam1: | Switzerland |
Nationalcaps1: | 27 |
Nationalgoals1: | 9 |
Manageryears1: | 1966 |
Manageryears2: | 1967–1972 |
Manageryears3: | 1976–1977 |
Manageryears4: | 1977–1979 |
Managerclubs4: | Switzerland |
Roger Vonlanthen (5 December 1930 – July 2020) was a Swiss football player and manager.
During his club career he played for Grasshoppers (1951–55), Inter Milan (1955–57), Alessandria (1957–59) and Lausanne (1959–66). He earned 27 caps and scored 8 goals for the Switzerland national football team from 1954 to 1966, and participated in two World Cups (1954 and 1962). Later he became a manager with Servette, Lausanne and CS Chênois[1] and had a stint as the manager of Switzerland from 1977 to 1979.[2]
In March 2021, it was announced Vonlanthen died the previous year, in July at the age of 89 in Onex.[3] [4]