Peter Risi (16 May 1950 – 11 December 2010) was a Swiss footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a striker.

Peter Risi
Personal information
Date of birth (1950-05-16)16 May 1950
Place of birth Buochs, Switzerland
Date of death 11 December 2010(2010-12-11) (aged 60)
Place of death Switzerland
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1968–1970 SC Buochs
1970–1972 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 48 (24)
1972–1974 FC Winterthur 75 (45)
1974–1979 FC Zürich 108 (76)
1979–1984 FC Luzern 128 (72)
1984–1987 SC Buochs
Total 359 (217)
International career
1974–1977 Switzerland 15 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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Born in Buochs, Risi played club football for FC Winterthur, FC Zürich and FC Luzern, and was top scorer of the Nationalliga A in 1976, 1979, and 1981.[1]

Risi also earned fifteen caps for Switzerland between 1974 and 1977.[2]

Later life and death

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Risi died on 11 December 2010 following an illness.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Player profile". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
  2. ^ Peter Risi at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ^ "Peter Risi (60) gestorben". Tages-Anzeiger (in German). 12 December 2010. Retrieved 12 December 2010.