Claudio Sulser

Claudio Sulser
Personal information
Full name	Claudio Sulser
Date of birth	(1955-10-08) 8 October 1955
Place of birth	Lugano, Switzerland
Height	1.84 m (6 ft ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current team	Retired
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1972–1973	FC Mendrisio-Stabio	7	(2)
1973–1977	FC Vevey Sports 05	0	(0)
1977–1986	Grasshoppers Zürich	192	(100)
1986–1989	FC Lugano	14	(8)
National team
1977-1986	Switzerland	49	(13)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Claudio Sulser (born 8 October 1955 in Lugano, Switzerland) is a retired football striker.

During his club career, Sulser played for FC Mendrisio-Stabio, FC Vevey Sports 05, Grasshoppers Zürich and FC Lugano. He also represented the Swiss national team.

He is now the chairman of FIFA's ethics committee and is the head of the investigation into the voting scandal haunting the 2018 and 2022 World Cup selections.

Honours

Player

Grasshoppers Zürich

Swiss Super League - 1977-78, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84
Swiss Cup - 1982-83

Individual

Swiss Footballer of the Year - 1982
Swiss Super League Top Scorer - 1979/80, 1981/82
UEFA European Cup Top Scorer - 1978-79

External links

World Football profile
Claudio Sulser at National-Football-Teams.com
FIFA Ethics article

Swiss Footballer of the Year

Previous winners	1972–73: Karl Odermatt 1973–74: verilmedi 1974–75: Umberto Barberis 1975–76: Köbi Kuhn 1976–77: Hansjörg Pfister 1977–78: Rudolf Elsener 1978–79: Umberto Barberis 1979–80: Umberto Barberis 1980–81: Heinz Lüdi 1981–82: Claudio Sulser 1982–83: Lucien Favre 1983–84: Heinz Hermann 1984–85: Heinz Hermann / Rolf Osterwalder 1985–86: Heinz Hermann 1986–87: Heinz Hermann 1987–88: Heinz Hermann 1988–89: Peter Nadig 1989–90: André Egli 1990–91: Adrian Knup 1991–92: Jean-Paul Brigger 1992–93: Ciriaco Sforza 1993–94: Thomas Bickel 1994–95: Nestor Subiat 1995–96: Kubilay Türkyilmaz 1996–97: Kubilay Türkyilmaz 1997–98: Kubilay Türkyilmaz

Foreigner of the Year	1974–75: Ilija Katić 1975–76: Ilija Katić 1976–77: Eigil Nielsen 1977–78: Martin Chivers 1978–79: Jurica Jerković 1979–80: Piet Hamberg 1980–81: Robert Kok 1981–82: Jurica Jerković 1982–83: Jurica Jerković 1983–84: Raúl Nogués 1984–85: Charly Herberth 1985–86: Lars Lunde 1986–87: Robert Prytz 1987–88: John Eriksen 1988–89: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 1989–90: Iván Zamorano 1990–91: Edwin Gorter 1991–92: Igor Dobrovolski 1992–93: Sonny Anderson 1993–94: Élber 1994–95: Petar Aleksandrov 1995–96: Viorel Moldovan 1996–97: Viorel Moldovan 1997–98: Shabani Nonda

Swiss Football Championship top scorers

Nationalliga (1933–1944)	1934: Kielholz 1935: Bösch 1936: Jäggi 1937: Frigerio 1938: Monnard 1939: Artimovics 1940: Aeby 1941: Frigerio 1942: Frigerio 1943: Amadò 1944: Andres

Nationalliga A (1944–2003)	1945: Friedländer 1946: Friedländer 1947: Amadò / Blaser 1948: Righetti 1949: Fatton 1950: Fatton 1951: Friedländer 1952: Hügi 1953: Hügi / Meier 1954: Hügi 1955: Mauron 1956: Vukosavljević 1957: Kauer 1958: Wechselberger 1959: Meier 1960: Schneider 1961: Robbiani 1962: Fatton 1963: Von Burg 1964: Desbiolles 1965: Blättler / Kerkhoffs 1966: Blättler 1967: Blättler 1968: Künzli 1969: Peters 1970: Künzli 1971: Müller 1972: Dimmeler / Dörfel 1973: Hitzfeld / Grahn 1974: Jeandupeux 1975: Katić 1976: Risi 1977: Cucinotta 1978: Künzli 1979: Risi 1980: Sulser 1981: Risi 1982: Sulser 1983: Brigger 1984: Bregy 1985: Cina 1986: Thychosen 1987: Eriksen 1988: Eriksen 1989: Rummenigge 1990: Zamorano 1991: Zuffi 1992: Molnar 1993: Anderson 1994: Élber 1995: Aleksandrov 1996: Aleksandrov / Moldovan 1997: Moldovan 1998: Nonda 1999: Rey 2000: Amoah 2001: Chapuisat / Giménez 2002: Giménez / Núñez 2003: Núñez

Super League (2003–present)	2004: Chapuisat 2005: Giménez 2006: Keita 2007: Petrić 2008: Yakin 2009: Doumbia 2010: Doumbia 2011: Frei 2012: Frei 2013: Scarione 2014: Gashi 2015: Gashi 2016: Dabour

UEFA Champions League top scorers

European Cup	1955–56: Milutinović 1956–57: Viollet 1957–58: Di Stéfano 1958–59: Fontaine 1959–60: Puskás 1960–61: J. Águas 1961–62: Di Stéfano, Løfqvist, Puskás, Strehl & Tejada 1962–63: Altafini 1963–64: Kovačević, Mazzola & Puskás 1964–65: Eusébio & Torres 1965–66: Albert & Eusébio 1966–67: Piepenburg & Van Himst 1967–68: Eusébio 1968–69: Law 1969–70: Jones 1970–71: Antoniadis 1971–72: Dunai, Macari & Takač 1972–73: Müller 1973–74: Müller 1974–75: Müller & Markarov 1975–76: Heynckes 1976–77: Cucinotta & Müller 1977–78: Simonsen 1978–79: Sulser 1979–80: Lerby 1980–81: McDermott, Rummenigge & Souness 1981–82: Hoeneß 1982–83: Rossi 1983–84: Sokol 1984–85: Nilsson & Platini 1985–86: Nilsson 1986–87: Cvetković 1987–88: R. Águas, Ferreri, Hagi, Madjer, McCoist, Míchel & Novák 1988–89: Van Basten 1989–90: Papin & Romário 1990–91: Pacult & Papin 1991–92: Papin & Yuran

UEFA Champions League	1992–93: Romário 1993–94: Koeman & Rufer 1994–95: Weah 1995–96: Litmanen 1996–97: Pantić 1997–98: Del Piero 1998–99: Shevchenko & Yorke 1999–2000: Jardel, Raúl & Rivaldo 2000–01: Raúl 2001–02: Van Nistelrooy 2002–03: Van Nistelrooy 2003–04: Morientes 2004–05: Van Nistelrooy 2005–06: Shevchenko 2006–07: Kaká 2007–08: C. Ronaldo 2008–09: Messi 2009–10: Messi 2010–11: Messi 2011–12: Messi 2012–13: C. Ronaldo 2013–14: C. Ronaldo 2014–15: Neymar, C. Ronaldo & Messi 2015–16: C. Ronaldo

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