Stéphane Chapuisat (born 28 June 1969) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is currently the sporting director of BSC Young Boys.

A prolific goalscorer for both club and country (for which he appeared more than 100 times), he spent most of his career with Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund, and is regarded as one of the best strikers the club ever had. He represented Switzerland at the 1994 World Cup and two European Championships.

Club career Born in Lausanne, Chapuisat started his professional career with hometown club FC Lausanne-Sport, moving in January 1991 to Bundesliga's Bayer Uerdingen and switching to powerhouse Borussia Dortmund in that summer.

Chapuisat scored 20 league goals in his first season, two short of Fritz Walter of the eventual champions VfB Stuttgart. He stayed with Borussia until 1999, conquering back-to-back titles – although he played sparingly in 1995–96 due to injuries – and adding the following campaign's UEFA Champions League, where he netted three in ten games during the victorious run.

Chapuisat then transferred to Grasshopper Club Zürich, playing there for three years and helped them winning the league title in 2001. In 2002, he moved to fellow Swiss Super League side BSC Young Boys, before rejoining Lausanne now in the second division, retiring at 37 with 106 goals in 228 Bundesliga matches to his credit; he was also voted Swiss Footballer of the Year four times (1992, 1993, 1994 and 2001).

In November 2003, to celebrate UEFA's Jubilee, Chapuisat was selected as the Golden Player of Switzerland by the Swiss Football Association as their most outstanding player of the past 50 years.

International career

Chapuisat scored 21 goals in 103 caps for Switzerland, and played in the 1994 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 1996 and Euro 2004.

In the 1994 World Cup, appearing in four complete contests as the nation reached the round-of-16, he scored in a 4–1 win over Romania on 22 June.

Personal life Chapuisat's father, Pierre-Albert, was also a professional footballer. A defender, he too represented Lausanne and the national team, going on to have a lengthy career as a manager.

Career statistics Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Chapuisat goal.

+ List of international goals scored by Stéphane ChapuisatNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 14 November 1990 Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino 2–0 4–0 UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying2 11 September 1991 Wankdorf, Bern, Switzerland 1–0 2–2 UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying3 9 December 1991 Allmend, Lucerne, Switzerland 1–0 3–1 Friendly4 16 August 1992 Kadrioru, Tallinn, Estonia 1–0 6–0 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification5 5–06 14 October 1992 Sant'Elia, Cagliari, Italy 2–0 2–2 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification7 18 November 1992 Wankdorf, Bern, Switzerland 3–0 3–0 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification8 31 March 1993 Wankdorf, Bern, Switzerland 1–0 1–1 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification9 17 November 1993 Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland 4–0 4–0 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification10 20 April 1994 Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland 1–0 3–0 Friendly11 3–012 22 June 1994 Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, United States 2–1 4–1 1994 FIFA World Cup13 20 August 1997 Nepstadion, Budapest, Hungary 1–1 1–1 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification14 11 October 1997 Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland 4–0 5–0 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification15 14 October 1998 Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland 1–0 1–1 UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying16 31 March 1999 Letzigrund, Zürich, Switzerland 1–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying17 2–018 29 March 2000 Cornaredo, Lugano, Switzerland 1–1 2–2 Friendly19 24 March 2001 Stadion FK Partizan, Belgrade, Yugoslavia 1–1 1–1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification20 28 March 2001 Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland 4–0 5–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification21 8 September 2002 St. Jakob, Basel, Switzerland 4–1 4–1 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying

Honours Borussia Dortmund Bundesliga: 1994–95, 1995–96 DFB-Supercup: 1995, 1996 UEFA Champions League: 1996–97 Intercontinental Cup: 1997

Grasshoppers Swiss Super League: 2000–01

Individual Ballon d'Or: 1991 (13th), 1992 (9th), 1993 (9th) kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 1991–92 Swiss Super League top scorer: 2000–01, 2003–04 UEFA Jubilee Awards – Greatest Swiss Footballer of the last 50 Years: 2003

See also List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps

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