Bruno Sutter (footballer)

Bruno Sutter (born 16 April 1977 in Langenthal) is a retired Swiss footballer who played as a midfielder.

This article is about the Swiss footballer. For the Brazilian singer and humorist, see Bruno Sutter (singer).
Bruno Sutter
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-04-16) 16 April 1977
Place of birth Langenthal, Switzerland
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
FC Tössfeld
1993–1994 FC Oerlikon
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1995 YF Juventus
1995–1997 FC Basel 61 (4)
1997–1998 FC Zürich 17 (1)
1998 FC Schaffhausen 17 (2)
1998–1999 FC Wil 13 (1)
1999–2002 AC Lugano 59 (5)
2002–2003 FC Wil 36 (5)
2003–2006 FC St. Gallen 70 (6)
2006–2010 FC Vaduz 73 (8)
2010–2011 SC Veltheim 24 (4)
2011–2012 FC Linth 04 20 (0)
2012–2013 SC Veltheim
2013–2017 FC Töss
Teams managed
2011–2012 FC Linth 04 (player-assistant)
2012–2013 SC Veltheim (player-assistant)
2016–2017 FC Töss (player-assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Club career

Sutter spent his early years until he was 16, at FC Tössfeld in Winterthur, after which he moved to FC Oerlikon and a year later to Swiss 1. Liga club SC Young Fellows Juventus. After only one season, Sutter then moved directly to FC Basel in the National League A, where he played from 1995 to 1997 and made many appearances in the National League A.

After that, Sutter played for several clubs in Switzerland, including FC Zürich, FC Schaffhausen, FC Wil and FC Lugano. In 2003 he went to FC St. Gallen. There, as with all of his clubs, he became an important player on the team and played in numerous games for the team. In August 2006 he went to FC Vaduz. With Vaduz he was promoted to the Axpo Super League for the 2008/09 season, a year later the team was relegated again. Sutter was also one of the best players in the Swiss Challenge League and was considered a racker in Switzerland.

Coaching and later career

In the 2010/11 season, Sutter said goodbye to professional sports and moved to the 3rd division of the Winterthur district club SC Veltheim, where he played for one season. He then joined FC Linth 04 in the summer 2011 as a player-assistant coach, where his younger brother, Tobias Sutter, also was playing.[1][2] He then returned to SC Veltheim for the 2012/13 season, also as a player-assistant.

He then joined FC Töss in the summer 2013, where he has also worked as an assistant coach since 2016. On 18 June 2017 the club confirmed, that he had retired as a player.[3]

References
  1. Tobias Sutter folgt auf Carlo Marty, suedostschweiz.ch, 26 June 2011
  2. Bruno Sutter und Wolfgang April übernehmen den FC Linth04, glarus24.ch, 20 May 2011
  3. BY, BY BRUNO – MIR WERDET DICH VERMISSÄ!, fctoess.ch, 18 June 2017

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