Peter Risi

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

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

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