Roger Vonlanthen

Roger Vonlanthen (5 December 1930 – July 2020) was a Swiss football player and manager.

Roger Vonlanthen

Roger Vonlanthen in 1956
Personal information
Date of birth	(1930-12-05)5 December 1930
Place of birth	Lancy, Switzerland
Date of death	July 2020 (aged 89)
Place of death	Onex, Switzerland
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1951–1955	Grasshoppers
1955–1957	Inter Milan	42	(12)
1957–1959	Alessandria	45	(10)
1959–1966	Lausanne
International career
1951–1962	Switzerland	27	(9)
Managerial career
1966	Servette
1967–1972	Lausanne
1976–1977	CS Chênois
1977–1979	Switzerland
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

During his club career he played for Grasshoppers (1951–55), Inter Milan (1955–57), Alessandria (1957–59) and Lausanne (1959–66). He earned 27 caps and scored 8 goals for the Switzerland national football team from 1954 to 1966, and participated in two World Cups (1954 and 1962). Later he became a manager with Servette, Lausanne and CS Chênois^[1] and had a stint as the manager of Switzerland from 1977 to 1979.^[2]

In March 2021, it was announced Vonlanthen died the previous year, in July at the age of 89 in Onex.^[3][4]