Claudio Sulser (born 8 October 1955 in
Lugano
Lugano (, , ; lmo, label=Ticinese dialect, Ticinese, Lugan ) is a city and municipality in Switzerland, part of the Lugano District in the canton of Ticino. It is the largest city of both Ticino and the Italian-speaking southern Switzerland. Luga ...
,
Switzerland) is a retired
football striker.
During his club career, Sulser played for
FC Mendrisio-Stabio,
FC Vevey Sports 05,
Grasshoppers Zürich
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Grasshoppe ...
and
FC Lugano
FC Lugano is a Swiss football club based in Lugano. The club was refounded as AC Lugano in 2004 as a result of relegation and the financial situation of FC Lugano, which was founded in 1908. In 2008, the club reverted to its original name, FC Lu ...
. He also represented the Swiss national team.
He was the second chairman of the
FIFA Ethics Committee
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between 2010 and 2012 and therefore was the head of the investigation into the voting scandal haunting the 2018 and 2022 World Cup selections, until the committee was reformed in 2012, being led by jurists from then on.
Honours
Player
Club
Grasshoppers Zürich
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Swiss Super League
The Swiss Super League (known as the Credit Suisse Super League for sponsorship reasons) is a Swiss professional league in the top tier of the Swiss football league system and has been played in its current format since the 2003–04 seaso ...
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1977–78,
1981–82,
1982–83,
1983–84
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Swiss Cup
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- 1982–83
Individual
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Swiss Footballer of the Year - 1982
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Swiss Super League Top Scorer - 1979/80, 1981/82
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UEFA European Cup
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Top Scorer -
1978–79
External links
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FIFA Ethics article
1955 births
Living people
Swiss men's footballers
Switzerland international footballers
Association football forwards
Grasshopper Club Zürich players
UEFA Champions League top scorers
Sportspeople from Lugano
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