Raimondo Ponte (born 4 April 1955) is a Swiss former professional
footballer
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. At international level, he made 34 appearances for the
Swiss national team scoring 2 goals.
Career
Ponte joined
Nottingham Forest
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Founde ...
from
Grasshopper Club Zürich
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for the
1980–81 season and made 21 league appearances for Forest, before moving to play for French club
SC Bastia
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.
Football League career stats at Neil Brown
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He is most known for his time at Grasshoppers, having played well over 400 games for club from Zürich
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.
Personal life
He still visits nearly every home game of Grasshoppers.[
]
References
External links
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Raimondo Ponte at Weltfussball.de
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1955 births
Living people
People from Brugg District
Men's association football forwards
Swiss men's footballers
Switzerland men's international footballers
Swiss expatriate men's footballers
Swiss Super League players
English Football League players
Ligue 1 players
FC Aarau players
Grasshopper Club Zurich players
Nottingham Forest F.C. players
SC Bastia players
Expatriate men's footballers in England
Expatriate men's footballers in France
Swiss expatriate sportspeople in England
Swiss expatriate sportspeople in France
Swiss football managers
FC Zürich managers
SC Young Fellows Juventus managers
FC Luzern managers
FC Chiasso managers
AC Bellinzona managers
FC Lugano managers
FC Wohlen managers
FC Baden managers
FC Aarau managers
Footballers from Aargau
20th-century Swiss sportsmen