Frank Feltscher
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Frank Feltscher Martínez | ||
| Date of birth | 17 May 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Bülach, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Zulia | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–2001 | FC Kloten | ||
| 2001–2005 | Grasshopper | ||
| 2005 | Winterthur | ||
| 2005–2006 | Grasshopper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2008 | Grasshopper | 21 | (2) |
| 2008–2009 | Lecce | 0 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Bellinzona (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Bellinzona | 76 | (9) |
| 2011–2014 | Grasshopper | 86 | (6) |
| 2014–2015 | Aarau | 21 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | AEL Limassol | 23 | (2) |
| 2017 | Debreceni VSC | 12 | (1) |
| 2018– | Zulia | 10 | (5) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007–2010 | Switzerland U-21 | 18 | (5) |
| 2011– | Venezuela | 13 | (2) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 04:00, 28 May 2017 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2012 | |||
Frank Feltscher Martínez (born 17 May 1988) is a Venezuelan football midfielder of Venezuelan and Swiss descent who plays for Zulia. He was born in Bülach, Switzerland.
Career
After emerging through the youth ranks at Grasshopper, he joined Lecce in the summer of 2008. The Serie A club U.S. Lecce has the Swiss U-21 national team player loaned out until the end of the 2008/2009 season at AC Bellinzona. In August 2018 rumours emerged linking Feltscher with a move to English League Two side Mansfield Town.
International
He played for the Switzerland national under-21 football team, since 2007.
On 2 September 2011, Frank made the starting line-up for The Venezuela National Team in a friendly match against Argentina in India.
Personal life
His brother, Rolf Feltscher Martinez, plays for L.A. Galaxy as a defender and step-brother Mattia Desole, plays for FC Freienbach. Lived in Venezuela for several years as a kid playing football at Colegio Humboldt where he also studied with his brother.
Frank holds Venezuelan, Swiss and Italian passports.
International goals
- Scores and results list Venezuela's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 11 November 2011 | Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla |  | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2014 World Cup qualifier |
| 2. | 14 November 2012 | Marlins Park, Miami, Florida |  | 1–2 | 1–3 | Friendly |
External links
- Frank Feltscher – FIFA competition record (archive)
- Frank Feltscher at National-Football-Teams.com
- Lecce profile (in Italian)
- AC Bellinzona profile (in Italian)
- Grasshopper profile (in German)