Frank Feltscher
Frank Feltscher Martínez (born 17 May 1988) is a Swiss-Venezuelan football midfielder of who plays for Rionegro Águilas.
| 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(s) | Attacking Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Rionegro Águilas | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| 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) |
| 2018–2019 | Zulia | 65 | (21) |
| 2020– | Rionegro Águilas | 6 | (0) |
| 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 14:38, 15 March 2020 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2012 | |||
Club career
Feltscher was born in Bülach, Switzerland. After emerging through the youth ranks at Grasshopper, he joined U.S. Lecce in the summer of 2008. He was loaned out to AC Bellinzona until the end of the 2008–09.
International career
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
- Frank Feltscher at National-Football-Teams.com
- Lecce profile (in Italian)
- AC Bellinzona profile (in Italian)
- Grasshopper profile (in German)