Renato Steffen
Swiss footballer
Renato Steffen (born 3 November 1991) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Swiss Super League club Lugano and the Switzerland national team.
Club career
Youth football
Steffen played his youth football with local club FC Erlinsbach. He played three years in the Aarau U-14 and U-16 youth teams. He then transferred to SC Schöftland and spent four years with them.
Solothurn and Thun
Steffen played amateur football in the 1. Liga Classic for Solothurn. After one season he transferred to Thun in July 2012 and made his professional debut on 2 September 2012 in the game against Servette FC. He scored 4 goals in 19 games for Thun in the 2012–13 Swiss Super League that season.
Young Boys
At the end of that season Steffen was sold for €500.000 to Young Boys. Here he signed a four-year deal in Bern.
Basel
During the winter break of the 2015–16 Super League, on 12 January, Basel announced that Steffen had signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with them.
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