Frank Feltscher Martínez (born 17 May 1988) is a Swiss-Venezuelan professional

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who plays for

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as an

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Club career

Feltscher was born in Bülach, Switzerland. After emerging through the youth ranks at

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, 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

Feltscher played for the Switzerland national under-21 team from 2007. On 2 September 2011, he made the starting line-up for Venezuela national team in a friendly match against

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in India.

Personal life

His brother, Rolf Feltscher, plays for

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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

International goals

:''Scores and results list Venezuela's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Feltscher goal''.

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* * 1988 births Living people People from Bülach Swiss people of Venezuelan descent People with acquired Venezuelan citizenship Swiss emigrants to Venezuela Venezuelan people of Swiss descent Association football midfielders Venezuelan footballers Venezuela international footballers Switzerland under-21 international footballers FC Winterthur players Grasshopper Club Zürich players U.S. Lecce players AC Bellinzona players FC Aarau players AEL Limassol players Debreceni VSC players Zulia F.C. players Águilas Doradas Rionegro players Swiss Super League players Serie A players Cypriot First Division players Venezuelan Primera División players Categoría Primera A players Venezuelan expatriate footballers Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Italy Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Colombia Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Expatriate footballers in Italy Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Expatriate footballers in Hungary Expatriate footballers in Colombia Sportspeople from the canton of Zürich {{Venezuela-footy-midfielder-stub