Christophe Bonvin (born 14 July 1965) is a former Swiss

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who played as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

. He mostly played for

FC Sion Football Club de Sion, commonly known as simply FC Sion or Sion, is a Swiss football team from the city of Sion. The club was founded in 1909, and play their home matches at the Stade Tourbillon. They have won the Swiss Super League twice, and ...

, but also for

Servette Servette is a district of the city of Geneva, Switzerland. The district's name comes from the Latin word for forest, ''silva'', and means "little forest". Its name alludes to Servette's rural past, before Geneva grew beyond its walls and incorpora ...

and

Neuchâtel Xamax , neighboring_municipalities= Auvernier, Boudry, Chabrey (VD), Colombier, Cressier, Cudrefin (VD), Delley-Portalban (FR), Enges, Fenin-Vilars-Saules, Hauterive, Saint-Blaise, Savagnier , twintowns = Aarau (Switzerland), Besançon (F ...

. For Switzerland national football team he got 45 international caps, scored 8 goals and was in roster for

Euro 1996 The 1996 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 96, was the 10th UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial football tournament contested by European nations and organised by UEFA. It took place in England from 8 to 30 ...

Honours

Player

FC Sion * Swiss Championship: 1996–97 * Swiss Cup: 1985–86, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97 Neuchâtel Xamax * Swiss Super Cup: 1990

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* 1965 births Living people Swiss men's footballers Association football midfielders UEFA Euro 1996 players Switzerland international footballers Swiss Super League players FC Sion players Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players Servette FC players People from Sion, Switzerland Sportspeople from Valais {{Switzerland-footy-midfielder-stub