Johan Vonlanthen

Johan Vonlanthen
Vonlanthen playing for Switzerland in 2006
Personal information
Full name Johan Jarlín Vonlanthen Benavídez
Date of birth (1986-02-01) 1 February 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Santa Marta, Colombia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
1998–1999 FC Flamatt
1999–2001 Young Boys
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2003 Young Boys 18 (2)
2003–2006 PSV 29 (5)
2005Brescia (loan) 9 (0)
2005–2006NAC Breda (loan) 32 (6)
2006–2011 Red Bull Salzburg 85 (11)
2009–2010Zürich (loan) 27 (10)
2011–2012 Itagüí 5 (0)
2012 Wohlen 0 (0)
2013–2014 Grasshoppers 5 (0)
2014Schaffhausen (loan) 17 (2)
2014–2016 Servette 32 (10)
2016–2018 Wil 66 (11)
Total 325 (57)
International career
2001 Switzerland U-15 4 (1)
2004 Switzerland U-21 3 (1)
2004–2010 Switzerland 40 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Johan Vonlanthen Benavídez (born 1 February 1986) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a winger.

Having made his Swiss Super League debut BSC Young Boys at the age of 16, he moved to PSV in 2003.

He initially announced the end of his active career in May 2012. He came back out of retirement in May 2013 and signed for Grasshoppers in June. He retired in August 2018 after two years with FC Wil.