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Renato Steffen (born 3 November 1991) is a Swiss footballer who currently plays for FC Basel in the Swiss Super League. He is a left-footed winger.
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 another four years with them.
Solothurn and Thun
Steffen played amateur football in the 1. Liga Classic for FC Solothurn. After one season he transferred to FC 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 BSC Young Boys. Here he signed a four-year deal in Bern.
Basel
During the 2015–16 Super League winter break, on 12 January, FC Basel announced that Steffen had signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with them. Steffen played his first team league debut for Basel on 7 February, coming in as a substitute in the 74 minute, in the home game against Luzern. He scored his first goal for his new club, the final goal of that match in the 85 minute and Basel won the game 3–0. Under trainer Urs Fischer Steffen won the Swiss Super League championship at the end of the season. For the club it was the seventh title in a row and their 19th championship title in total.
International career
Steffen has played twice for Switzerland.
Honours
FC Basel
- Swiss Super League: 2015–16