Frank Feltscher

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Frank Feltscher

| image = Frank feltscher (cropped).jpg

| caption = Feltscher in 2012

| full_name = Frank Günther Feltscher Martínez

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1988|5|17}}

| birth_place = Bülach, Switzerland

| height = 1.79 m

| position = Attacking midfielder

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 1997-2001

| youthclubs1 = FC Kloten

| youthyears2 = 2001-2005

| youthclubs2 = Grasshoppers

| youthyears3 = 2005

| youthclubs3 = Winterthur

| youthyears4 = 2005-2006

| youthclubs4 = Grasshoppers

| years1 = 2006–2008 | clubs1 = Grasshoppers | caps1 = 21 | goals1 = 2

| years2 = 2008–2009 | clubs2 = Lecce | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2009 | clubs3 = → Bellinzona (loan) | caps3 = 15 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2009–2011 | clubs4 = Bellinzona | caps4 = 76 | goals4 = 9

| years5 = 2011–2014 | clubs5 = Grasshoppers | caps5 = 86 | goals5 = 6

| years6 = 2014–2015 | clubs6 = Aarau | caps6 = 21 | goals6 = 1

| years7 = 2015–2016 | clubs7 = AEL Limassol | caps7 = 23 | goals7 = 2

| years8 = 2017 | clubs8 = Debreceni VSC | caps8 = 12 | goals8 = 1

| years9 = 2018–2019 | clubs9 = Zulia | caps9 = 65 | goals9 = 21

| years10 = 2020 | clubs10 = Rionegro Águilas | caps10 = 6 | goals10 = 0

| years11 = 2021 | clubs11 = Atlético Venezuela | caps11 = 21 | goals11 = 2

| years12 = 2022 | clubs12 = FC Tuggen | caps12 = 9 | goals12 = 1

| totalcaps = 355 | totalgoals = 45

| nationalyears1 = 2007-2010

| nationalteam1 = Switzerland U21

| nationalcaps1 = 18

| nationalgoals1 = 5

| nationalyears2 = 2011-2014

| nationalteam2 = Venezuela

| nationalcaps2 = 15

| nationalgoals2 = 2

}}

Frank Günther Feltscher Martínez (born 17 May 1988) is a former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Born in Switzerland, he made 15 appearances for the Venezuela national team scoring twice.

Club career

Feltscher was born in Bülach, Switzerland. After emerging through the youth ranks at Grasshoppers, he joined US 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 Argentina in India.

Personal life

His brother, Rolf Feltscher, plays for MSV Duisburg 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 {{citation needed span|text=and Italian passports.|date=December 2012}}

Career statistics

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

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ List of international goals scored by Frank Feltscher
scope="col"\|No. !scope="col"\|Date !scope="col"\|Venue !scope="col"\|Opponent !scope="col"\|Score !scope="col"\|Result !scope="col"\|Competition
align="center"\|1	11 November 2011	Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla	{{fb\|Colombia}}	align="center"\|1–1	align="center"\|1–1	2014 World Cup qualifier
align="center"\|2	14 November 2012	Marlins Park, Miami, Florida	{{fb\|Nigeria}}	align="center"\|1–2	align="center"\|1–3	Friendly

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Frank Feltscher

scope="col"|No.

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Opponent

!scope="col"|Score

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Competition

align="center"|1

11 November 2011

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

align="center"|1–1

2014 World Cup qualifier

align="center"|2

14 November 2012

Marlins Park, Miami, Florida

align="center"|1–2

align="center"|1–3

Friendly

Honours

Grasshoppers

Swiss Cup: 2012–13{{cite news |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit2013.html |title=Switzerland 2012/13 |publisher=rsssf.org |access-date=17 February 2025}}